How To Balance Hormones Acne

How To Balance Hormones Acne Video

How To Balance Hormones Acne Video Transcript

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hi it's Emma here from women's health
and hormones going on talking about acne
and more specifically how to balance
your hormones naturally so you don't
need to peel to control acting breakouts
well now I have a lot of experience
working this area in earlier in my
career has been about four years working
in a specialized skin clinic called the
psoriasis Lincoln clinic used to see
around 70 to 80 patients per week at
this clinic many of these patients women
in particular were suffering from acne
and I experienced firsthand the

suffering this is causing and this is
actually looks fast a lot of my interest
initially in specializing in the area of
treating hormonal imbalances the 50
things to remember if you're suffering
from acne the first thing to remember is
that acne is a systemic condition it's
presenting with skin symptoms which are
on the surface but this is really just
the tip of the iceberg the underlying
mechanisms that are controlling the
health of your skin and presentation of
acne are actually coming from within you
the only way to really get acting to go
into remission is to address the

underlying causes that are contributing
to that symptomatic presentation it's
important also to remember that you
can't cure acne acne is a genetic
condition so you'll always have that
hereditary tendency but there is so much
that we can do naturally to get the
permission to go into remission so that
you're not experiencing active symptoms
but those travelling new or that you're
needing to address all of the time
absolutely there are so many ways that
we can do this naturally without you
needing to take the pill the first step
is to try and get an idea of what your

hormonal profile is we will find out
what the hormonal imbalances that's
actually derived in the presentation of
your symptoms the easy way to look into
this to begin with
is just go to the quiz that's on the
website the URL for the quiz is ballast
hormones calm you slash log slash quiz
if you click on that link you'll find it
will take you to the three-minute
hormone breakthrough quiz and if you
follow the instructions through the
cruise
you'll come up with a bit of an idea at
the end about what the underlying

hormonal imbalances that you may have
that's actually causing your acne to
flare up the most common hormonal
imbalance linked to presentations of
acne is low progesterone and this may be
the co-ceo it may not be the case for
you the important thing is to just
identify what that is so that's the
first step once you've done the quiz you
might also decide that you want to
confirm that diagnosis through hormone
testing so the quiz itself is just
giving you a bit of an indicator of what
your potential hormonal imbalance might
be but it's a great idea to follow that

up with hormone testing and saliva
hormone testing is my preference for
identifying a hormonal imbalance that
causing acne once you know what your
hormonal imbalance E is then it can be
really specific in taking the right
herbs and nutrients to get your hormones
back into balance and that's different
for every person
just because you have acne it doesn't
necessarily mean that you will need
exactly the same hormone or throw it
exactly the same that has the nutrients
that another of my patients who also has
acne may require so there's no

one-size-fits-all approach here it's a
matter of finding out what your unique
hormonal blueprint is and addressing
that blueprint as best we can hormonal
imbalance so again is just part of the
entire picture when we're treating acne
is almost like we're trying to put
together the pieces of the puzzle what
are the other underlying causes that are
number one contributing to the acne
flaring up but no materia what are the
underlying causes that are driving the
hormonal imbalance for you in the first
place if you can go into that deeper
level and address the other hormonal the

other underlying causes you'll find that
you'll really get a long-term
improvement in your acne but also your
hormonal regulation and as you start to
correct your hormonal regulation you'll
find that your general well-being mood
energy levels concentration the whole
range of symptoms that will also improve
which is good news the next step is
having a look at what's going on with
your gut any issues with a gut function
will always cause a flare-up of acne
remember you scare at the secondary
organ of elimination any waste products
that your body's not able to eliminate

efficiently through the bowel will try
to come out through the skin so it's
really in your best interest to make
sure that your gut is as healthy as
possible and that you're having a
regular daily bowel movement this also
has a direct impact on your hormonal
regulation because if your body is
finding it difficult to eliminate waste
product efficiently through the bowel
you're fine it will also be finding it
difficult to eliminate hormonal
metabolites the byproducts of hormonal
detoxification and if your body can't
eliminate those efficiently as well

again they'll be reabsorbed in the valve
back into the bloodstream and it just
perpetuates the cycle of imbalance on
the body make sure you're having a
regular bowel movement if you're
suffering from constipation it will slow
down the elimination of waste products
and hormonal metabolites even more from
the bowel so we want to make sure that
that bowel movement is happening on a
daily basis if you find that you're
suffering from sluggish bowel function
or constipation it's important to make
sure that you're including enough fiber
particularly soluble fiber in your diet

my recommendation here is to make sure
that you're including some flaxseed meal
flaxseed meal is fantastic it's a great
source of soluble fiber that will help
to keep it balanced regular but it also
contains any final estrogen which is
called a lignin liquid lock onto your
body's estrogen receptor sites and can
trick your body into modulating its own
production of estrogen but if your
estrogen levels are too high and that
combined with low progesterone is
contributing to the fluence of your acne
flaxseed meals a really safe and easy
way to address that because of the

modulator it doesn't even matter if
you're not sure that you've got high
estrogen if you've got low estrogen
croak signal can also help flex little
mill also contains a range of
anti-inflammatory essential fatty acids
and these will help to dare bend down
the inflammatory response in your body
and we neither acne is an inflammatory
condition so anything that has an
anti-inflammatory action will be really
beneficial in improving the health of
your skin I recommend should probably
start with
at one tablespoon of ground flax big

