Contents:
- Medical Video: Balancing Hormones Naturally With Alisa Vitti | Well.Org
- Ways that can be done to balance hormones
- 1. Eat healthy fat
- 2. Get enough sleep and stay away from stress
- 3. Do exercise regularly
- 4. Maintain digestive health
- 5. Reduce consumption of caffeine and alcoholic beverages
- 6. Avoid dangerous chemicals
Medical Video: Balancing Hormones Naturally With Alisa Vitti | Well.Org
Hormones are a biochemical group in the body that plays an important role in every function of the body. So, balancing hormones is important so that body functions are not disturbed. Hormonal imbalances in the body can make you feel tired, infertility, hair loss, changes in appetite, to being overweight or underweight.
Ways that can be done to balance hormones
Here are some natural ways you can try to help balance hormones in your body:
1. Eat healthy fat
Hormones are influenced by the amount of fat in your body. So, balancing the amount of fat that enters your body also affects the hormonal balance. Eating more healthy fat is important to balance hormones in the body.
Why? Because usually the food you eat is more fat than good fat. Eat foods that contain healthy fats, such as omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids. Examples of these foods are avocados, salmon, beans, vegetable oils from seeds (olive oil, canola oil, soybean oil, and others).
2. Get enough sleep and stay away from stress
Lack of sleep can interfere with your body's circadian rhythm, making your body stressed, so it can cause hormonal imbalances. A study published in the Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism reports that stress can cause changes in serum levels in many hormones, such as glucocorticoid hormones, catecholamines, growth hormones, and prolactin. So, this can then disrupt your body's work.
Adults are advised to sleep 7-8 every night. Enough sleep can give the body time to repair damaged cells, build energy for tomorrow, increase immunity, and maintain hormonal balance.
3. Do exercise regularly
Exercise also helps balance hormones in the body. Exercise can strengthen the endocrine system that regulates hormones in the body. Not only that, exercise also helps reduce stress, helps you sleep better, and maintain your weight.
However, do not overdo it in doing sports. This can actually make your body stressed, which actually disrupts hormonal balance. Do as much exercise as you can, and this may be different for everyone.
4. Maintain digestive health
Digestive health has an effect on your body's immune system and hormonal system. Avoiding foods that can cause damage to the digestive system is important to maintain hormonal balance in the body. The key is not to consume any food in excess amounts. For example, avoid consuming sugar or foods that contain sugar excessively. Excessive sugar intake in the body can interfere with the work of the hormone insulin, this can then cause you to experience diabetes.
5. Reduce consumption of caffeine and alcoholic beverages
Caffeine might help you in several ways. However, excessive caffeine consumption is also not good for the body. Caffeine can affect the workings of the central nervous system, increase heart rate, increase alertness, and change the way the brain produces hormones. Most caffeine can make it difficult for you to sleep, thus increasing the levels of the hormone cortisol and other stress hormones.
You also need to consume alcoholic beverages. Alcoholic drinks are proven to interfere with the function of the liver and also the pancreas. Some hormone production can also be disrupted due to alcohol, such as the hormones estrogen and testosterone.
6. Avoid dangerous chemicals
Hazardous chemicals can enter your body in various ways and this can disrupt your hormonal balance. For example, from foods that contain pesticides that you eat, from cleaning the room you use, from plastic containers that you use for food, from body care products you use, and others.
For this reason, you may need to avoid using items that contain hazardous chemicals. Or, reduce the chance of dangerous chemicals to enter the body. For example, use plastic containers for BPA-free food or drinks (BPA-free), avoid beauty products that contain parabens and propylene glycol, wash vegetables and fruit before eating, and much more can be done.
