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Naturally Treat PCOS with Diet and Exercise

February 8, 2019 by Deborah Maragopoulos FNP

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 be treated. What we need to focus on is a few different things.

PCOS is a metabolic syndrome. That means that you have much more inflammation in the body because you are not just your female hormones are out of balance, but your adrenal hormones are out of balance. Your hypothalamus which controls your ovaries, your adrenals, and your glucose metabolism, is actually responsible for getting this back into balance again. It is really critical that you try to help the hypothalamus do its job better in order for the rest of the body to get back into balance.

Can I Get Pregnant with PCOS?

February 1, 2019 by Deborah Maragopoulos FNP

It may seem impossible to get pregnant with PCOS. But let me assure you that it is possible! You just need to get your hormones in balance first.

Treating Autoimmunity Naturally

December 27, 2018 by Deborah Maragopoulos FNP

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 your trained WBCs travel around your body looking for invaders. They depend on your tonsils, appendix, and lymph nodes to hold onto any suspicious organisms. Once your WBCs capture the invaders, they travel to your spleen. In your spleen, your WBCs are debriefed. The information regarding the safety of your body is then communicated to the thymus via cytokines – the tiniest of hormones.

How to Improve Gut Health Naturally

December 20, 2018 by Deborah Maragopoulos FNP

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 your gut. Now, you might be wondering, what does the gut and immune system have to do with hormones?

Remember, your hormones are not just the big hormones that we are more familiar with, like estrogen, progesterone, testosterone. But your immune system produces tiny hormones called cytokines. Those cytokines are little tiny endocrine messengers that tell the immune system what to do. And that immune system is affected by your hormone production as well as by your gut count.

Hormonal Weight Part 3: Man Fat

December 17, 2018 by Deborah Maragopoulos FNP

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 fat helps women reproduce and helps them make breast milk. You may be in sync with your wife and gain some pregnancy weight too, but she needs it, you do not.

Is Cortisol Bad?

November 19, 2018 by Deborah Maragopoulos FNP

Maybe you’ve heard of cortisol and that it is the Hormone that causes belly fat? That cortisol is bad. Well, there are no bad Hormones, Only Hormones out of balance.

So what exactly is cortisol? Cortisol is produced by your adrenal glands. It has its own natural circadian rhythm. Cortisol rises as soon as your melatonin drops, when the sun comes up. It peaks from about 8am to 2pm or 4pm, depending on whether it is winter or summer. Then, in the mid afternoon, cortisol naturally falls.

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