Why Perimenopause
Today we talk about perimenopause and how thyroid, stress, iodine, and diet can affect this area of women’s’ health. We also discuss testing, treatment and some over the counter options.
Peri Menopause
- Hormones to test for Blood
- Testosterone total and fee
- Estrogen- Estrone, Estriol, Estradiol
- Progesterone
- Pregnenolone
- DHEA
- IGF-1
- Cortisol AM/PM
- Fasting insulin
- 24 hour Urine Testing for Hormones
- Salivary testing
Supplements for hormones
General
- Prickly Pear
- mother’s wort
- lemon balm
- Chinese sage
- red clover
- dong quai
Testosterone Type Hotflashes
- Deer Antler Velvet
- Stinging Nettle root
- yohimbe
- horny goat weed
For Estrogen
- Black cohosh
- blue cohosh
- soy
Thyroid
Thyroid Testing
- TSH
- Free T3
- Free T4
- TPO
- Reverse T3
- T3 Uptake
- Iodine
Herbs and Supplements for Thyroid Support
- Bovine thyroid
- iodine
- kelp
- fish
- shell fish
- Prescription Synthetic Thyroid
- Armour
- NP thyroid
- WP thyroid
- Nature throid
- compounded thyroid porcine
Adrenal Health
Adrenal Testing
- DHEA
- Cortisol AM/PM
- Circular 8 am, 12pm, 5pm, 10pm
- Cortisol challenge
- This can be done with salivary or blood testing
Supplements for the adrenals
- Ashawaganda
- L-theanine
- holy basil
- ginkgo
- DGL
- Siberian ginseng
- astragalus
- OTC hormone
- DHEA- low dose
Brain Health Supplements
- GABA
- 5-HTP
- Sam-E
- Magnesium
Exercise
Low impact if there is adrenal fatigue.
- yoga
- pilates
- walking
Diet
Remove From Diet
- sugar
- alcohol
- processed meats
- meats with hormones in them
Add Into Diet
- Sprouted grain breads
- stevia
- agave nectar
- hormone free chicken
- meats
- turkey
