Did you know?
The products you use every day could be silently disrupting your hormones.
HORMONE DISRUPTORS
Hormone disruptors are chemicals that are not produced by the human body and that disrupt the functioning of a natural hormone system.
They can lead to adverse health effects to which children, adolescents and women are particularly vulnerable to.
The average woman is typically exposed to about five hundred chemicals every single day. Our makeup, skincare products, personal care products, cleaners we use on our clothes and counter tops can all contain harmful hormone disrupting chemicals that cause imbalances in the body.
How you get exposed to so many hormone disruptors
- You bathe in the morning and you encounter chemicals in your soap
- You brush your teeth and fluoride in your toothpaste affects you
- Your body cream contains Lead
- Your antiperspirant contains aluminum
- Your hair relaxer contains harmful chemicals
- Your packaged food contains additives, coloring, artificial sweetners, pesticides and a host of other products.
Look at the labels on 3 of your daily-use products. Can you pronounce the ingredients?
Xenoestrogens and their effects on the body
Xenoestrogens mimic the estrogen hormone. They have estrogenic effects in the body but they are not estrogen produced by the body.
Symptoms linked to disruption/imbalance may include:
- Heavy, painful periods
- Adult acne
- Hair loss or facial hair
- Mood swings, anxiety, or depression
- Insomnia or poor sleep
- Bloating, fatigue, brain fog
- Weight gain, especially around your middle
- Low sex drive
- Vaginal dryness
- Irregular periods
- Painful periods
- Heavy periods
- Bloating
- Breast swelling and tenderness
- Fibrocystic breasts
- PMS
- PCOS
- Endometriosis
- Fibroids
- Hair loss
- Migraine
- Weight gain
- Moodiness
- Poor sleep
- Energy issues
- Slow metabolism
- Thyroid dysfunction
- Cold hand and feet
- Brain fog
- Immune imbalance
- Headaches
A truckload of horrible and sometimes painful symptoms. It’s a whole lot to deal with. Sometimes one woman may experience 4, 5, 6 or more of these symptoms.
The good news is that you can start to help yourself get better.
Mini Exercise:
Think about your last 2–3 cycles. Make a list of symptoms or patterns have you noticed or are currently experiencing. You’ll use this later to track progress.