Estrogen Dominance: Part 3

Treat Estrogen Dominance Naturally

There are natural ways to treat Estrogen dominance. It includes engaging in some kind of physical activity on a regular basis, avoiding chemicals and toxins exposure, creating mental resilience, gut optimisation and feeding the body with foods in the most natural state.

1. Include Physical Activity

Weight training helps you increase muscle mass and improve insulin sensitivity. Any kind of physical activity optimises insulin sensitivity. Higher sensitivity equates to better glucose disposal ability. It also helps to raise serotonin levels in the brain inducing a state of calmness and satisfaction.

Lower to moderate level activity such as yoga, aerial yoga, meditation or massage lower stress levels by lowering the cortisol. Cortisol can be one of the underlying cause of central obesity.

2. Work on Lifestyle

Reduce exposure to endocrine disruptors such as glyphosate, pesticides or chemicals. These chemicals act as Xenoestrogens in the body increasing the risk of estrogen dominance state. Choose paraben-free cosmetics and avoid the above chemicals whenever possible. You can find the resources and brand of products free from preservatives and toxic chemicals on ewg.org

3. De-Stress

Get rid of any emotional baggage stress. Mental stress increases stress and cortisol release. Excess cortisol can shunt the pathways for other hormone production leading to imbalances. Acupuncture and NLP techniques help to resolve any kind of emotional or mental stress. Meditation and exercise also helps to lower down stress levels to a great extent.

4. Improve GUT Health

Bacterial, fungal and viral infections in gut cause intestinal dysbiosis and leaky gut. Optimal balance between healthy and unhealthy bacteria is necessary for the Digestive functions.

The healthy bacteria produce short-chain fatty acids and other substrates. They help in metabolism and detoxification of hormonal metabolites. Lack of healthy microorganisms or overgrowth of bad ones affects the detoxification of hormonal metabolites. These metabolites if not excreted, recirculates back into the system causing risk of excess hormones especially estrogen in women.

Excess estrogen translates into risks of cancers, fibroids and endometriosis. So it’s important that Gut issues can be taken care of at first hand with the help of a Functional Medicine Practitioner.

5. Focus on Nutrition

Eat more of Slow digesting carbs like red, brown or basmati rice. Have a minimum 30 g of fibre per day including soluble and insoluble forms. Lentils, beans, flaxseeds and psyllium are a good source of soluble fibre. Add 20-30 g of resistant starch to your diet. Resistant starch is when you cook starchy food such as rice or potatoes and keep it refrigerated for 8 hours. Unripe bananas are good source of resiatnt starch.

Eat a variety of colours and include more of cruciferous vegetables like cabbage & broccoli. Get more protein from plant sources like Pea protein, beans & nuts. Keep meat intake to a minimum and choose free-range or grass-fed varieties. Avoid Dairy products. Do Intermittent fasting under guidance. Detox whenever possible under the guidance of qualified expert

Supplements 

• Calcium D glucarate, DIM & psyllium for detoxification
• Magnesium, holy basil and ashwagandha to optimise cortisol levels 
• B vitamins, protein, silymarin and dandelion for supporting detoxification pathways 
• Chromium, lipoic acid, berberine and fenugreek for insulin resistance 
• Probiotic, HCL, garlic and ACV for gut optimisation

These are general guidelines. It is mentioned in the previous article that we need to find PTSD about any hormonal issue. There are more natural ways to treat Estrogen Dominance.

Read the previous article Estrogen Dominance: Part 2 here.