by Deborah Maragopoulos FNP | Feb 1, 2020 | Blog, Mind/Body
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 think straight. You’re moody. Your body aches. You can’t sleep. You’re...
by Deborah Maragopoulos FNP | Sep 27, 2019 | Hypothalamus
Have you ever been to the doctor knowing something’s wrong and you’re pretty sure it’s your hormones, so he runs blood tests and you go back for the results to be told they’re all normal? How can your blood tests be normal when you feel like crap? It’s because your...
by Deborah Maragopoulos FNP | Nov 21, 2018 | Hypothalamus
If you want to know why you are losing your hair and how your hormones are affecting that, this article tackles those issues. Welcome back to my blog. Today, I’m going to show you what is happening with your hormones that are affecting hormonal hair loss. First...
by Deborah Maragopoulos FNP | Nov 9, 2018 | Hypothalamus
They don’t work alone. Most of your hormones have partners. A counterbalancing partner. Estrogen & ProgesteroneCortisol & DHEAInsulin & Glucagon and more! Let us start with your sex hormones. Estrogen partners with Progesterone; Estrogen is the fertilizer,...
by Deborah Maragopoulos FNP | Nov 7, 2018 | Hypothalamus
If you are wondering what causes your hormonal migraine and how to treat it naturally, then read on. In this article, I will show you exactly what you need to deal with your hormonal headaches and how to treat them naturally. Let’s begin. So, first off, let us...
by Deborah Maragopoulos FNP | Oct 31, 2018 | Hypothalamus
If you want to know how your liver detoxification affects your hormones, then I wrote this for you. Welcome back to my blog. Today I am discussing how your liver is detoxifying hormones and how that affects your hormonal health. It is a super important topic and,...
by Deborah Maragopoulos FNP | Oct 25, 2018 | Hypothalamus
How many hormones are there in the human body? The human body produces more than 200 hormones and hormone-like messengers. Beyond the familiar sex hormones (estrogen, progesterone, testosterone), thyroid hormones, and adrenal hormones like cortisol and DHEA, this...
by Deborah Maragopoulos FNP | Oct 22, 2018 | Gut Health
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 hormones. Also how your hormones affect your gastrointestinal tract....
by Deborah Maragopoulos FNP | Oct 11, 2018 | Hypothalamus
If you want to know what you need to do for metabolizing 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 your testosterone safely for either women or men, because we both...
by Deborah Maragopoulos FNP | Oct 10, 2018 | Hypothalamus
Today, I’m going to tell you how to metabolize estrogen safely. This is one of my favorite subjects, talking about estrogen and I like to talk about estrogen in terms of the good, the bad and the ugly. I’m going to teach you exactly what you need to do to...
by Deborah Maragopoulos FNP | Sep 1, 2018 | Weight Management
Are you gaining weight, and you don’t know why? Unfortunately, hormone weight gain is a very real thing. Going up 3-5 pounds with premenstrual bloating, and retaining that extra weight through menopause is very common for most women. But there are ways to lose...
by Deborah Maragopoulos FNP | Aug 31, 2018 | Hypothalamus
So you’ve been on bioidentical hormone replacement therapy for a few years. Everything was peachy. You felt good. Hot flashes stopped. You could sleep through the night. Your moods were stable. No more brain fog. But now you’re having hot flashes again. And night...