From Getting Morning Sunlight To Avoiding Coffee, 7 Things Women Can Do To Balance Their Hormones

As we all know, women’s health is a largely under-studied and under-researched field. There’s a lot of information and symptoms about women’s bodies that are either dismissed or purely misdiagnosed. One of the most important markers of health is the condition of your hormones. Hormonal imbalances or balances reflect a person’s mental well-being, nervous system health and general wellness. So, we’ve attempted to point out how you can balance your hormones with simple lifestyle changes.

Take a look:

1. Make sure you consume enough protein with your meals.

Specifically, try to consume 30 grams of protein during breakfast. Protein intake helps in balancing blood sugar levels which in turn helps balance out cortisol levels and physiologically protect you from high stress levels impacting your nervous system.

2. Make sure you start the day with sunlight and not a screen.

Exposure to morning sunlight within the first 10-15 minutes of waking up helps reset your circadian rhythm, which ultimately helps sleep quality—good sleep results in balanced blood sugar and insulin levels, which support overall hormonal health.

3. Also, try to skip consuming caffeine right in the morning.

Caffeine impacts cortisol, the stress hormone, levels which can somewhere down the line end up hampering the body’s ability to regulate inflammation, which impacts the thyroid hormone.

4. Focus on your gut health.

Studies prove that gut health impacts estrogen levels and that can increase the risk of diseases such as PCOS, endometriosis, and even breast cancer.

5. Consume plenty of healthy fats.

Healthy fat helps you balance steroid and sex hormones such as estrogen and testosterone and as we mentioned above, can prevent oestrogen-related diseases like PCOS and endometriosis.

6. Focus on de-stressing, and grounding.

Grounding techniques such as meditating and walking barefoot on the ground help decrease blood sugar levels, regulate metabolism, and reduce inflammation, which in turn help regulate hormones such as cortisol, etc.

7. Make movement a part of your schedule.

Once again, working out and regular exercise helps in estrogen circulation, which helps with estrogen-related diseases such as PCOS and breast cancer.