this can be something that's hard to
talk about but eventually we all reach
menopause and that can mean some
unpleasant symptoms
yeah well hormones out of whack hot
flashes weight gain fatigue test sounds
like fun right well that's why we have
dr. Deborah Matthew joining us now and
dr. dad let's let's be honest here you
don't have to be going through menopause
to have your home Owens hormones be a
little off that's right hormone problems
can affect women of any age and this is
a really common thing you know
seventy-five percent of women will have
hormone symptoms when they go through
menopause and up to 90 percent of women
have some PMS symptoms so Suzanne Somers
Robin McGraw dr. Phil's wife they have
been very open talking about their
hormone symptoms and what I see
happening a lot is women are suffering
they're not feeling good they go into
their doctor to complain and they end up
walking out the door with a prescription
for a sleeping pill and a depressant who
really was their hormones but sometimes
it's hard to know well and you know it's
one of those things I think it's women
you're just kind of top it you'll have
hormone problems so that's kind of a
normal thing and so maybe a lot of women
don't realize that there are some pretty
easy ways to deal with these things
right so if you want to know if your
symptoms could be because of a hormone
problem we have a quiz so let's go
through some of these symptoms do we
have to answer
that's up to you question number one do
you have a hard time getting out of bed
in the morning you know you want to
press that snooze button right what
times before you get going question
number two does your energy crash in the
late afternoon you need caffeine or
something to get you through the rest of
the day yeah question number three have
you become short-tempered snapping at
your family question number four have
you lost interest in sex question number
five are you having a hard time staying
asleep at night weekend up at 2 a.m. and
at 4 a.m.
question number six are you struggling
with your weight you know that darn
belly fat question number seven are you
forgetting things like why you walked in
the room or what's that word you know
that what you call it
question number eight are you feeling
anxious for no good reason
question number 9 are you having more
PMS symptoms the hot flashes the the
irritability
blow dia question number 10 are you
starting to have hot flashes night
sweats so if you have answered yes to
two of these questions
your boobs might be out of whack if
you've answered just two four questions
your hormones probably are out of whack
but if you answered yes to five or more
of these questions your hormones are
almost certainly out of whack but we
have five simple things that anyone can
do attack your models get back in
balance
I might have people yeses in my head all
right before we get to those I know a
lot of times you go to the doctor can
you get blood work and there's a range
of normal right so your blood work may
come back normal but you can still have
things that's right you may not be in
the optimal range or one hormone could
be high normal and one hormone could be
low normal so technically they're both
normal but you don't feel good because
there's this imbalance and so we just
want to bring things back into balance
right and these things can happen that's
right so the first thing that you need
to do to help your hormones get into
balance is get more exercise more
exercise yes your speakers and head
outside for a walk right we don't have
to run a marathon we can walk the dog
that's right anything moving your body
is important yeah the second thing that
you need to do is get more sleep you
know a lot of these will reduce at night
while you're sleeping if you're not
getting 78 hours of sleep you may not be
getting your full hormones do we need a
sleep mask you do not need but it can
help okay the third thing that you can
do to help with your hormones is eat
more broccoli
you know broccoli is a superfood it's
good for you for so many reasons
it contains minerals vitamins fiber but
it also contains nutrients called
sulphur things that actually help you
balance estrogen and a healthier way I
didn't know that
the fourth one is try to cut back on the
sugar there's so many ways the more
sugar you eat the more sugar you want
yes it's crazy I promise that cutting
back on sugar will make you feel better
you know sugar is a toxin it drives
inflammation in your body
yeah and inflammation drives your
hormones right out of whack so if you
are having night sweats if you're not
sleeping soundly if you're kind of tired
and irritable try cutting back on the
sugar and the next one is de-stress
easier so that's the right cortisol is
your stress hormone
when you're stressed your cortisol
levels go up and cortisol regulates all
of the other hormones so it really can
cause a lot of problems we know that
when women go on vacation they have less
hot flashes so there are a lot of things
that you can do to help balance stress
going for a walk
breathing exercises meditation yoga all
of these things can really make a big
difference so into meditation right now
that's great
tell us the name of your books you have
so much good it yes so I wrote this book
because I find that women really don't
know whether their symptoms can be more
model or not so the book is called this
is not normal a guide to symptoms of
hormone imbalance and and if your
viewers want to know more they can get a
free copy of the book at ignore hormones
calm that's such information thank you
so much for being here thank you for
having me