ALL HORMONES POSTS
Cystic Acne and Hormones: Everything You Need to Know
Contrary to popular belief, acne doesn't go away once you turn 18. In fact, for many women, acne doesn't even get started until their 20s, 30s, 40s, or even in menopause. For me, I had some acne throughout my teenager years, though it didn't become unbearable until I...
Shattering the Myth of Fasting for Women: A Review of Female-Specific Responses to Fasting in the Literature
One of the more esoteric but much beloved tools in the paleo dieter's tool-kit is intermittent fasting. Intermittent fasting is the practice of maintaining overall caloric intake while consuming all calories in fewer meals or in reduced time windows throughout...
High Testosterone Levels in Women: Everything You Need to Know
High testosterone levels in women is one of the most common hormone disorders. Literally tens of millions of women suffer from it in the United States alone. So how do you know if you have high testosterone? 1. Acne Testosterone is elevated around ovulation cycles if...
The Real Truth Behind Autophagy Inducing Fasts
Fasting can have vast effects on women's health. If you are unfamiliar with this effects and the stress it can put on your body, check out this post here to get you started. It is clear that fasting is huge in the health and wellness industry right now. Fasting has...
Hormonal Acne: New Science on How to Beat It
Even though many dermatologists would deny it, hormonal acne is a real and serious problem for women. Gut health and inflammation are both major players in acne. (read more about causes of acne other than hormones in this post, or my brand new acne program, for 50%...
9 Plus Ways to Activate Your Parasympathetic Nervous System
In a recent blog we really dove into why rest is important not just for the reasons we hear often, but underlying reasons. When we are relaxed we aren’t consistently shooting adrenaline throughout our body causing an inflammatory response like when we are stressed....