06-11-2016, 04:33
i've been so busy at work that i haven't been able to do anything fun and haven't been able to read much
but i did run across this article that i just read and think it's so interesting. anyway, i think it may be of interest, especially to anyone
that thinks they might have trouble with estrogen dominance or thyroid or adrenal issues. i was looking for the temperature thing ..why it's necessary
for some metabolic processes like bovine ovary effects but really, everything seems to be connected ...and, that was what i liked about this article.
it's long and here i've copied just a few things. there's much more and i really like the part where it talks about what happens when you have
progesterone depletion and the cortisol connection. damn, there's so much information. so many freakin words.
symptoms: worn down? trouble sleeping? problems with your weight? cold all the time and can’t warm up? dry skin? difficulty remembering things?
LOW METABOLIC ENERGY ....restore metabolic energy—correct the underlying problem.
What causes low metabolic energy? The most common cause is poor thyroid function, poor adrenal function or, most commonly, a mixture of both. Another very frequent cause is hormonal imbalance— especially low progesterone or estrogen dominance in women or low testosterone in men. Restoring metabolic energy helps the body help itself, letting the self-repair mechanisms function well again and restore health.
Every process that goes on inside our bodies requires energy – specifically metabolic energy. When the body doesn’t have enough energy to function properly, each component of the body will malfunction in its own unique way.
The body needs energy to keep itself warm; a low body temperature, therefore, usually accompanies low metabolic energy.
Symptoms of Low Metabolic Energy
Although many of the symptoms below seem unrelated, they may all stem from the same root problem of low metabolic energy.
GENERAL: Low body temperature. Coldness. Low energy or fatigue. Weight problems (can’t lose or gain it). Slow healing.
BRAIN: Depression and/or anxiety. Poor memory, focus or concentration. Sleep disorders.
IMMUNE SYSTEM: Under-reactive or over-reactive; that is, frequent infections (skin, sinus, bladder, bowel and yeast problems); allergies; auto-immune disease.
MUSCULOSKELETAL: Fatigue, fibromyalgia (muscle or joint pains); generalized aches and pains; repetitive use injury and carpal tunnel syndrome. Weak connective tissues (ligaments, bones, etc.); headaches.
SEXUAL: Loss of libido and function; menstrual disorders; infertility.
VASCULAR: Low blood pressure; high blood pressure; Raynaud’s disease.
BOWELS: Constipation; gas or bloating; digestive disorders; irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
NERVOUS SYSTEM: Numbness of hands and/or feet (usually symmetrical); dulling or loss of senses such as vision, taste or smell.
SKIN: Dry; pallor in light skin, darkening or dark patches in dark skin; acne.
HAIR: Brittle, falling, coarse, dry or oily.
T4 has four iodine atoms and it is a pro-hormone, that is, it lives to become either T3 or RT3. When the body needs energy, it removes an iodine atom from the T4 and turns it into T3, which in turn signals living cells to make energy (ATP). T3 allows the body to turn up the energy when it needs to. Reverse T3 (RT3) is made by the body to tone down energy. It is made by removing a different iodine from T4. Like placing a bad key in the ignition, it blocks the T3 (the working key) from signaling the cell to make energy. It allows the body to turn down the energy when it needs to.
The Estrogen Dominance-Adrenal Fatigue Connection
Adrenal fatigue and estrogen dominance (ED) are very similar in their symptom presentation and share a lot in common. Most women who have one tend to have the other to some degree. Estrogen dominance and adrenal fatigue have the following relationship:
Progesterone is transformed into cortisol as well as into other hormones.
Most ED is due to insufficient progesterone and therefore accompanies low cortisol production.
Most adrenal fatigue involves an inability to keep up with cortisol production.
When adrenals are stressed, the increased need for cortisol depletes the progesterone levels in making cortisol. As more progesterone is shunted or sequestered to make cortisol, less is available to balance the estrogen. Another common reason for low progesterone levels is an anovulatory cycle (a menstrual cycle in which there is no ovulation). Without the ovulation there is no corpus luteum to make additional progesterone for the cycle. The lowered progesterone level leaves us with an excessive estrogenic effect due to deficiency of progesterone.
