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Candida : Are You Experiencing Yeast Overgrowth?
White coating on your tongue, mysterious skin rashes, bloating, constipation and you’re always ready to eat something sweet? You could be suffering from Candida overgrowth. What is Candida Albicans? Candida albicans is the most common kind of yeast that co-exists with humans. Under optimal conditions, candida plays a valuable role in our digestive systems, since we need small amounts of candida in our mouths and throughout our digestive system in order to fully digest our food. However, as anyone who’s…
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Could too Much Estrogen be a Problem in Peri-Menopause?
Estrogen Dominance and Peri-Menopause A common view of perimenopause is a plummet in estrogen. This is usually a gross oversimplification of the process and in fact in most women, progesterone is the first hormone to drop. Since estrogen and progesterone need to act in perfect balance, the drop of progesterone can actually make the estrogen more dominant. This concept was originally brought to the table by the late Dr. John Lee. When many women feel these peri-menopausal symptoms such as…
