Hormonal Imbalance - Male And Female

By Zhang Bing

 

What You Ought To Know About Adrenal Hormone Imbalance

Adrenal hormonal imbalance is common among women who are in their 20s and 40s. It is also prevalent among men who are in the old age. There are many popular ideas about this condition. Some link it with obesity and weight gain. Others note that the condition is largely affected by the sexual drive and the sexual experiences of a person. Hormone imbalance is also largely associated with hair loss. In order to characterize the misconceptions from truth regarding this condition, this article aims to explain and explore the science behind this popular occurrence.

What Is Adrenal Hormonal Imbalance?

When our hormones are in perfect harmony or “in balance”, we are generally lively, energetic and active. If the hormones are balanced, we can think straight, our body systems - from our digestive system to our immune system - will function properly. In addition to that, we can have a perfectly manageable weight matched with a very bubbly appearance. In short, if we want to be in our best physical, physiological, and functional self, we need to make certain that our hormones are in balance.

AdrenalinBasically, the term “hormone imbalance” refers to the condition where the female hormones present or released by the body are not in its normal proportion. These adrenal hormones are the estrogen and the progesterone. Hormone imbalance is that state where the body produces “more than adequate” or “less than the appropriate” amount of these hormones. In a normal body, the level of estrogen produced should be equal to the level of the progesterone created in the body.
Most of the time, people also refer to this condition as “Estrogen Dominance.” Deriving the meaning from the term, we can readily understand what it means. Estrogen Dominance then refers to the state wherein the level of estrogen in one’s body exceeds the level of the progesterone present.

What Causes Hormone Imbalance?

There is a wide variety of possible causes of adrenal hormone imbalance. Although most of which are linked with improper and unhealthy lifestyle practices, there are also some which are inherited. In some cases, the condition can also be caused by various environmental factors. In order to find the proper treatment for the situation, it is quite important to first determine the root of the problem.
In most cases, adrenal hormone imbalance can be caused by unhealthy dietary practices. If you are drinking too much coffee matched with several bars of chocolate in a week, there is a high chance that you will have an unbalanced set of hormones in no time. Fried foods and poor quality fats are also primary cause of this condition. Drinking too much wine or alcohol and inadequate intake of good fiber sources can also result to the condition.

Aside from dietary practices, medical care can also cause adrenal hormone imbalance. If you have had some hormone treatments or antibiotic treatments before, you are highly at risk of having the condition. Hormonal imbalance also stems from taking medications that affect the liver function and/or using too many pain relievers.

You can also be prone to hormonal imbalance if you have a family history of cancer, stroke, heart attack, and other cardiovascular diseases. If you live a sedentary life that’s bombarded with stress and trauma, then you ought to be ready because such are also prime causes of estrogen dominance.

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