Hormones Out of Balance - This is Why! - Dr. Berg On Hormonal Imbalance | DrEricBergDC

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okay so today we’re going to talk about

hormone and balance okay now just to

make this very complex subject very

simple the endocrine system as a whole

is basically the superior communication

system it has various glands that make

and send hormones through the blood and

hormones our communications so they’re

sent received and they transmit back in

kind of a circuit there it’s called

feedback loops so that when the

information gets back then the gland can

stop sending that message if there’s any

type of problem along this pathway

hormones can actually go up or go down

so we call that hyper or hypo so if it’s

too much in the thyroid it’d be a

condition called hyperthyroidism if it’s

too low it’ll be hypothyroid and it

happens with pretty much all the

different hormones okay they’re very

sensitive to the environment especially

chemicals chemicals in our food

medications pesticides insecticides

toxins because a lot of those chemicals

in the environment are called endocrine

disruptors and that’s because the glands

and hormones a lot of them are made from

fat and so a lot of chemicals are fat

soluble so they kind of get stuck in

there the receptors and they block it

and they disrupt the normal flow of

communication in the body also there are

other things especially like with the

adrenal hormones that are very sensitive

to stresses emotional stresses losses

physical stresses trauma surgery that

can alter the adrenal gland as far as

estrogen goes the ovary is very

sensitive to things in our food

especially hormones so if you’re

consuming commercial dairy for example

that has hormones and has other

chemicals growth hormones it can be

greatly influenced also birth control

pills hormonal replacement therapy back

in the 50s there was something called

des diethylstilbestrol and that was a

very powerful estrogen that was supposed

to prevent miscarriages until they found

out 30 years later it causes

miscarriages

okay so create a lot of problems of

they kept it on the market for ten years

later and for giving it to animals and

of course that you were eating the

animals so if you were born before 1979

you probably were exposed to it and it

creates a lot of problems with our own

body GMO foods has the herbicide called

glyphosate which also creates a lot of

problems within our endocrine system as

well when you go through menopause you

have this backup organ to the ovaries

which is the adrenal glands and if the

adrenal glands are not functioning if

they’re weak and if they’re stressed if

they’re fatigued going through menopause

then it can’t act as a backup to the

ovaries because the adrenal glands make

the same hormones in the ovaries and

they’re meant to back it up not in the

same amounts that you actually have when

you’re not in menopause but the fact is

if that backup does not occur then you

get symptoms of deficiencies or

sometimes even excess amounts of

hormones because estrogen works with

progesterone so I don’t wanna get into

that complexity but I just want to let

you know there’s a lot of things that

can interfere with the gland and so when

dealing with either a hyper or hypo

hormone a lot of times that you can get

lost in the forest you have to take a

bird’s-eye view and look at the whole

scene and I recommend support the gland

not the hormone because the hormone is

just a communication it does what the

gland

tells it to do so a lot of people kind

of ignore the gland itself and they

don’t actually support like the adrenal

gland for example they’re trying to

manipulate the end product down here in

the chain of events the thyroid is

usually secondary to other things

because you have the situation where the

thyroid produces hormones but they’re

inactive they’re t4 they don’t really do

anything unless they’re activated

through the liver and gallbladder and

the kidney so 80% of thyroid hormone t4

it has to be converted into an active

form t3 through that those two things

mainly the liver and gallbladder but

about 20% through the kidney so if you

have a fatty liver or a cirrhosis of the

litter or inflammatory State of the

liver hepatitis or you

a gallbladder or you’re missing bile or

if you have any problem in that area

boom tharra problem hypo also if you

have too much estrogen okay say you have

a hyper estrogen situation that could

actually inhibit the thyroid hormone or

you’re taking birth control pills or

hormone replacement therapy or consuming

a lot of soy which can mimic estrogen

that can inhibit thyroid function if you

have Hashimoto’s which is really not a

classic thyroid problem it’s an

autoimmune it’s an immune problem that

just so happens to be attacking a

thyroid that’s a completely different

situation you have networks of

antioxidants that is made by your body

and also you can take them from get them

from the food and so you have this

constant battle of your own cells

killing off microbes making things to

kill off microbes and foreign pathogens

and so those are like hydrogen peroxide

for example that would be one of them

your body makes it to kill off these

microbes well if there’s a breakdown in

the antioxidant system of your body and

maybe you’re not consuming enough from

the diet as well that alone can cause a

buildup of hydrogen peroxide and that

can damage your thyroid and in which

case you have to restore that system

again to actually kind of counter that

now I have individual videos on each

thing so you can look that up and I’m

just kind of giving you an overview of

what can happen but so it’s really rare

to have a primary thyroid it’s usually

secondary from something else okay when

you go to the doctor always dig in and

find out what causes the problem ask

them like what could be underneath this

don’t just buy well things just happen

for no reason and you just have to be

very unlucky try to find out what causes

it especially if they want to treat it

because a lot of times they treat it

they treat a secondary problem and they

leave the primary problem alone they

