Nutritional Influences on Hormonal Health

A systematic approach to regulating hormones is outlined within. The steps in the process for hormone balancing will be reviewed as they build upon each other. Hormones must be balanced and working in concert with one another to maintain good health. Many factors affect hormonal balance, such as food quality and poor nutrition, stress, and environmental toxins. Unfortunately, we live in an increasingly toxic world and these exposures affect our endocrine system and hormonal balance. These toxic exposures include the air we breathe, the food we eat, the water we drink, and even the thoughts we think. Endocrine active chemicals (EACs) or endocrine disruptors can cause variations in normal hormone function. Even small alterations in hormone concentrations have significant and lasting effects. Further, some EACs have the potential to impact human health at lower doses than limits set in traditional toxicity testing by regulatory agencies, which means that some effects may be overlooked.