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Think Beyond Pink – Hormone Harmony
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Dr. Alicia Stanton gives simplistic advice that we all need to follow to balance our hormones. Her book, Hormone Harmony: How to Balance Insulin, Cortisol, Thyroid, Estrogen, Progesterone and Testosterone to Live Your Best Life should be on your shelf. Hormone dis-harmony is the real cause behind the spare tire look (not very popular and decidedly dangerous to our health) that starts with weight gain in childhood. Add exhaustion, hot flashes, low libido, mental fogginess, irritability, anxiety and depression to the list of hormone problems. But diet, environment, lifestyle and supplements also play a huge role in balancing hormones. Dr. Alicia’s shares many ideas with us from her checklist: the importance of organic produce, filtered water, and how sugar controls our hormones. Small ideas can actually give us the biggest statistical decrease in our breast cancer risk – so don’t miss these Hormone Harmony ideas!