don’t look at it and then you never get

better all right let’s get to

testosterone and I’m gonna mainly focus

on females for this okay what you need

to know about testosterone is that if a

woman has too much testosterone and

we’re going to call it androgen

many times that can come from not

necessarily being exposed to in urgence

but basically having too much insulin

okay it’s more dietary from too many

carbs or too too much frequent eating so

you might think well wow I’m like am I

getting antigen from the from the

outside from something no no it’s being

converted from another hormone so that’s

what makes things very confusing the

other thing you need to know is that

your adrenal glands in addition to the

ovary makes testosterone so if you have

a hyperactive adrenal gland from some

reason that alone could spike your

androgens as well okay so now let’s take

it back to cortisol let’s just kind of

cover if you have too much cortisol

you’re gonna get belly fat allergies

diabetes because high cortisol breaks

down protein your own body and your body

will start making more sugar as well and

you’re gonna basically either turn your

own muscle protein into sugar or your

liver is gonna make more sugar because

cortisol is called a glucocorticoid it’s

a hormone that makes glucose so this

alone can spike insulin you can become

diabetic just from having high cortisol

or even taking prednisone which is a

medication of a synthetic version of

cortisol racing mind where you’re

thinking analyzing things 24/7 that

happens and eventually you start having

memory loss when that happens so it

keeps you kind of in a flight or fight

mode high blood pressure high

cholesterol probably from the chain

reaction from the high insulin and then

we have low vitamin D levels how many

people have low vitamin D I mean it’s

like across the board round-faced or

rosacea which is kind of a red cheek

situation low tolerance to stress you

can also have all sorts of immune

problems with white blood cells but I

don’t want to keep it simple alright

hypo low cortisol here are the symptoms

poor immune system virus is coming out

of remission weight loss you start

losing weight okay you might say wow

that’s a great thing but it’s probably

not because you’re not gonna actually be

healthy it’s not the healthiest

wait yeah you your skin becomes a little

bit darker like you get a tan again not

this is not healthy vitiligo which is

those little white spots or a loss of

pigment on the on the skin because

cortisol does influence the melanin salt

cravings you’re going to be losing a lot

of salt if you don’t have enough

cortisol and also enough adrenal

hormones there’s other hormones involved

so you’re gonna be basically taking all

the salt all the time and you actually

need it

estrogen hypo that means low estrogen

depression dry skin zero libido hot

flashes night sweats poor memory

insomnia vaginal dryness other than that

you’re perfectly fine then we have a

hyper estrogen state that’s too much we

call that estrogen dominance breast

tenderness would be one symptom enlarged

breasts fibrocystic breasts which are

cysts in the breast or cysts in the

ovary and this is why sea kelp what

works for that because the iodine helps

to regulate and lower excess amounts of

estrogen fluid retention heavy cycles

okay excessive bleeding then you get

anemia from that heavy cramping weight

gain in lower part of your body the hips

the butt in the thighs saddlebags PMS

again other than that you’re good to go

I would probably avoid dairy if you have

any problems with the ovary it’s

probably gonna help you especially if

you have a fibroid for example now if

you’re going through menopause and you

have estrogen problems you should

probably support the adrenal because

that’s the backup organ with that and

then if you’re on birth control pills

just realize that can be a contributing

factor and you really want to do organic

non-gmo because of the chemicals

involved so you have to eat really clean

if you have this problem here now as far

as the thyroid goes if you’re a hypo not

enough thyroid you’re gonna be tired

depressed dry skin dry hair loss of

eyebrows okay associate in the outer

part I don’t think I have a problem with

that okay brittle hair hot flashes

night sweats weight gain all over not in

any location because the thyroid hormone

innervates pretty much every single cell

and it increases mitochondria which

control the metabolism that’s why you’re

gonna have a slow metabolism and that’s

why you kind of gain weight everywhere

cuz everything kind of sluggish

constipation

that’s hypo high burn too much thyroid

excess sweating nervous you’re hyper

hyper 8 you have these protruding

eyeballs insomnia your cycle goes away

and you lose weight ok now let’s talk

about testosterone in women by the way

hypo

hair loss decreased sex drive depression

fatigue and you can see fatigue is kind

of a common thread with everything and

this is why when people are fatigued you

really have to look at the whole thing

because you can be fatigued from so many

things loss of just drive your

get-up-and-go mojo has gone and left the

building

vaginal dryness weight gain okay hyper

too much testosterone okay again this is

probably coming from high levels of

insulin or could be coming from an

overactive adrenal but you can have hair

loss acne deeper voice facial hair

polycystic ovarian syndrome okay so I

just wanted to kind of give you an

overview of what can happen to the

endocrine system some of the symptoms

with high too much or too little of a

hormone okay so now that you kind of

have a summary it’s a little complex but

the real important thing to do before

you start diving down and taking

remedies and supplements for any of this

you have to get your basic eating

corrected you have to clean up your

eating to the point where you’re not

doing any chemicals in your food that

it’s not no longer toxic you eat very

very healthy foods and I have a video

down below of what to eat but get that

in first for a while and then see if

enemies are still there alright thanks

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