What basic blood work do you need in order to check your hormones? Here is a description of the blood work I look at.
Basic Blood Work to Check Your Hormones
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Hormones of the Hypothalamus
If you're familiar with my work at all, you know that I talk about the hypothalamus a lot. And that's because it is so important in keeping your hormones in harmony because your hypothalamus is...
Why Does Stress Cause Hair Loss? And 3 Easy Steps To Recover!
Have you ever had a situation like the loss of a job, a loved one, or a relationship and the stress of it all causes hair loss?
Genesis Gold® Side Effects
Genesis Gold is a foundational hypothalamic formula – which means it not only supports optimal hypothalamus function which balances hormones, it helps support optimal cellular metabolism.
And when the body gets what it needs to function optimally- there are side effects of healing.
The most common side effects are associated with detoxification.
Menopause Symptoms- Are You Struggling?
Are you in perimenopause and still having periods, yet suffering from what seems like menopausal symptoms? Or are you postmenopausal and still suffering from lack of hormones? Let’s talk about what your menopause symptoms might be, and how you can thrive instead of suffer.
5 Pillars of Hypothalamus Healing
Your hypothalamus is critical to your health and wellbeing. How do you possibly heal a gland that most of medicine is totally ignoring? The good news is that you can heal it without drugs. The key is to follow the Five Pillars of Hypothalamus Healing.
Adrenal Issues
Treating Adrenal Fatigue Naturally
Adrenal fatigue is real. It’s when your adrenal glands become so overworked from chronic stress that they can no longer keep up with normal daily functioning. https://youtu.be/Zd4JEWyGX5U The...
Hormonal Weight Part 4: Cortisol and the Apple Body Type
You have many hormones that can contribute to weight gain. Of these, cortisol imbalance is a major factor. Have you heard of the "pear-shaped" body versus the "apple" body? If you have a...
Is Cortisol Bad?
Maybe you’ve heard of cortisol as the hormone that causes belly fat. Maybe you’ve been under the impression that cortisol is bad. Well, I’m here to tell you that there are no bad hormones, only...
Dealing with Cortisol Illness
If you want to know why cortisol makes you sick, then this article can help. Welcome back to my blog! Today, I'm going to talk all about your cortisol and why it may make you feel sick and what...
3 Steps to Heal Your Adrenals Naturally
If you’ve been diagnosed with adrenal fatigue, do you know what you can do to help heal your adrenals? Your adrenal glands are making organs that produce many types of hormones. Hormones that...
Adrenal Fatigue Symptoms | What You Need to Know!
Are you suffering from adrenal fatigue? If you pay attention to these signs of adrenal fatigue, you’ll be able to get the help you need. Wired and Tired Your adrenals control your stress response...
Gut Health
How to Improve Gut Health Naturally
If you are wondering how to improve your immune system by helping your gut, I wrote this article with you in mind. We are going to talk about how you can actually improve your immunity by healing...
Digestion and Hormones
If you want to know how your gut affects your hormones, then this is the article, for you! Today I'm going to teach you how your digestion, your gut, your gastrointestinal tract affect your...
Why your gut has to be healed to balance your hormones
Perimenopausal, tired, and overweight, Cindy drove 300 miles to come and see me. She complained of the usual perimenopausal symptoms of fatigue, irritability, hot flashes, weight gain, and no sex...
How Hormones Affect Your Digestion and Detoxification
You are what you eat... literally. You know that protein builds muscle and that carbohydrates are energy foods, but did you know that every chemical you make, every hormone, every...
When Your Gut Makes You Anxious
Remember, your gut is your second brain. And it influences the brain in your head. Mitch came to me with severe anxiety. He had been suffering from panic attacks, insomnia, and generalized anxiety...
Keeping Your Liver Healthy
Your liver is one of the most hard-working organs in your body. The liver is responsible for detoxifying everything you put into your bodies as well as packaging up your used up hormones for...
Hypothalamus
Hormones of the Hypothalamus
If you're familiar with my work at all, you know that I talk about the hypothalamus a lot. And that's because it is so important in keeping your hormones in harmony because your hypothalamus is...
