As a woman with hair loss, you’ve decided to look deeper at your health, asking "why me?" about this horrible problem. And that is the right question to ask. If many of us ask "why?" enough, we discover that it probably didn’t just come out of the blue on its own. It most likely was Read More…
My mom never got her chance to go through the natural menopause process. She had her ovaries and uterus removed due to endometriosis when she was in her late 30s, effectively going from pre-menopausal to post-menopausal overnight. She thinks the removal of her parts may have compounded her now severe hair loss, and there's evidence Read More…
Circulating levels of insulin are very important to your hormonal balance. Insulin is a hormone made in your pancreas, and is secreted into the blood stream in bursts when you eat. Insulin’s primary purpose is to tell your cells to absorb sugar (glucose) from your blood into your various cells - to store as glycogen Read More…
You can see and feel signs of chronic inflammation easily if you know what you're looking for. The signs are easy to ignore or write off as a normal part of aging. They include aching joints, fibromyalgia, wrinkling and sagging skin, hair loss, varicose veins, cellulite, autoimmune diseases, central obesity (abdominal fat), diabetes, digestive issues Read More…
Our stress response describes the strain on our bodies caused by dealing with physical, emotional, mental, and hormonal adversity. Stress affects us in many ways, some of which are necessary to survival. When facing a stressful event, your body receives the immediate energy and capacity to either run away, or stay and deal with the Read More…
You may have been told that estrogen is *the* female hormone, and that women can always use more of it. "Drink more soy milk, eat flax cereal and herbs to increase your levels of estrogen." "Estrogen protects you from cancer and uterine diseases - get on an estrogen supplement or birth control to *balance* your Read More…
Hormones help shape us into who and what we are. They effect our development and the growth of our body, and hair. This post focuses mainly on our "reproductive" hormones from the ovaries, as different hormone systems are discussed more in posts 2 and 5. The topic of hormones is a complex one, as we Read More…
Thyroid hormones promote healthy growth, help our cells get oxygen, enhance our circulation, balance our reproductive hormones, and they are necessary for our body to use protein for building itself up. These powerful hormones have both a direct effect on skin and hair, and an indirect effect on the internal processes that relate to overall Read More…
Behind every healthy head of hair is healthy, functional metabolism. Although our metabolic rate is somewhat "pre-programmed" by our genes, we can help boost it via our diet and lifestyle. Many people suppress their metabolism through dieting, being overly stressed, working out too hard without replenishing calories, or not moving enough. We'll talk about that Read More…
Given what I know now, It's no surprise that I wound up with hair loss in my early adulthood. It seems everything about my young life had primed me for bad health. To begin with, my mother's side family history includes sub-clinical thyroid disease, celiac disease, obesity, and rampant endometriosis affecting many of the women Read More…