meal each day and gradually take your
time to increase that to two tablespoons
listening to your body as you go along
there are many women who react to flex
signal but there's always that
possibility for an idiosyncratic
reaction so you decide to go slowly and
give your body a chance to get used to
it great way to include the flex signals
in a smoothie or you can sprinkle it on
your breakfast or am it included on
salad for example you need to grind the
Flex a meal if you're having whole flex
scenes once that can help to increase
the number of bowel movements you're
having you want to absorb any of the
beneficial phytoestrogens or essential
fatty acids from the whole flaxseed you
need to grind it the best thing you can
do is buy a packet of glimpses holding
foods from the supermarket and just
grind enough to last you through a week
and stir it in a glass food storage
container in the fridge that way it will
keep the fear Grambling fairly fresh
Lyne seeds contain those high levels of
essential fatty acids which means
they'll oxidize quickly so you want to
make sure that you store them in the
fridge and that they're fresh when you
eat them so that's tip number one we
want to really keep the balance of
happening you need to drink plenty of
water as well
cheerleaders plus per day is essential
you'll find if you get dehydrated the
Flexi can actually potentially make the
situation worse because there are
soluble fiber source which means that
you need to have lots of water over to
help them work properly in the body
hydrating your system will also help to
flush waste products through your system
and reduce the possibility of waste
products being them over to the skin so
maintaining your hydration is essential
another important area to look at is
optimizing your nutrients better we know
that there are some nutrients that are
really important for promoting both
hormonal regulation and skin healing so
if it can include a range of these
nutrients in your diet it will be
beneficial for both your hormones and
for helping to heal the skin more
efficiently we already mentioned the
essential fatty acids which have been
anti inflammatory response in the body I
also recommend you try and eat plenty of
green leafy vegetables green leafy
vegetables are full of anti
firing nutrients that promote skin
healing they're also very alkaline so
they'll help to dampen down acidity in
the body and we know that increased
acidity is linked to increased
inflammation and can continue to flare
up cycles of acne so we want to try and
dampen down the inflammatory response
and down examine Sidda T in your body as
well and green vegetables are fantastic
for that but best leafy greens to
include a things including broccoli
cabbage brussel sprouts alfalfa sprouts
fresh herbs that mint and parsley a
wonderful even green vegetables like
soybeans asparagus any emergency greens
will really help
just remember the vegetables from the
Brassica family need to be cooked before
you eat them
kale is also a member of the best
Brassica family I have heard from quite
a few women that they're including kale
in their juicers and the smoothies and
having it raw kale is great source of
these phytonutrients and antioxidants
and excellent for healing acne but make
sure your cooker first lightly steamed
kale or lightly stir fries if you're
having it run smoothie or any of those
brassicas or they can impede and slow
down your thyroid functions and we don't
want to fix one problem in your health
and then cause another problem as a
result so just make sure that you cook
the brassicas but having lots of other
green vegetables raw is fantastic
juicing great making juice like cucumber
celery mint and parsley great way of
boost up their phytonutrients green
smoothies are great for the same reason
try and vary up the greens - including
if you're only ever including spinach
and green smoothie you're going to get
some issues there because spinach
contains five types and oxalates that
reduce your body's ability to absorb
other nutrients but just mix it up and
include lots of different greens
change the foods around which means I've
done is the same foods every day you
always we are trying to add variety in
your diet as much as possible to
minimize the impact of any food
intolerances but also just to give your
body is the best opportunity to get
maximum nutrition by incorporating a
broad variety of foods just having lots
of green vegetables with your meals as
important to assuming a big bunch of
green vegetables making sure that half
of your plate is full of green
vegetables it's a great way to
incorporate
rain links another really important
mineral to promote skin healing and you
think we're not high in green vegetables
so you want to make sure you include
other zinc containing foods in your diet
so vegetarians the best link containing
food is actually pumpkin seeds so
including small handful of pumpkin seeds
every day great fantastic thing to do if
you have not a vegetarian and you want
to try to incorporate things from other
food sources abalone eggs are a great
source of zinc red meat is also a good
source of zinc and even leggings
actually a vegetarian review included
feathers ink to so including the
containing stencils on every day rather
than be helpful if you are going to use
any topical treatment to try to heal the
skin quickly and manage your symptoms
you must make sure that it's natural if
you're using topical treatment it's not
natural or organic it's highly likely
that your body will be absorbing then
our estrogen such as synthetic estrogen
mimickers to the skin now there's our
hormonal disruptors whilst you might
initially spend in prison when you spin
systems by using means even long-term
and actually feed the condition because
we know that exposure to these
xenoestrogens will destruct your natural
hormonal regulation and we need to
balance the hormones in order for you to
see long-term improvements and acne
without using the pill so choosing
natural organic topical products is a
really great idea if you can try and
find a formulation that contains thermal
extracts essential anti-inflammatory
essential oils and even some organic
free lessons you'll find that very
beneficial but chance to steer away from
the chemically Laden natural press or
threat chemically Laden
skin products they'll they'll flare up
in the long run you want to assume
long-term interment presence in your
skin symptoms do the best job that you
can to address as many of the underlying
triggers as possible that will give you
the best chance of actually getting your
skin condition to go into remission and
we'll give you the best chance of
balancing your hormones naturally
without needing to take the film please
let me know if you have any questions
thanks so much for watching bye for now