5 Pillars of Hypothalamus Healing
Your hypothalamus is critical to your health and wellbeing. How do you possibly heal a gland that most of medicine is totally ignoring? The good news is that you can heal it without drugs. The key is to follow the Five Pillars of Hypothalamus Healing.
Stress affecting your sleep? How to get back into balance.
Have you ever wondered how to get a restful night’s sleep when you’re feeling stressed and anxious? Are you up at night, tossing and turning? Worrying about what’s going to happen? Waiting forever...
I’m not afraid of the Coronavirus
Woke up to more continuous rain. Now I’m not complaining – here in Southern California we need every blessed drop. But it does reflect the mood around these parts... Looks like we’re going to be...
Feel your Emotions, Heal your Hormones
Emotions are directly influenced by hormones. Every woman knows this. As her hormones shift throughout her menstrual cycles so do her emotions. And more so when she’s pregnant or going through the...
What happens when birth control pills shrink your hypothalamus
Studies show that birth control pills do shrink your hypothalamus. I find it really interesting. I've been working with the hypothalamus and hormone disorders for over twenty years, and I've seen...
Immunity
How I protect my family from the coronavirus
Do you know how to protect yourself and your family from contracting COVID-19? I’ve been getting a lot of questions about how to protect yourself so I’d like to share with you my personal...
How hormones affect your immunity against Covid-19
There has been a lot of news on this novel coronavirus dubbed COVID-19. I am not an epidemiologist, yet with my area of expertise in neuro-immune-endocrinology or your body’s internal...
What if you test positive for COVID-19?
I just consulted with my first coronavirus patient this week. Because we’re on lockdown this was a phone consult. I could hear his wife coughing in the background. So it became a family consult....
I’m not afraid of the Coronavirus
Woke up to more continuous rain. Now I’m not complaining – here in Southern California we need every blessed drop. But it does reflect the mood around these parts... Looks like we’re going to be...
How to Treat Allergies Naturally
Here in California, we have two distinct allergy seasons. One in the spring and one in the fall. Spring allergies seem to begin when the first daffodil blooms and since the shift in weather, it’s...
Treating Autoimmunity Naturally
Your immune system's job is to protect you. Your bone marrow produces the soldiers – your white blood cells (WBC). These young WBCs must be trained, so they go to the thymus for boot camp. Then...
Infertility
What happens when birth control pills shrink your hypothalamus
Studies show that birth control pills do shrink your hypothalamus. I find it really interesting. I've been working with the hypothalamus and hormone disorders for over twenty years, and I've seen...
Why fetal cells live in their mothers forever…
Did you know that your children are within you? Literally! Fetal cells exist within mothers apparently for life. We’ve known this since the 19th century when a German scientist studying...
Can I Get Pregnant with PCOS?
It may seem impossible to get pregnant with PCOS - PolyCystic Ovary Syndrome. But let me assure you that it is possible! You just need to get your hormones in balance first. I have had many...
How to Plan for Postpartum Depression
Postpartum depression is a very difficult thing. Postpartum depression or PPD affects one out of five mothers. Sometimes PPD is called the baby blues. PPD can be incredibly damaging for the...
Learn The Truth About Natural Alternatives To Metformin
If you’ve been diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome then you may be prescribed a drug called metformin or glucophage. PCOS is a metabolic disorder in which you become insulin resistant which...
How to treat irregular periods naturally
Your hypothalamus controls reproduction including your periods and your fertility. Your hypothalamus also controls your thyroid, adrenals, and insulin production which all affect your menstrual...
Menopause
Basic Blood Work to Check Your Hormones
What basic blood work do you need in order to check your hormones? Here is a description of the blood work I look at.
Menopause Symptoms- Are You Struggling?
Are you in perimenopause and still having periods, yet suffering from what seems like menopausal symptoms? Or are you postmenopausal and still suffering from lack of hormones? Let’s talk about what your menopause symptoms might be, and how you can thrive instead of suffer.
Why You Need an Action Plan for Menopause
Why exactly do you need a Menopause Action Plan? Think of preparing for menopause the same way you prepared for puberty. Some of you knew what to expect when you were a teenager, and some of you took it by surprise. Perhaps you didn’t have the best experience you could have because you weren’t prepared.
