You may be familiar with insulin resistance, but in case you need a refresher, here’s the gisInsulin resistance is when your cells do not allow insulin to lot: ck into its receptor site. This increases blood glucose, and can lead to diabetes and metabolic syndrome. Your pancreas has to work harder making more insulin, which leads to type two diabetes.
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 the master of regulating all of the hormones that your body produces. In...
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.
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 to fall back to sleep? Then, just as you do, the alarm rings and you’ve...
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 social distancing in order to stop the spread of the Coronavirus. No more...
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 change of life. Estrogen is your joy hormone. Estrogen fuels your...
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 many many women who have a long history of birth control pill use with...
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.
When patients come in for their first consult with me, I do a lot of education. And I introduce them to their hypothalamus. Why? Because your hypothalamus is truly the master controller of your body. Your hypothalamus controls all your major body functions that are...
Alex is hiding behind his mother. She’s driven over a hundred miles to have me evaluate and hopefully treat her son. She’s one of many parents who have come from all across the state to see me. Mostly they come from the Central Valley bringing children of all ages for...
Deborah Maragopoulos FNP
Intuitive Integrative Medicine
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