How Estrogen Affects Your Mood
Estrogen is a powerful messenger in your body. It helps control the chemicals in your brain that make you feel good. However, too much estrogen can cause trouble. Your body must break down estrogen into smaller pieces so it can be removed. If your body creates too much of the "wrong" kind of broken-down estrogen, it can interfere with your brain's peace. This is why you might feel extra irritable or sad right before your period. Keeping these levels in check is vital for staying emotionally balanced.Why Your Gut is Part of the Team
Your stomach and intestines play a huge role in how you feel. After your liver breaks down old estrogen, it sends that waste to your gut to be moved out of your body. If your gut is not working well, that old estrogen can get stuck. It may even be taken back into your blood. When this happens, your total estrogen levels stay too high. This "recycled" estrogen is a major cause of mood swings and heavy feelings. A healthy gut helps make sure this waste leaves your body so your hormones can stay at the right level.Why Balance is Hard to Keep
In a perfect world, our bodies would handle this balance on their own. But today’s world makes it difficult for our systems to keep up.- Daily Stress: When you are worried, your body makes chemicals that can slow down how you process hormones.
- Diet Choices: Eating a lot of processed food can hurt the good bacteria in your gut that help clear out estrogen.
- Lack of Veggies: Many of the tools your body needs to break down estrogen come from green plants. If you don't eat enough of them, your body might struggle.