Hormone Harmony Checklist

1 — Test hormones annually, make note of symptoms and listen to your body. Use your results to target key hormone players, and build your diet and lifestyle around those.

2 — Eat 25 to 30 g fibre/ day from complex carbs and drink 8 glasses of water.

3 — Detox daily! Stay regular with one to two bowel movements each day.

4 — Make sure daily meals include healthy fats, complex carbs and lean protein.

5 — Follow a stress management plan.

To help clear excess estrogen, think about detoxing daily through perspiring, drinking plenty of water, eating a minimum of 25 g of fibre from vegetables, fruit, whole grains, beans and legumes, and aim for daily bowel movements.

Cortisol

This hormone is produced in your adrenal glands and its primary role is to help you survive stressful situations. Coritsol does this by putting all other body systems on hold while focusing on producing more adrenaline, blood sugar, an increased heart rate, and energy to prepare for what’s to come. This hormone is necessary for survival, but if your cortisol remains chronically high from ongoing unmanaged stress, your sleep hormone, melatonin, is affected, and a cascade of poor eating habits and sugar cravings can result. Also, when cortisol is chronically elevated, your body naturally starts to store fat as a survival mechanism.

6 — Go to bed and wake up at the same time every day. Aim for 7–8 hours of quality sleep.

7 — Move your body 30 minutes each day.

8 — Manage weight and keep it at an optimal level for your age, gender and height.

9 — Clean up your beauty products: Avoid endocrine disruptors found in personal care and cleaning products that contain synthetic fragrances, sulfates, preservatives, pesticides and artificial dyes.

The best way to keep cortisol levels down so that you can sleep, digest and burn the extra weight is to have a stress management plan in place. This could include gentle stretching, yoga, meditation, journaling or talking to a therapist.

Although the brain might crave sugar to give us that quick burst of energy and alertness, it’s best to focus more on lean proteins, magnesium-rich foods, and healthy omega-3 fats that fuel your brain and relax your nervous system. Some great options include nuts, seeds, olives, avocado, bananas, broccoli, pumpkin seeds, yam, fermented foods and fatty fish.

Because your immune system can become compromised from chronic stress, be sure to add in antioxidant-rich foods like berries, bell peppers, squash, citrus fruits, leafy greens, green tea, and dark chocolate.

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