19/04/2026
💃SUPPORT DURING MENOPAUSE 💃
🔬FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE APPROACH 🔬
There are many estrogen🩸 and progesterone🩸 receptors in the brain, especially in the hypothalamus. 🧠The hypothalamus is a small but incredibly powerful structure located deep in the center of your brain. 🧠 It regulates vital functions like temperature, hunger, sleep, and hormone release.
Providing support to the hypothalamus is very helpful in cases of emotional disturbances during menopause.🩸
Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA axis) dysregulation (often colloquially, though imprecisely, called "adrenal fatigue" 🫨❌) is a situation in which the communication system between the brain and the adrenal glands stops working properly.
Symptoms of HPA axis dysregulation 🧠:
❌Low stress resistance.
❌Chronic fatigue that sleep does not cure.
❌Frequent infections.
❌Cravings for salty or sweet snacks (the body is desperately looking for energy).
❌Problems with concentration and memory (cortisol damages the hippocampus).
The Importance of the Adrenal Glands During Menopause ‼️
🔆The adrenal glands are a backup system for hormone production during menopause. 🔆
🫶TRY Adrenal Tonic for menopause. It helps regulate cortisol secretion and "turn off" the alarm after a stressful event.
🫶During menopause, it is important to stimulate bile flow with bitter foods, increase your intake of fiber and healthy fats, and eat herbs like dandelion or artichoke, which alleviate gallbladder dysfunction.
🫶Consider consuming herbs like milk thistle, which supports liver function, dandelion root, and turmeric to improve bile function.
🫶Regulate your glucose levels, as sugar fluctuations are a danger signal for the brain (metabolic stress), which forces HPA axis for continuous operation, increasing iflammation.
🫶The importance of the liver
The liver helps maintain optimal hormone levels. Support necessary for detoxification in phase I/II.
🥵Hot flashes and night sweats.🥵
The hypothalamus plays a key role because all information from the central nervous system is filtered here. Some plants act on the estrogen receptor of the hypothalamus. They may mitigate the effects of decreased estrogen.
🔬A valuable test for women during menopause is Dutch test (Dried Urine Test for Comprehensive Hormones). 🔬
Dutch Test 🔬
It shows a “movie” of your hormones, not a “snapshot” obtained from a single blood draw.
24-hour cortisol curve: 〽️
Unlike a morning blood draw, DUTCH tracks cortisol levels at four or five points throughout the day, providing insight into your afternoon fatigue or sleep problems. 😳🥴
🌷If you want, I will be happy to prepare a personalized protocol for you so that you can gently go through menopause and feel even better than before menopause. 🌷
Kat
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