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Autoimmunity, Inflammation and the Hypothalamus
Autoimmunity is not your immune system attacking you. It’s your immune system receiving confused instructions. I know that sounds different from what you’ve been told, but in over three decades of...
Eating Disorders and Hormones
Did you know eating disorders are as much about your hormones as your habits? Your hypothalamus plays a huge role in how you relate to food. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBmsutntPA4 I’m Deborah...
ADHD and Stress Hormones
If your child has ADHD, their stress hormones may look very different from other kids, and that difference could explain a lot. https://youtu.be/FfNIA6-HTuY I’m Deborah Maragopoulos, a family...
The Medical System’s Biggest Blind Spot? Women’s Biology
Nearly 80% of autoimmune patients are women. Women are seven times more likely to be sent home during an active heart attack, and endometriosis takes an average of seven to 10 years to diagnose....
Why You’re Tired But Can’t Sleep
Dragging at 7:00 AM, dependent on caffeine by 10, hitting a wall at 3:00 PM, then 10 rolls around, and suddenly your brain is on. Wide awake, thoughts racing, body exhausted, but mind won't stop....
Adrenal Issues
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Gut Health
The Truth About Your Gut Microbiome and Your Health
What's the truth about your gut microbiome? And what does it have to do with your health? Let's talk about it https://youtu.be/LvOs9ao2f2Y The beneficial bacteria and other microbes of your gut,...
Why Hydration is The Key to Gut Health
Why is hydration key to gut health and cellular function? Let's talk about it. https://youtu.be/NNLRDXiD-9U Having healthy, hydrated plump and juicy cells makes a huge difference in whether or...
The Importance of Gut Health
Why is it important for your gut to be healthy? And especially, how does your gut health affect your hormones? Focusing on gut health is very popular now. With the majority of the focus...
What is the Best Diet for Digestive Health?
For optimal digestive health, you need to be eating the right foods. For optimal digestive health, your diet should be rich in easily digestible proteins and fats made up of mid-chain triglycerides.
What Exactly is Gut Health and Why is it Important?
Gut health is a working gastrointestinal tract. If your gut is unhealthy, you’re not getting the nutrients your body needs to function well.
The Gut-Brain Axis: How the Hypothalamus and Gut Work Together
The gut-brain axis is a communication network between the gut and the brain.
Hypothalamus
How to Reset Your Hypothalamus Naturally
If your hypothalamus doesn't respond to force, it doesn't care how disciplined you are. It doesn't care how many supplements you take. It doesn't care about your willpower. It responds to one...
Why Nothing Works When Your Hypothalamus Is Dysregulated
There is a reason your thyroid medication stopped working. A reason your hormones helped for a while and then didn't. A reason supplements that used to calm you down now make you feel worse. And...
Hypothalamus Supplements: Why Most Don’t Work and What Does
If you've been supplement shopping for your hormonal health and nothing is helping, or things that used to help now make you feel worse. The problem isn't the supplements. The problem is that most...
The Gut-Hormone Connection Nobody Talks About
If you're struggling with hormones AND digestion at the same time, this isn't a coincidence. In fact, if I see a patient with hormone imbalances, I can almost guarantee they have gut issues too....
Why Your Brain Makes You Crave Sugar vs Fat
New research has discovered something mind-blowing: your brain has two completely separate circuits - one that makes you crave sugar and carbohydrates, and another that makes you crave fat. This...
3 Signs Your Hypothalamus Needs Support
If you have these three signs, your hypothalamus is crying for help. And here's why this matters: your hypothalamus controls every hormone in your body, your immune system, your metabolism, your...
Immunity
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Infertility
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Menopause
Why Menopause Symptoms Persist — Even When You’re Doing Everything Right
Why do menopause symptoms persist even with healthy habits or HRT? Menopause symptoms persist because the hypothalamus—the brain’s hormone control center—becomes dysregulated and is rarely...
Case Study: Acute Liver Toxicity from Supplement Overload
Supplement-Induced Liver Toxicity: Why Coordination Matters Why More Is Not Better — and Why Coordination Matters Clinical Context Approximately 27 years ago, a 34-year-old woman (G2P2) presented...
Menopause, the Hypothalamus, and Why Your Symptoms Aren’t Random
What is the connection between menopause and the hypothalamus? Menopause and the hypothalamus are connected because the hypothalamus regulates temperature, sleep, metabolism, stress response, and...
Menopause: What’s Really Happening When Your Periods Stop
(And Why Supporting Your Hypothalamus Changes Everything) Menopause is often described as a moment in time—the year your periods stop. But clinically, menopause is a neuro-endocrine transition,...
Postmenopause: What Happens After the Change — and How to Protect Your Health Long-Term
Postmenopause: Symptoms, Health Risks & Long-Term Care Many women believe menopause is “over” once their periods stop. In reality, postmenopause is a distinct biological phase—one that...
Perimenopause: The First Phase of the Change of Life — and Why It Feels So Disruptive
Perimenopause Symptoms: Why You Feel “Off” Before Menopause Perimenopause is often the most confusing and emotionally challenging phase of the change of life. Many women sense that something is...
Men's Health
What Kind of Sunscreen is Best? Mineral VS. Chemical
What kind of sunscreen is the best — mineral or chemical? Let's talk about it. https://youtu.be/_ITND-X12_A Overexposure to the sun can induce premature aging and skin cancer. So it’s important...
Surprising Facts About Melatonin You Might Not Know
Here are some surprising facts about melatonin you may not know. https://youtu.be/nfAXupYk8fY Melatonin is produced by the pineal gland under the direction of the hypothalamus. When the...
