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Unexplained Weight Gain and Fatigue in Midlife: Hidden Drivers Worth Testing
You meal prep, prioritize healthy eating, track your physical activity, and still watch the scale creep up. You cut fewer calories, add more steps, and your energy stays flat. If this sounds familiar, you are…
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The Growing Need for Cognitive Wellness as We Age
As we grow older, maintaining cognitive health becomes vital to ensuring a high quality of life. With life expectancy rising, more individuals are looking to preserve physical health, mental clarity, memory, and emotional stability. Bioidentical…
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The 4 Most Important Fat Soluble and Water Soluble Vitamins
Multivitamins are popular dietary supplements with more than 1/3 of all Americans taking them; sales in the U.S. amounted to about $5.7 billion. The vitamins that your body needs vary each day and are important to its…
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Gut Bacteria May Be Key to Weight Loss Success
If you’ve tried every diet and weight loss strategy under the sun and still can’t drop pounds, it might have as much to do with what’s lurking in your gut as what’s sitting on your…
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Ensure Long-Term Vaginal Health by Paying Attention to the Signs
Birth control pills debuted in 1960, revolutionizing women’s health and providing them with a new option to take control of their sexual health. For many, this medical breakthrough shattered years of stigma and opened up…
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12 Reasons to Seek Hormone Therapy for Menopause Support
About 6,000 women in the United States enter menopause every day. That’s over two million a year. If you’re one of these women, you know how much menopause can disrupt your life. From night sweats and poor…
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The Real Reason You Can’t Lose Weight (and It’s Not Diet and Exercise)
If you are always losing the weight loss battle, you’re not alone. There are approximately 108 million Americans on a diet, and it’s a good bet this isn’t their first time on the calorie-counting, waist-whittling…
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How Long Can Post Menopausal Women Use Hormones?
Are you post menopausal and suffering from unbearable hot flashes or mood swings? Treatments for symptoms are available. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) helps to the body replace hormones it no longer produces. But HRT has…
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Hormone Health Linked to Weight Loss
Weight gain and weight loss—a vicious cat and mouse game that you can never seem to win, right? That’s because, for many people—especially at middle age—weight management is not as simple as calories in and…
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What You Need to Know About Female Hormone Imbalance
Blame it on the hormones. Moody, achy, sleep concerns, your menstrual cycle is off, can’t stop eating chocolate, teary and weepy, weight fluctuations, or perhaps you just can’t concentrate. These can all be symptoms of hormone…
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How Does Obesity Affect Hormones?
The obesity epidemic in America is a serious cause for concern, with more than two-thirds of adults considered overweight or obese, according to the National Institutes of Health. The effects of obesity on health are…
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Everything Guide to Hormones and Weight Gain
The excess fat clinging to your midsection is notoriously difficult to get rid of. People spend billions of dollars every year trying to lose weight. Diet and exercise isn’t the whole story. A lot of…
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HRT and Weight Gain: Dispelling the Myth
You’re cranky, exhausted, and just not feeling like yourself lately: in short, you can definitely tell that you’re dealing with the effects of menopause. In addition to all the emotional consequences, you’ve also noticed an…
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Hormone Imbalance in Men: 10 Things You Need to Know
Fluctuating hormones are most commonly associated with women. However, men experience this, too. In fact, they even go through the male equivalent of the menopause. This is a subject that’s not talked about enough. The…
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Your Guide to Hormones and Weight Gain
The excess fat clinging to your midsection is notoriously difficult to get rid of. People spend billions of dollars every year trying to lose weight.
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10 Ways Natural Hormone Therapy Can Change Your Life
As you grow older, your body changes — typically in ways you don’t like. One of the changes you’ll notice is a decline in the production of your hormones. Fortunately, natural hormone therapy can be…
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10 Telltale Symptoms of Hormonal Imbalance in Women
Have you noticed a change in your body such as increased stress, weight gain, or issues sleeping? If so, you may be experiencing symptoms of hormonal imbalance in women.
