The Supplements This Hormone Expert Can't Live Without

But as a starting point, I've developed a list of supplements that tend to help my clients again and again. Over the past 15 years of researching hormones and the endocrine system, I found that these are the five essential supplements that will elevate your hormonal healing and help you maintain endocrine excellence for the long term:

B vitamins are necessary for good health1, and many women just don’t get enough. A deficiency in B vitamins can cause low energy and fatigue since they're so crucial for so many metabolic functions, and B6 is a particularly important vitamin that can help boost progesterone production to counteract excess estrogen (a top cause of hormonal dysfunction). B6 supports the development of the corpus luteum, which is where all your progesterone originates, and it also works with your liver enzymes to remove excess estrogen from the body and boosts the immune system.

Magnesium affects your pituitary health2, and without it, you produce less FSH (follicular-stimulating hormone), LH (luteinizing hormone), and TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormone), the critical hormones that signal other glands in the endocrine system to perform optimally. Low levels of those hormones can cause irregular ovulation and thyroid dysfunction, which can lead to bigger hormonal problems down the line. Magnesium is involved in over 300 catalytic reactions3 in the body, and many women are deficient in it. If you get bloated and have headaches, those are just two of many other signs that indicate a magnesium deficiency.

Your liver plays a critical role in maintaining hormonal balance and keeping symptoms at bay4. In order to do all of the detoxification work it does on your hormonal behalf, your liver needs a fully stocked supply of many micronutrients and antioxidants. Antioxidants like vitamin C and alpha-lipoic acid, as well as turmeric and other essential ingredients, help keep your liver well-nourished, so it can efficiently break down excess estrogen. If your body can't efficiently process toxins like excess hormones, you'll be more likely to develop menstrual, fertility, and libido problems.

A healthy microbiome is essential for management of every hormonal condition imaginable. There's a community of gut bacteria and specifically bacterial genes, called the estrobolome, that produces an enzyme that supports the metabolization of estrogen—scientists suspect that the estrobolome fosters a connection between your hormones and your gut, and have been linked to certain types of breast cancer. Your gut is an essential part of the elimination system that is vital in ushering hormones out of the body. When you eat dairy, gluten, and foods processed with pesticides (and/or take the birth control pill), you can disrupt this important bacterial balance.

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