Signs That You Have a Food Allergy
What are the signs that you have a food allergy? Let's talk about it. https://youtu.be/_2LCCA9KLLo Food allergies affect many people. In self-reports 11-19% of adults and 1 out of 13 children...
Warning Signs of Autoimmune Disease and How To Reverse It
What are the warning signs of autoimmune disease and how can you reverse it? Let's talk about it. https://youtu.be/j3yObvUIPNo Autoimmunity means that your body is attacking itself. Your immune...
Power Up Your Plant Based Diet
Did you know that if you power up your plant based diet it can improve your hormone health? Let's talk about it. https://youtu.be/lcVb55d2-D4 Studies show that a plant based diet is the way to go...
What is Sleep Apnea?
What is sleep apnea? Let’s talk about it. https://youtu.be/0MmZObjbVpo Sleep apnea is a potentially serious sleep disorder in which your breathing stops. Your hypothalamus controls your sleep...
Mind / Body
Is Anxiety a Chemical Imbalance in the Brain?
To answer this question right upfront, yes, anxiety is a chemical imbalance in the brain. There are multiple neurotransmitters that are responsible for creating anxiety. Firstly, Serotonin helps...
The Physical Effects of Emotional Stress
It’s not uncommon knowledge that stress can cause an emotional reaction. It doesn’t have to be a physical stressor like an injury or illness. It can be an emotional stressor, like a difficult relationship or work situation, the loss of a job or a loved one, or learned hyper-reactions to everyday stressors that can induce emotional stress.
What’s Your New Year’s Mantra?
2025 has been a time of turmoil for many. A rollercoaster of events creating great change. Some desired. Some unexpected, but needed. Some dreaded, but well, here it is. The whole world is...
How to thrive in 2020
As an Intuitive Integrative Nurse Practitioner, I do more than help my patients get their hormones in balance. I also do a lot of counseling.
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 encourage 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 this...
Obesity
Emotional Eating Isn’t All Emotional
A recent study shows that emotional eating is very common. An analysis of over 5000 adults found that over 20% eat emotionally, with prevalence higher in young white women. ...
Burn Fat, Lose Weight, and Boost Energy Naturally with Lumen
Are you having trouble losing weight? If you’ve been supporting your hypothalamus with Genesis Gold® but you're still having trouble sticking with a diet that enables you to burn fat, I’d like to...
Why the Mediterranean Diet is Best for Hypothalamus Health
The best diet for hypothalamus health is the Mediterranean diet. https://youtu.be/GClzTjMS8N0 In multiple studies, the Mediterranean diet has been shown to be the best antiaging diet, hormone...
Benefits of an Anti-Inflammatory Diet
What are the benefits of an anti-inflammatory diet? Let's talk about it. https://youtu.be/jqEmhSlj6_4 An anti-inflammatory diet is a diet that does not promote inflammation. Studies show that...
How Stress and Anxiety Affect Your Diet
So how do stress and anxiety affect your diet? Let's talk about it. https://youtu.be/1HNbvosbftE Stress and anxiety can wreak havoc on your diet. And that's because, during high stress when...
5 Common Dietary Pitfalls
What are the five common dietary pitfalls that keep you from losing weight? Let's talk about it. Losing weight can be difficult. Many of us start off well at eating a healthier diet but we don't...
PCOS
Natural Alternatives to Metformin
There are three natural alternatives to metformin. Chromium, Botanicals, and Berberine act as safe replacements. Let’s dive into the details.
PCOS Natural Treatment | 3 Natural Ways to Help You Get Pregnant
If you have PCOS and want to know how to get pregnant naturally — Then this video is for you. Make sure to subscribe so I can help you get your Hormones in Harmony and optimize your health. Today...
Best way to deal with PCOS and Infertility
Do you want to know how to treat PCOS and infertility – PolyCystic Ovary Syndrome? As well as have regular periods, clear skin, less facial hair, and get pregnant? If you follow these three easy...
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Thyroid Issues
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Women's Health
Genesis Gold®: The Secret to Lifelong Health?
Can Genesis Gold® be taken every day for your lifetime? Yes! https://youtu.be/_4FPKnHTt10?si=RogADx22nqAqf0tC I designed Genesis Gold® as a foundational hypothalamic nutraceutical to be used daily...
Why You Have Low Estrogen (And What To Do!)
What causes low estrogen? Low estrogen has five common causes. Ovarian aging or failure means the ovaries no longer have enough egg-containing follicles to produce estrogen. Hypothalamic...
Low Estrogen Symptoms You Didn’t Know About! And What To Do
What are the uncommon symptoms of low estrogen? Beyond hot flashes and vaginal dryness, low estrogen can cause symptoms that often get missed: recurring urinary tract infections, anxiety and...
Say Goodbye to Anxiety and Vaginal Atrophy with These Fixes!
How can you fix Anxiety and vaginal atrophy? Let’s talk about it. https://youtu.be/rAGj7W23kp4?si=VRQcW_thUEZ5sL27 There is a relationship between anxiety and vaginal atrophy. Both are due to low...
Why Do Some Women Still Menstruate After Menopause?
Why do some women menstruate after menopause? Let's talk about it. https://youtu.be/2fFYk3KBV-E?si=8uEEWeZ8IrcC5xQ9 You would think once you reach menopause, you would stop having periods but...
Why Do So Many Women Grow Facial Hair After Menopause?
How can you manage your post-menopausal facial hair naturally? Let's talk about it. https://youtu.be/NoJY-JBvEkY?si=-MdiVJYEGQqHKF8w The increase in testosterone in post-menopause causes...
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