There are over 50 hormones that affect hundreds of processes throughout your body metabolism, mood, blood pressure, body temperature, sexual function, and more.14 When it comes to sex hormones, males and females actually have the same ones (estrogen, testosterone, and progesterone), but their production, concentrations, and interactions with the rest of the body are different.15 So, even though were focusing on female hormones in this guide, well be discussing testosterone in addition to estrogen and progesterone all of them are produced by the ovaries in people assigned female at birth (AFAB).14 Pivoting to their effects on health, its worth clarifying that you dont need to have a diagnosable hormone imbalance to experience bothersome symptoms due to or exacerbated by female hormone fluctuations
This range is not derived from a human phase I trial
Healthy Fats: Avocado and walnuts (these also help with the absorption of fat-soluble nutrients)
Statistical Analysis Statistical analysis was performed by parametric one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), with the NewmanKeuls post hoc test or the non-parametric KruskalWallis test and subsequently the MannWhitney U test to compare groups
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