Are you struggling with mood swings, anxiety, and stubborn weight gain even though you are following a “perfect” diet and exercise program? Maybe your hormones are off balance.

Today women are facing increased stress due to the fast pace lifestyle in this modern society, stress elevates cortisol levels. Cortisol is released from your adrenal gland in response to stress. Excess Cortisol not only slows down your metabolism, breaks down your muscle, and increases fat storage, but also increases your food cravings for fast foods. Worse than that, Cortisol competes with progesterone for the common receptors in the cells, as a result, progesterone is squeezed out. The key function of progesterone is to aid pregnancy, but progesterone also plays an important role in bone health, weight management, and calming effect on mood.

Progesterone starts to rise after ovulation and flies beautifully along with estrogen around women’s menstrual cycles, and progesterone helps balance the dominant effect of estrogen. When the high cortisol takes over progesterone, women may suffer from the side effects of estrogen dominance, such as mood swings, anxiety, and premenstrual syndrome.

What is your body telling you?

Both men and women have a feminine side and a masculine side. It is called “Yin” and “Yang” in Chinese medicine; it forms a dynamic system in which the body is greater than the parts. The feminine energy is intuitive, caring, giving, nurturing, and receptive, while the masculine energy is logical, unemotional, independent, and task orientated. Maintaining harmony between the feminine and masculine is a key to our wholeness. When we are not in touch with our body and ignore the messages from our body, the balance between feminine and masculine or Yin and Yang can be affected. Consequently, it can affect our hormone balance and health conditions.

What to do to balance your hormones and prevent unnecessary weight gain?

Diet control