Can Menopause Cause Headaches?
Can menopause cause headaches? Simply and unfortunately, yes it can. Let’s talk about why it causes headaches, and what you can do about it.
Menopause Constipation | How Estrogen Affects Digestion
Going through menopause can be difficult, and if you already suffer from menopause constipation, it can get worse. That’s because you’re declining hormone levels affect your bowel function
Improve Your Sex Drive After Menopause!
One symptom of menopause that isn’t talked about quite as often is low libido. Low libido basically means that you have a low sex drive, and that you no longer desire sex. A low libido doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re inorgasmic, although you may find that sexual arousal takes a lot longer to achieve.
Men’s Health
Sleep Training for Adults
Perhaps you need to do some sleep training. I’ve been helping my daughter sleep train my infant granddaughter. The baby sleep training system we’re using takes 14 days – because that’s how long it takes to set a new habit – for infants and adults. Responding only to crying at regulated times but NOT getting her out of bed, allowing her to put herself to sleep is key.
Hormonal Weight Part 3: Man Fat
You have seen it. You may have it. You may not like it. If you are a man it is not good for you... Women can tolerate much more body fat and stay healthy. Women are the survivors. That extra body...
Healthily Metabolizing Testosterone
If you want to know what you need to do to metabolize your testosterone safely, whether you are a man or a woman, then you will want to keep reading. Today, I'm going to show you how to metabolize...
Thyroid and Testosterone
Your thyroid is a small gland located below your Adam’s apple that produces hormones that control your metabolism. Low thyroid hormone production leads to low energy, high...
What is Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy?
https://youtu.be/V956CBrssN8 Bio-identical hormone replacement therapy uses naturally derived hormones from wild yams and soy that are compounded for precise dosing into a variety of delivery...
Men and Hormones
Is Male Behavior affected by Hormones? Of course! Any woman knows that. Men are as affected by their hormones as we women are affected by ours. Yet it takes a study from Cambridge...
Mind / Body
On the other side of Covid
I’ve been writing about surviving this pandemic from as soon as we locked down in mid March. I’ve been following the medical research, watching stats, trying to determine the best way to protect...
How to thrive in 2020
As an Intuitive Integrative Nurse Practitioner, I do more than help my patients get their hormones in balance. When you’re hormones are out of whack, your whole life is out of whack. You can’t...
The Gift of Menopause
Oh, yes, there are many gifts of going through the change. I’m not just talking about no longer fussing over periods or worrying about getting pregnant. I’m talking about soul gifts. It’s the...
What’s Your New Year’s Mantra?
Most of us make New Years resolutions. Promises to make changes... lose weight, make more money, get organized, be happier. Many of us make the same resolutions every year. And for a couple of...
How to Release Your Old Story
Now more than ever, we are experiencing the growing pains of change. Yet we hang onto the old like a worn-out lifeline. It is human nature to fear change, yet change is part of life. What makes us...
Loving Yourself Enough To Let Go
I have been encouraging my patients to literally clean out their closets. When they have felt stuck, reliving old issues over and over again, seemingly making no progress, I encourage them to see...
Obesity
Best tips for how to avoid Holiday Weight Gain
If you want to know how to Avoid Holiday Weight Gain and still enjoy the holidays, then here are my best tips ... https://youtu.be/E63NKzlAXJs When your hormones are out of balance, it’s hard to...
When Sugar’s not So Sweet – How to Heal Insulin Resistance Naturally
Since my children were young, I called sugar the bane of our modern society. Excess consumption of sugar causes so many diseases - obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cavities, malnutrition, adrenal...
Hot Weather Workouts
If you‘re trying to get in shape for the summer but it’s just too hot—Then check out my three essential tips to get the most benefit out of your workouts so you can keep in shape in-spite of the...
What Happens to a Woman’s Body over the Years if she Stays Active?
Did you know being sedentary is one of the biggest factors in all disease and leads to early death? As a woman, your health is is directly related to your activity level. Let’s talk about...