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Are Bioidentical Hormone Pellets Right For You?
At some point in their lives, up to 80 percent of women will experience a hormonal imbalance. It doesn’t matter if you’re currently going through menopause or are dealing with hormonal issues caused by stress,…
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15 Questions to Ask Your Hormone Doctor About HRT
With constant hot flashes and night sweats as an ever-present reminder, menopause can be impossible to ignore. That is why many women choose to seek out a hormone doctor to prescribe medication to alleviate the…
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The Science of Calm: Four Physiological Effects of Yoga
By now, most of us have heard about the benefits of yoga and its ability to reduce stress. But the mechanics of why yoga is so impactful are often misunderstood. Without this deeper understanding, we…
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5 Core Benefits of Taking Cod Liver Oil Supplements
Cod liver oil – doesn’t sound very appetizing, we know. However, long gone are the days of supplementing the diet with fresh fish livers. Today it is available in pill form from almost any drug store. This natural…
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Could Estrogen Therapy Prolong Your Life?
Middle-aged women the world over know the many discomforts that can arise during menopause. Due to plummeting hormone levels, everything from hot flashes, night sweats, and vaginal dryness to depression and other serious health concerns…
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These 10 Supplements May Help Extend Your Lifespan
Have you noticed that some people age more quickly and appear to be more susceptible to disease than others? Do you hope to be one of the lucky ones who “age well”? You can’t stop…
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Kickstart Your Sexual Confidence With the Pow-Shot!
You start with foreplay and hope that you will be able to function, perform, and please your partner, but sometimes erections don’t come that easy. If this happens often enough, it may be a sign…
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Brain Inflammation: A Hidden Cause of Depression?
Over six million adults in the US and around 360 million worldwide suffer from depression. But for many, commonly prescribed antidepressant medications provide no relief for their symptoms—and many come with unwanted side effects. Now,…
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New Study: Hormone Replacement Therapy Is Not Linked to Premature Death
Hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia, vaginal dryness—the distressing list of menopausal symptoms goes on and on. If you’ve been resisting giving bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) a try for relief because of concerns about its…
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What’s the Difference Between Conventional and Integrative Medicine?
With healthcare laws and regulations rapidly changing, who will you be able to trust with your health? When it comes to complex, chronic disease, conventional medicine may not be the best option.
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6 Things That Are Causing You to Age Way Too Fast
While aging is a natural part of life, there are several lifestyle choices you may be making that could be bringing on the aging process way too quickly. Below are some of the lifestyle choices…
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Eating Right with Thyroid Disease
Thyroid disease is extremely common, affecting more than 27 million Americans. While it is important that a thyroid condition be managed by a doctor, you are your own best advocate for your health, and there…
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Overcoming HPA Axis Suppression (Formerly Known as Adrenal Fatigue)
The hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis—the complex relationship between the hypothalamus, the pituitary gland, and the adrenals—is something that few people think about, or even know about. However, chronic daily stressors as well as serious life changes…
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Gynecomastia: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
If you’ve ever been too embarrassed to take off your shirt at the beach, you’re probably familiar with the term “man boobs.” At least thirty percent of males are affected by gynecomastia—the medical term for male breasts—in…
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Combating Depression By Treating Hormonal Imbalances in Women
Whether you’re a full-time mom or balancing both work and family responsibilities, you probably know what it’s like to feel burned out by a never-ending to-do list. At one time or another, most women grapple…
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Study Finds The Best Exercise to Keep Your Cells Young
The anti-aging market is one of the biggest in today’s world, with countless potions, creams, supplements, devices, and other treatments designed to delay the aging process. But new research shows that the most effective way…
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Testosterone Replacement Therapy For the Heart?
