Women’s lives are influenced by their hormonal changes. Discover how our hormones function and interact with each other from puberty to pregnancy and beyond. Nutritional, botanical, and lifestyle strategies can help ease the journey through the major hormonal changes in our lives.
What comes to mind when you think of hormones? Breakneck mood swings and acne breakouts? Junk food binges and gut-twisting cramps? Sheet-soaking sweats and lukewarm libido? With dips and valleys like these, it’s no wonder we often dread the trek through our changing hormonal landscape. Despite the negative associations they may conjure up, our hormones deserve some respect. They govern essential processes such as appetite, kidney function, sleep cycles, and reproduction without a second thought from us. So how can they be so good, yet sometimes feel so bad?
Dr. Gillian Flower is a naturopathic doctor at the Ottawa Integrative Cancer Centre and counsels her patients in the judicious use of natural supplements.
Stephanie MacDonald
Heidi Fritz, MA, ND
Carime Lane
Joshua Duvauchelle