In summary, fixing adrenal function and estrogen dominance go hand-in-hand and it is therefore difficult to fix one while ignoring the other. ED can also be caused by excessive estrogenic stimulation. Typical sources of estrogenic effect are:
Excessive fatty tissue: Fat cells make estrogen and estrogen causes fatty tissue growth. This is a vicious cycle we’d like to avoid.
but i did run across this article that i just read and think it's so interesting. anyway, i think it may be of interest, especially to anyone
that thinks they might have trouble with estrogen dominance or thyroid or adrenal issues. i was looking for the temperature thing ..why it's necessary
for some metabolic processes like bovine ovary effects but really, everything seems to be connected ...and, that was what i liked about this article.
it's long and here i've copied just a few things. there's much more and i really like the part where it talks about what happens when you have
progesterone depletion and the cortisol connection. damn, there's so much information. so many freakin words.
symptoms: worn down? trouble sleeping? problems with your weight? cold all the time and can’t warm up? dry skin? difficulty remembering things?
LOW METABOLIC ENERGY ....restore metabolic energy—correct the underlying problem.
What causes low metabolic energy? The most common cause is poor thyroid function, poor adrenal function or, most commonly, a mixture of both. Another very frequent cause is hormonal imbalance— especially low progesterone or estrogen dominance in women or low testosterone in men. Restoring metabolic energy helps the body help itself, letting the self-repair mechanisms function well again and restore health.
Every process that goes on inside our bodies requires energy – specifically metabolic energy. When the body doesn’t have enough energy to function properly, each component of the body will malfunction in its own unique way.
The body needs energy to keep itself warm; a low body temperature, therefore, usually accompanies low metabolic energy.
Symptoms of Low Metabolic Energy
Although many of the symptoms below seem unrelated, they may all stem from the same root problem of low metabolic energy.
GENERAL: Low body temperature. Coldness. Low energy or fatigue. Weight problems (can’t lose or gain it). Slow healing.
BRAIN: Depression and/or anxiety. Poor memory, focus or concentration. Sleep disorders.
IMMUNE SYSTEM: Under-reactive or over-reactive; that is, frequent infections (skin, sinus, bladder, bowel and yeast problems); allergies; auto-immune disease.
MUSCULOSKELETAL: Fatigue, fibromyalgia (muscle or joint pains); generalized aches and pains; repetitive use injury and carpal tunnel syndrome. Weak connective tissues (ligaments, bones, etc.); headaches.
SEXUAL: Loss of libido and function; menstrual disorders; infertility.
VASCULAR: Low blood pressure; high blood pressure; Raynaud’s disease.
BOWELS: Constipation; gas or bloating; digestive disorders; irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
NERVOUS SYSTEM: Numbness of hands and/or feet (usually symmetrical); dulling or loss of senses such as vision, taste or smell.
SKIN: Dry; pallor in light skin, darkening or dark patches in dark skin; acne.
HAIR: Brittle, falling, coarse, dry or oily.
T4 has four iodine atoms and it is a pro-hormone, that is, it lives to become either T3 or RT3. When the body needs energy, it removes an iodine atom from the T4 and turns it into T3, which in turn signals living cells to make energy (ATP). T3 allows the body to turn up the energy when it needs to. Reverse T3 (RT3) is made by the body to tone down energy. It is made by removing a different iodine from T4. Like placing a bad key in the ignition, it blocks the T3 (the working key) from signaling the cell to make energy. It allows the body to turn down the energy when it needs to.
The Estrogen Dominance-Adrenal Fatigue Connection
Adrenal fatigue and estrogen dominance (ED) are very similar in their symptom presentation and share a lot in common. Most women who have one tend to have the other to some degree. Estrogen dominance and adrenal fatigue have the following relationship:
Progesterone is transformed into cortisol as well as into other hormones.
Most ED is due to insufficient progesterone and therefore accompanies low cortisol production.
Most adrenal fatigue involves an inability to keep up with cortisol production.
When adrenals are stressed, the increased need for cortisol depletes the progesterone levels in making cortisol. As more progesterone is shunted or sequestered to make cortisol, less is available to balance the estrogen. Another common reason for low progesterone levels is an anovulatory cycle (a menstrual cycle in which there is no ovulation). Without the ovulation there is no corpus luteum to make additional progesterone for the cycle. The lowered progesterone level leaves us with an excessive estrogenic effect due to deficiency of progesterone.
In summary, fixing adrenal function and estrogen dominance go hand-in-hand and it is therefore difficult to fix one while ignoring the other. ED can also be caused by excessive estrogenic stimulation. Typical sources of estrogenic effect are:
Excessive fatty tissue: Fat cells make estrogen and estrogen causes fatty tissue growth. This is a vicious cycle we’d like to avoid.