Hormones

Hormones are chemical messengers that are secreted directly into the blood. This carries them to specific organs and tissues to exert their functions.
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Hormones are essential for regulating most major bodily processes, when dysbiosis occurs this can effect our metabolism, blood sugar, growth & development, blood pressure, reproductive cycles, sexual function and stress levels.
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Do you regularly get your hormone levels checked at the GP?
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There are many factors that can effect our hormones including diet and lifestyle choices.
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Nutrients that are essential for hormone health include;
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🍊 Vitamin C stimulates hormone production & supports progesterone production (our calming hormone). Vitamin C is also essential for our adrenal glands and balances cortisol, our stress hormone.
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☀️ Vitamin D is a multifunctional hormone or prohormone because it contributes to numerous processes throughout the body. One of these is the production of sex hormones, it can stimulate the production of oestrogen, progesterone and testosterone.
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🐟 Omega 3 are anti inflammatory and essential for hormone health to modulate hormone receptor site sensitivity.
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🥬 Magnesium is a mineral that also has many functions in the body. Magnesium regulates the HPA axis and calms the nervous system, reduces blood sugar and normalises insulin and supports thyroid health.
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🍱 🇧🇷🥜 Iodine & Selenium are vital minerals for our thyroid gland to make hormones. Thyroid hormones are responsible for metabolism, growth and development.