Simple Tips to Balance Hormones Naturally

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Balanced hormones are the key to a successful natural conception and health pregnancy. At times hormones can seem quite complicated to set straight, but what doesn’t need to be complicated is where to get started on your journey to balancing them naturally.

Take Control of Your Mental-Chatter & Stress Levels

When you have been struggling to get pregnant for some time, it can begin to sap us of positivity and then our stress levels can rise. The most vital place to start when looking to balance your hormones is to ensure you stay positive, and focused on your goal of conceiving naturally no matter what life throws at you. By staying focused on only the positives, any other lifestyle changes you need to make will become much easier too.

An interesting study carried out at Emory University School of Medicine found that the women who had stopped ovulating for more than 6 months that the research team was studying, had high levels of cortisol (a stress hormone). This small study found that seven out of eight participants who received stress management therapy began ovulating again versus two out of eight who received no intervention.

Choose an Alkaline-Forming Diet

An alkaline-forming diet is a great diet that everyone can start out on. Not only is this nutrient rich but it helps to provide the right blood pH needed to help make conception possible.

The blood pH should be 7.2, which is slightly alkaline. Therefore, if we want to function optimally then we should be doing our best to keep it this way every day.

Typical acid-forming foods and drinks include;

  • White sugar
  • Wine
  • Espresso coffee
  • Soft drinks/colas
  • Wheat flour
  • Meat

If we do not try to keep our body slightly alkaline at all times, then unwanted micro-organisms like yeast (candida), fungi, and negative bacteria and viruses can thrive in our body and the following problems can crop up:

  • Interference with enzymes and co-enzymes
  • Reducing the absorption of essential vitamins and minerals needed for hormonal balance
  • Menstrual difficulties
  • UTI’s (Urinary Tract Infection’s)
  • Vaginal infections
  • Impotence
  • Prostatitis
  • Cervical mucous becomes wrong pH for sperm to survive in

Try to achieve a diet that consists of 60% alkaline-forming foods, and 40% acid-forming foods. But still keep healthy basics in mind when choosing your acid-forming foods.

Don’t be afraid of choosing acid-forming foods either such as lean, organic animal protein as these are vital for hormone building, just be sure to top up the rest of your plate with plenty of alkaline-forming foods such as organic, dark leafy vegetables, chickpeas, cucumbers, sprouts, avocado’s, quinoa, and buckwheat.

Purify Your Household Water

Most municipalities around the world spend a lot of time adding chemicals to our water to ensure it is left drinkable for us and our families. Whilst this is a good thing, what is not so good is the fact that these chemicals remain in our water when we go to drink it, or shower and bathe in it and have been linked to causing some major health problems by credible scientists.

Chlorine is one such chemical used to kill bacteria in our water, but its consumption can cause an under-active thyroid. It is important we don’t let this happen because when one endocrine gland is out of balance, this eventually causes others to follow suit due to extra demands placed on them.

So it is vital you invest in a good quality reverse osmosis water filtration system for your household water, that helps filter out these unwanted chemicals and other toxins that can seep through like hormones and residues of medications.

Sources:
http://thedetoxdiva.com/fertility-and-the-alkaline-diet/
http://www.naturalnews.com/036782_alkaline_foods_optimal_health_acidity.html

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