Posts about acne, infertility, PCOS, night sweats and more fall under the category of hormones. Read a Toronto Naturopath’s posts
What Is Fungal Acne? Acne is often caused by excessive bacteria growth on your skin. But, there is another form of acne, fungal acne, that is caused by a form of yeast or fungus growing on your skin. Yeast is… Read More »Fungal Acne is a Thing, Here’s What to Do About It
Hormones can have a massive impact on anxiety. Women may notice a correlation between their stress and anxiety level and pivotal points of their menstrual cycle. Hormonal levels impact anxiety in a few ways: Normal levels of the “love” hormone… Read More »Hormonal Imbalance Worsens Anxiety
What Role Do Hormones Play in IBS? Do hormones cause gut problems or do gut problems cause hormone problems? Or maybe both. Your gut and your hormones are intricately intertwined. Problems with one can cause problems with the other. Let’s… Read More »Your Hormones and Your Gut
Better Hormone Balance Means Better Skin, Energy, Sleep, Mood, Fertility & Weight Loss Healthy Fats Good fats help to balance your hormones in several ways: They slow down your digestion and help you to feel full longer. This is good… Read More »Top 20 Foods that Balance Your Hormones
What is insulin? Insulin is a hormone produced by your pancreas. Its job is to move sugar from your bloodstream into your cells. This allows your cell to use the sugar or glucose for fuel. Insulin is vital to your… Read More »Inflammation and Insulin Resistance
By now most people know that there are good bacteria and bad bacteria, yeast, parasites, and viruses that inhabit our digestive tract. In fact, there is a quadrillion of them. This is termed our “microbiome”. But, you may not be… Read More »Vaginal Microbiome and Fertility
Acne: More than Just a Cosmetic Problem Acne affects about 85% of young adults between the ages of 12 and 25 years old. This makes it consistently one of the top three skin conditions that affect the general population. … Read More »5 Hormone Imbalances that Cause Acne
Anger or Irritability Ruining Your Relationships? By Dr. Pamela Frank, BSc(Hons), ND Cranky, angry, irritable, short-tempered, call it what you will but it’s not necessarily just your personality, in fact, most often it’s not. There are real physical explanations as… Read More »Anger Management
Low Sex Drive? How to Maintain a Healthy Libido for Women What is Sex Drive or Libido? Sex drive is the urge to engage in sexual activity. Libido in women is dictated by two main physical influences: a) hormones like… Read More »Healthy Libido
PCOS Infertility: Alternatives to IVF PCOS has not been proven to necessarily cause infertility. Yet, many women once diagnosed with PCOS despair that they will never have children. This grief and despair are unwarranted and unnecessarily stressful for these women.… Read More »PCOS Infertility
Night Sweats Common Causes of Night Sweats Hormones: A common phenomenon around menopause and PMS, night sweats can signify hormone changes, imbalances, or deficiencies. They are not limited to women, men can have night sweats too. Testing helps to clarify… Read More »What Causes Night Sweats?