Balancing your hormones can be crucial for your overall well-being. May is Women's Health Month, a time to focus on supporting your hormonal health.
Justin Ceravolo, a pharmacist and owner of Cypress Wellness Pharmacy, joined Gulf Coast News to explain how to balance your health as you age.
As women age, the sex hormones estrogen, testosterone and progesterone can drop by 90%. A balanced diet, regular exercise, stress management, and adequate sleep are key to supporting hormone health. For women, understanding hormonal changes throughout their lives, such as during menstruation, perimenopause and menopause, is also important.
Hormones are tricky chemical messengers that change daily. They’re important because they regulate many bodily processes, particularly how we feel. When the body’s hormones are compromised, it causes the entire hormonal system to spiral out of balance.
Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy can help. Bioidenticals are natural and closely mimic what the hormones in the body have been doing naturally for years. Compounding pharmacies like Cypress Wellness Pharmacy can work with doctors to create bioidentical hormone formulations to fit the unique needs of each biochemically diverse woman.
Lifestyle measures, including a healthy diet, regular exercise and routine health checks for chronic conditions, are critical. Getting adequate sleep, drinking plenty of water, reducing alcohol intake and reducing stress can also help keep the body balanced.
For more information, check out Cypress Wellness Pharmacy online .
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