As men age, their testosterone levels naturally start waning—in fact, it has been estimated that nearly 40 percent of men aged 45 and older have clinically low levels of testosterone, or androgen deficiency. Low testosterone…
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BHRT May Provide Relief from Joint Pain
Do you enjoy dancing? Hiking? Gardening? Playing with your children or grandchildren? If you have joint pain, especially knee, shoulder, or back pain, some of your favorite activities have probably become painful and arduous, if…
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Diabetes: The Hormonal Connection
Diabetes is a growing global health crisis. According to the World Health Organization, the number of people with diabetes has nearly quadrupled, from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2014. Part of why this…
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5 Bad Habits That May Be Disrupting Your Sleep and Health
If you frequently “borrow” hours from the sleep department in order to get more done, you’re not alone: more than a third of Americans aren’t getting the minimum of seven hours a night recommended by…
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Why You Can’t Lose Weight
Have you ever experienced the “boomerang effect” from dieting? It’s a common story: you get serious about dieting and gradually succeed in losing weight, but it doesn’t last. Eventually, it comes back―very likely in a…
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Could You Have Hypothyroidism and Not Even Know It?
Many of the symptoms of hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) coincide with other conditions, allowing hypothyroidism to go undetected for quite some time. Changes in the menstrual cycle, constipation, depression, dry skin, hair loss, fatigue, and difficulty…
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Acid Reflux Symptoms? Hormone Replacement Therapy Can Help
Anyone who has ever had a full-blown attack of acid reflux disease (otherwise known as gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD) knows that it can be seriously debilitating. Unfortunately, it’s a common problem—more than 15 million…
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Warning Signs of Andropause and What to Do About It
It’s common knowledge that at or near middle age, all women experience a process called menopause, where their hormone production slows, their ovaries eventually stop producing eggs, and they stop menstruating. This process comes with…
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Do You Need a Brain Boost?
The traditional medicine view of neurodegeneration (the progressive loss of structure or function of neurons) has been that it is irreversible and that adults cannot grow back lost or damaged neurons. However, more and more…
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Poor Sleep Habits Can Lead to Weight Gain
Fewer hours of sleep are proven to make you hungrier, yet hormonal issues can prevent you from catching enough Z’s no matter how hard you try. If you’re trying to slim down after indulging over…
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Hormones Can Be a Headache- Literally!
Almost everyone has experienced at least one splitting headache in their lifetime. Headaches can take many forms, from tension headaches to migraines. Whether they are short in duration or chronic, mild or severe, headaches can…
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Don’t Let Stress Cause a Stroke
If you want to lower your risk of heart attack and stroke—two leading causes of mortality in the US—there is research showing that you may have to look no further than your meditation mat. A study published…
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Hot Flashes— How Many Years Do They Last?
Most women are familiar with one of the major symptoms of menopause, hot flashes, in which normal body temperature rises and an intense feeling of heat suddenly flushes over the body. Hot flashes are usually…
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Balance Your Hormones with a Customized Diet
Hormones perform countless essential tasks in your body—they regulate your immune system, help you digest and extract nutrients from food, regulate your mood, and keep your energy levels high and your libido strong. Maintaining adequate…
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Correlation Between Pre-diabetes and Testosterone Levels in Men
In 2016, a study published in the journal Diabetes Care offered new hope to men with type 2 diabetes. It found that six months of testosterone therapy significantly reduced insulin and glucose levels in men with type 2…
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Gluten Free: Celiac Disease or Gluten Sensitive?
You’ve probably heard of gluten―a protein found in wheat, barley, and rye―and you probably know that some people can’t eat it. You may have even heard that those people have something called celiac disease. But…
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Men Experience Hormonal Changes During Pregnancy Too
It’s become a common joke among expecting parents that the male partners have to shed “pregnancy weight” along with their female partners after the birth of their child. Whether those extra pounds were gained as…
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Could You be Suffering from Birth Control-Related Depression?
If you’ve been feeling blue lately, you may want to think twice before refilling your birth control prescription. New research published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry suggests that all types of hormonal contraception come with an increased risk…
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Are You Struggling With Erectile Dysfunction?
Having a healthy sex life is important to the majority of adults—both men and women. Sex can be one of the most organic, beautiful, and satisfying experiences you can have. But when bodily dysfunctions get…
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