How to balance your hormones

When it comes to health, hormones are much more important than most people think.

In reality, these hormones can wreak havoc on your health if they are not balanced, even if you exercise, follow a diet and optimize your diet to the maximum.

What are hormones?

Hormones are your body’s chemical messengers. They travel in your blood, various tissues and organs.

They work slowly and play an important role in every process that takes place in the body, such as growth, development, metabolism, sexual function, etc.

Here are some tips to help balance your hormone levels so they don’t harm you.

1. Avoid Omega-6 polyunsaturated fats

The human body is made up of about 97% saturated and monounsaturated fats, with only 3% polyunsaturated fats. Half of which three percent are omega-3 fats.

Vegetable oils contain very high levels of polyunsaturated fats, and these oils have replaced many of the saturated fats in our diet since the 1950s. And when the body imposes a balance, it is best not to interfere, but simply to be careful with what you eat.

The problem is that polyunsaturated fats are unstable and oxidize easily in the body, they are susceptible to oxidation even if you are exposed to light. And then they cause inflammation and mutation in the cells. If you are taking products like margarine, peanut or soybean oil, stop, you are harming yourself!

2. Limit caffeine

Who doesn’t love coffee? But coffee in excessive amounts can be really harmful to the monocrine system. As a psychoactive substance, coffee triggers hormones similar to those of pregnancy.

Along with other stressors, caffeine can trigger various adverse mental states, such as depression, and can also lead to physical ailments related to the heart.

Cut out the coffee if you drink more than 2 cups a day, and if you can’t, just put a spoonful of coconut oil in your cup, the result will taste like a latte, but full of healthy fats!

3. Avoid toxins

Toxins are harmful substances found everywhere in our surrounding nature. But when they enter the human organism, it cannot distinguish between them.

It sees them as a special species and continues to produce certain hormones, and this can have disastrous consequences.

To reduce toxins, limit drinking alcohol and smoking tobacco. Also avoid microwave ovens.

Another useful trick is not to keep food in plastic or metal containers, because the substances stored inside oxidize and then enter your body directly!

4. The dream

I cannot give the necessary importance to this process, because it is simply irreplaceable! Your body can’t be in hormonal or whatever balance if you don’t get enough sleep.

And at the same time, if you give your body enough time to rest through sleep, it will pay off by reducing the risks of all kinds of diseases, prolonging your life and even optimizing your weight and helping you get rid of unnecessary pounds .

5. Useful extras

Most people associate supplements with harm and something that is not good for our body, but there are some that are indispensable, yes, simply indispensable.

Get magnesium because it supports and contributes to many functions in the body, for better sleep, etc. Also get products with vitamin D content.

The best way to get the required level of this vitamin is through the sun, but in winter there is not always sun, so medicines with a rich content of the vitamin are also allowed!

6. Training

If you suffer from a hormonal imbalance, exercise can definitely help. Concentrate your energy on relaxing exercises such as swimming and walking and avoid long and strenuous ones such as cardio, video exercises, heavy strength training, etc.