Is Keto Diet Healthy? | Ketogenic Diet Effects
Is the ketogenic diet is healthy? First, I want you to understand what the ketogenic diet is. It is basically a very low carbohydrate, fat based diet. Usually about five percent (5%) of...
Ditch your scale – Sane weight loss for women
Are you blinded by the scale? For years, I had the same feeling, and for over two decades, I suffered from an eating disorder. My husband would wonder if I woke up with “fit or fat eyes” because...
PCOS
Foods To Avoid For PCOS | Diet Tips for 2019
In this article, I am going to talk about the best diet for preventing PCOS, and the best diet tips for PCOS. Hi, I'm Deborah Maragopoulos, an intuitive integrative family nurse practitioner. I'm...
What Causes PCOS? | How To Avoid PCOS Naturally
Ever wonder what might be the cause of your PCOS? Well, we are going to go over the three main causes so that you understand a little bit better, in our ongoing blog topic: PCOS. Primarily,...
Naturally Treat PCOS with Diet and Exercise
I would like to tell you about the natural treatment for PCOS. So, you can treat PCOS naturally and not actually have to be dependent on medications for PCOS. PCOS, or polycystic ovary syndrome,...
Can I Get Pregnant with PCOS?
It may seem impossible to get pregnant with PCOS - PolyCystic Ovary Syndrome. But let me assure you that it is possible! You just need to get your hormones in balance first. I have had many...
Alternatives to Birth Control for PCOS
Polycystic ovary syndrome is characterized by irregular periods. Conventional medicine uses birth control pills (BCPs) to regulate your periods and try and prevent wasting your eggs, but BCPs have...
Learn The Truth About Natural Alternatives To Metformin
If you’ve been diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome then you may be prescribed a drug called metformin or glucophage. PCOS is a metabolic disorder in which you become insulin resistant which...
Thyroid Issues
Hypothryoidism: Balance Your Thyroid Naturally
Are you tired, run-down, gaining weight? Do you suffer from brain fog, low motivation, constipation? Finally, after all these years living with a sluggish metabolism has your blood panel revealed...
Hypothyroidism, What is it? How Can You Treat It?
Your thyroid controls your metabolism - how much energy your cells make. Hypothyroidism means your thyroid is not producing enough thyroid hormone. If you don’t have enough thyroid hormone, you...
Thyroid and Testosterone
Your thyroid is a small gland located below your Adam’s apple that produces hormones that control your metabolism. Low thyroid hormone production leads to low energy, high...
The Thyroid Demystified
Hormones affect your thyroid function especially estrogen. The dramatic shifts of pregnancy and menopause put women at greater risk for thyroid disorders and the risk increases with age. The risk...
Natural Treatment of Thyroiditis
If you want to know how to treat thyroiditis naturally, including autoimmune hypothyroidism, or Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, then this video is for you! If you’re ready to get on the path to optimal...
3 Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis Symptoms
If you want to know if you might have thyroiditis, autoimmune hypothyroidism or Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, Then this video is for you. Make sure to subscribe so I can help you get your hormones in...
Women’s Health
Why Does Stress Cause Hair Loss? And 3 Easy Steps To Recover!
Have you ever had a situation like the loss of a job, a loved one, or a relationship and the stress of it all causes hair loss?
Circadian Rhythm Diet and Insulin Resistance
You’ve heard about intermittent fasting, but have you heard of the circadian rhythm diet and how it can help you reverse insulin resistance?
Genesis Gold® Ingredients – Our Natural Hormone & Hypothalamus Support Dietary Supplement
Genesis Gold is a proprietary blend of plant-based nutrients designed to support optimal hypothalamus functioning.
Estradiol Side Effects
If you’re taking hormonal birth control or hormone replacement therapy, you need to know about the side effects of the most potent form of estrogen - estradiol. Side effects from estradiol...
Why insomnia is so common in menopause and post menopause
Most women know that once they go through menopause that their sleep habits may change. Insomnia is an incredibly common symptom in menopause. As you're going through the change of life, problems...
What happens when birth control pills shrink your hypothalamus
Studies show that birth control pills do shrink your hypothalamus. I find it really interesting. I've been working with the hypothalamus and hormone disorders for over twenty years, and I've seen...
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