Diets that claim to control excess oestrogen or stress hormones are all the rage on Instagram and TikTok. They could be good for us, just not for the reasons claimed
Spend more than 5 minutes on Instagram or TikTok – especially as a woman of a certain age – and you are likely to meet a fit, attractive person showing you what they ate today.
So-called hormone-balancing diets aren’t exactly new: self-help books positing hormonal balance as the way to wellness began appearing in the early 2000s, marrying scientific-sounding claims with weight-loss plans. But what does “hormone imbalance” really mean? This article is part of a series on nutrition that delves into some of the hottest trends of the moment.Not a lot, as it turns out. Hormones are the chemical messengers produced by endocrine glands located throughout the body, such as the thyroid, pituitary gland, ovaries and testes, that orchestrate many essential functions. “Hormones basically run the show, so to speak, in our bodies,” says, a registered dietician in New York.
So the concept of “balance” makes little sense in the perpetually changing endocrine system. ” ‘Hormonal imbalance’ is not a term endocrinologists… readily use because it suggests that something is wrong if hormones, when measured, are not always in the ‘normal range’,” says …New Scientist
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