The Balanced Diet

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Health Check: what’s the best diet for weight loss?

Explainer: the risks and benefits of bariatric surgery

Caveman cravings? Rating the paleo diet

Do we need to look for short cuts, surgery and snappy answers? If you look up weight loss it appears many people are  looking for answers. These are the heading above of the latest articles. My question is are we looking in the wrong places?
What's wrong with a balanced diet? On a balanced diet you should be able to fat burn, leap with energy and feel vital.  If that's not happening maybe there is an underlying medical condition that if treated would have you leaping for joy. Some of these underlying conditions include;

• Insulin Resistance
• High Cortisol levels
• Endocrine imbalances
• Toxicity
• Digestive Dysfunction
• Low vitamin D levels

To find out more about these underlying conditions just ask us at Cranes Pharmacy. Our health program Thin Within covers all these areas and more.

Female Hormonal Disorders Made Easier

Simple Strategies for Great Clinical Outcomes

What can go wrong with hormones? I hear you...there's a lot but my goal is to make it simple.

Let's make it easy and look at 4 patterns;

• Excessive estrogen activity
• Deficient progesterone activity
• Deficient estrogen activity
• Excessive testosterone activity

Excessive estrogen activity causes inflammation and growth. This can occur in fibroids, endometriosis & cancers of the cervix, breast & prostate. Common symptoms include mennorrhagia, menstrual clotting and dysmenorrhoea.  Contributing factors include;

• Normal gonadal synthesis
• Increased tissue synthesis  ( this is the reason that sometimes the symptoms do not match the blood testing)
• Increased ER-alpha activity, this is a specific estrogen receptor that is increased in insulin resistance and obesity
• Comodulation this includes input from neurotransmitters such as serotonin, noradrenaline and dopamine.
• Hormone metabolism, how we break down the estrogen
• Endocrine disrupting chemicals look around you plastics are everywhere

Deficient progesterone activity can cause PMS, PMDD, irregular cycles and infertility. Common symptoms include low mood, anxiety, depression, cravings, breast pain & dysmennohoea. We sometimes hear comments like "Before my period I feel like killing someone" or "when my period starts I tell my husband to duck and hide for the next two days".
Contributing factors include;

• Low gonadal synthesis
• Tissue synthesis
• Receptor activity
• Lack of neurotransmitter response to hormones
• Imbalanced detoxification
• Xeno estrogen excess

Deficient estrogen activity can occur in menopause.  Common symptoms include hot flushes, night sweats, insomnia, anxiety, depression, low libido and vaginal dryness.
Contributing factors include;

• Low gonadal synthesis
• Low or high local synthesis
• Receptor activity
• Neurotransmitter and stress hormone imbalance
• Imbalanced detoxification
• Xeno estrogen excess

Excessive testosterone activity occurs in PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome). Common symptoms include acne, facial hair, visceral obesity, amenohoea and infertility.
Contributing factors include;

• High gonadal synthesis
• Tissue synthesis
• Receptor activity
• Insulin comodulation
• Impaired phase 11 detoxification
• Xeno-estrogen excess

Naturopathy is all about treating the contributing factors.  Treat the factor that is causing the imbalance and the symptoms start to disappear.  The Pink Within Program is coming soon to join Cranes Pharmacy other health programs.  Be the first to book in starts February 2015.

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