We hear this question every day in our medical practice. And no wonder. Despite our best efforts, most women gain weight in perimenopause — especially around our waist and hips — even if we’re dieting! Why is this happening to us? The answer lies in the remarkable links between hormonal balance and body fat. Before [...]

An enormous percentage of women crave sugar, carbohydrates, or alcohol. In most cases, these food cravings are not true eating disorders, but instead are signs of hormonal imbalance caused by a lack of healthy nutrition. Your personal issue may be the afternoon snack (often chocolate or candy or a food that’s also heavy in carbohydrates), [...]

Why do I have hair there? Excess or unwanted hair growth can be an irritating or downright embarrassing problem for women. Many women spend countless hours and a small fortune putting themselves through torturous hair removal techniques, only to watch the hair reappear. This can be frustrating, but in some cases unwanted hair is not [...]

Millions of women suffer from low thyroid function (medically referred to as hypothyroidism), especially in the perimenopausal and post-menopausal years. Unfortunately the conventional approach to thyroid problems is to treat the thyroid in isolation from the rest of the body. But that just isn’t how your body works. When we approach thyroid problems holistically, we [...]

It’s amazing how often we see women at our medical clinic with health issues that can be traced back to insulin resistance. Polycystic ovarian syndrome, or PCOS, is one such condition that we see with increasing frequency. PCOS affects about 5–10% of women of childbearing age, and can occur at any age before menopause. It [...]

When your hormones are in balance, you feel great — you have lots of energy, you sleep like a baby, your sex drive is strong, you look wonderful, and your immune and digestive systems function beautifully. This is your body’s normal state. And with proper support you should feel that way from your 20’s through [...]

How many have you experienced? How many have robbed you of your joy and made you wonder if you were losing your mind? And how often have you felt alone in your struggle to deal with these symptoms? Maybe you tried to talk to your doctor and were casually dismissed as nothing serious. Maybe you [...]

Some women feel their breasts are too small and elect to have them enlarged (breast augmentation). This type of surgery can also be used after mastectomy to reproduce the look of an original breast when a woman is dressed in normal clothes. Enlarging the breasts requires the insertion of implants. An incision (cut) is made [...]