Do you need a hormone balancing detox?

Here’s 8 Reasons Why You Might Need a Hormonal Balancing Detox

1. Hormonal interference

Our hormonal system is a delicate and complex activity between pituitary, ovary, uterus and hypothalamus.

Nowadays chemicals and toxins interfere with this beautifully intelligent and natural system which our previous generations would never have known.

From the contraceptive pill to hormones in our foods, these synthetic hormones trick our bodies willingly and unwillingly leaving women vulnerable to an array of health problems such as difficult periods, infertility, mood swings, fatigue, cysts, fibroids, PCOS, PMS and more.

2. The contraceptive pill

Many women that step into my practice say they have never felt right since stopping the contraceptive pill. Something that originally started as a form of birth control has now become an “all-encompassing solution for hormonal issues” such as acne or heavy, painful and irregular periods.

The pill “switches off” or suppresses the body’s own hormones and shuts down ovulation replacing it with pseudo hormones which do not have the same benefits as hormones produced by your own body.

When women eventually stop the pill, they often find that it only masked the problems. The original symptoms may have even return shortly afterwards or their periods that were once regular did not actually restart.

By detoxing and supporting your body’s natural cycle, you can encourage your hormone system to “switch on or reboot” naturally.

3. Infertility and trying to get pregnant

Many women with hormone imbalances are faced with challenges when trying to get pregnant and while there are many causes such as medical conditions, nutritional deficiencies, stress and unhealthy lifestyles, toxins can have a huge impact too.

Whether the reasons for infertility are unexplained or known, giving the reproductive system a kick start from synthetic disorder can be a positive step in helping reset your hormones to optimise your chances of conceiving.

4. Fertility Medications/IVF Treatment

Many women report that they have never felt quite right since IVF treatment and now struggle with side effects such as headaches, mood swings, bloating, hot flushes and weight gain.  The emotional stress involved with fertility treatments isn’t the only problem, as women often feel their body is like a machine undergoing mechanical repair with injections, medications, assisted artificial techniques and insemination.  By assisting your body in detoxing drugs and hormone overload you can hope to restore harmony and a natural balance in a gentle and non-invasive way.

5. HRT and the menopause

As well as the many risks associated with HRT, when women decide to stop this treatment, they often find themselves experiencing the very menopausal symptoms they were trying to avoid in the first place – but now many years later.  By helping your body detox and supporting your changing hormones, homeopathy can help ease you through the ageing process naturally.

6. Hormones in our foods

Animals are given hormones to “plump” their size and produce more meat. Hormones are in pesticides and sprayed on our fruit, vegetables and grains that both we and animals eat.  We then excrete these hormones through our kidneys, they go back into the water supply that cannot be easily filtered out, so creating a vicious cycle.

Most people will attempt to detox by “giving up” rich foods, cigarettes, chocolates and alcohol. Perhaps taking it further by introducing more healthy organic foods as well as drinking lots of purified water.

While this is a great start to a detox and often enough to get some people back on track, for many, it will be insufficient in creating dramatic changes from the accumulation of toxins that the body hasn’t been able to process.

The problem is also complicated amidst constant exposure to environmental pollution, food additives, processed foods, pesticides, hormone imbalances and medications, which stress our body beyond its natural limits.

By using homeopathic remedies to assist our body with the elimination of toxins and metabolic waste, along with a healthy diet and lifestyle, we can create sustainable shifts to balance our hormones naturally.

7. The impact of stress on our hormone balance

Stress is a huge factor in affecting our health and hormone balance.  Cortisol, also known as the stress hormone is responsible for the flight or fright response. It rises during stressful times and the problem occurs when this stressed is prolonged for some time causing excess hormone production.

This increased level of cortisol can, in turn, block progesterone receptors which can result in low levels of progesterone in relation to oestrogen – leading to “oestrogen dominance”.

8. Exposure to Xenoestrogens

In our modern world we are exposed to more and more “Xenoestrogens” which are chemicals that imitate oestrogen. Their name comes from “Xeno” which means foreign and they mimic “oestrogen” in the body. They are hormone disruptors and they are found in plastics and many other every day products. These include hair dyes, skincare products, make up, suncream, nail varnish, plastics water bottles, storage containers, cling film, the combined oral contraceptive pill and household cleaning products.

Homeopathy can help our bodies naturally detoxify from this potentially harmful substance.