If you feel worse on hormone therapy, whether that's thyroid hormone or sex hormone therapy, consider opening your drainage pathways.
Karen Fitzpatrick-Dame, ChhC, AADP
When the drainage pathways are congested, especially the lymph, liver and kidneys, your body cannot expel excess hormones and you will feel unwell or you might even feel worse than you did before starting hormones. This is especially true if you are someone with the MTHFR gene mutation. The top...
ADRENALS.....These Glands Need Love Too.
Karen Fitzpatrick-Dame, ChhC, AADP
The adrenal glands release stress hormones, cortisol and adrenaline in response to a stressor. If the stress continues for a long period of time, the adrenals can no longer meet the demands for putting out a continuous supply of stress hormones leaving the adrenals and you exhausted. What happens next is that this high level of adrenal stress hormones disrupt the normal functions of the thyroid gland which is why the adrenals need to be addressed prior to the thyroid.
Elevated levels of cholesterol are extremely common in people with thyroid dysfunction.
Karen Fitzpatrick-Dame, ChhC, AADP
Several decades ago, normal cholesterol was 250-300. Then when statins came along the normal range was changed to 200 and keeps getting lower. Today, they have lowered it again to around 170.
What Is Hormonal Weight Gain?
Karen Fitzpatrick-Dame, ChhC, AADP
You suddenly start putting on extra pounds (especially around the belly and hips). Your weight refuses to budge no matter how much you exercise or cut back on calories. If any of the above resonates with you, then you’re most likely dealing with hormonal weight gain. 90% of weight gain is due to hormonal disregulation, it has very little to do with calories, and all to do with how your body is balancing its hormones. Although food is important it is secondary to hormones in controlling our weight.
