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Irritable Bowel gets worse around period time

  By opticals | January 30, 2012 - 7:42 pm | Blog, bowel, embarrassing, estrogen, female, health, health queen, hormone, hormones, ibs, irritable, irritable bowel syndrome, natural, natural medicine, syndrome, woman, women
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Are you one of the 20-25% of the population that suffers with unpredictable bowel motions? Sometimes embarrassing urgency, cramping and comprimising tummy gurgles can all be exacerbated around or just before our periods.

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) affects a large percentage of people and by in large, I find the cause is usually a combination of food intolerances, bowel dysbiosis (eg parasites, worms), stress and hormone imbalances.

Particularly for women, an estrogen imbalance can lead to bloating, constipation and a general feeling of fullness. Some women can gain 2-4 kg the week prior to their period. Normally this is due to increased estrogen and fluid retention not bowel related causes, however the two can be confused.

If you have other symptoms of high estrogen levels (lumpy or tender breasts, acne, headaches, fluid retention, mood changes) then ask for some professional advice, tune into a webinar or do one of the home hormone kits.

There is no need to put up with IBS or other bowel symptoms – find someone in the health industry that you can trust, get them to find the cause and then make action steps to improve your life.

Fat Loss Tip # 7. Optimise your Thyroid

  By opticals | November 7, 2011 - 8:00 am | adrenals, beau, Blog, fat, general health tips for skin, hashimotos, hashimotos disease, health queen, healthy skin, infertility, naturopathy, queen, thyoid disease, thyroid, underactive thyroid, weight loss
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Your thyroid is a small gland that sit below your adam’s apple. It is responsible for many things in your body, including metabolism, mood and general overall health.

Your thyroid is very sensitive to stress and has a close (and dependant) relationship with your stress glands, the Adrenals.

Sometimes with prolonged stress, your thyroid can become underactive. The classic symptoms of this are fatigue, very low energy levels and motivation, dry skin, you will notice the cold more, you will probably feel depressed to some degree and you may gain weight.

If your thyroid becomes over active, you will experience life at a fast pace! Everything speeds up, including metabolism, so you lose weight, you will need little sleep, your heart might skip along very quickly and you can feel anxious.

An underactive thyroid is much more common and can be the first signs of an auto-immune condition called Hashimoto’s Disease.

This is a clip about thyroid disorders. If you are worried book in for an appointment or see you GP.