Resource Roundup: A Whole Person Approach to Menopause

Restoring Endocrine Function in Menopause with Specific Maca Phenotypes: A Functional Medicine Approach

Menopause is the talk in all walks of life. As part of this inevitable journey that women are on toward the declining function of the endocrine system, maintaining hormonal reserve for as long as possible is pivotal in helping to weather the perimenopausal storm of symptoms. After all, as research from Lisa Mosconi, PhD, and others would suggest, lower levels of hormones are often the primary crux for menopausal symptoms, whether brain fog, poor sleep, changes in cardiovascular markers, reduced bone mineral density, or even altered skin texture and hair quality. Estradiol, progesterone, testosterone, melatonin, cortisol, and many other hormones all play a powerful role in all these body systems, and when they decline due to the decreasing function of the entire endocrine system, it can take a toll. 

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