Struggling with Hormonal Imbalance? Here's How You Can Help Yourself in 5 Key Steps

Weakness and fatigue, excessive sweating, irregular menstruation, and infertility problems are often caused by hormonal imbalance.

What is hormonal imbalance, and what are its effects on our body?

Hormones are chemical compounds that serve for communication between one or more cells to other cells. Their presence in our body is crucial as they have a direct impact on all body systems, and, for example, if hormones are lacking in a certain system, another system will also be affected. Let's take the thyroid gland as an example, also known as the shield gland.

This gland secretes hormones responsible for metabolism rate, heart rate, and the proper development of the fetal brain. If this gland's activity is impaired, and it stops secreting these important and critical hormones, the body starts signaling distress in the form of chronic fatigue and weakness, and weight gain. In such a case, the doctor may add external thyroid hormones to support the thyroid gland.

So what can be done in such a situation? Here are 8 important steps to gradually restore balance:

Step One: Stay Away From Anger

Studies show that stress, anger, and anxiety are among the first mediating factors leading to hormonal changes. Often, the race of life and the stress it brings cause us women to live an especially stressful lifestyle. Calming down, resting, avoiding anxiety and anger, and maintaining joy and inner peace will keep hormonal balance.

Step Two: Start Consuming Omega-3

Omega-3 derived from fish oil affects not only our body's various systems but also hormone production, maintaining a hormonally balanced body.

Step Three: Go to Sleep Earlier

Hormonal imbalance also occurs when sleeping less than eight hours a night, so ensure you get enough sleep during the night.

Step Four: Eliminate Caffeine From Your Diet

Among its numerous harms, caffeine leads to increased hormonal activity in the adrenal gland. Overproduction of hormones also disrupts overall balance, damaging various body systems.

Step Five: Avoid Processed and Fried Foods, and Dairy Products

The industrial food we consume often contains hormones that not only fail to strengthen our body but also harm it and disrupt its hormonal balance. These hormones can include steroids and antibiotics added to processed meat, vegetable oil, carbonated drinks, and various dairy products.