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Dietitians can play an important role in helping ourselves and our residents feel their most optimal self. When your hormones are in balance, you feel great, look great, and everything from your digestion to your immunity is properly working. Proper nutrition, supplements, exercise, and avoidance of environmental estrogens can allow you to perform at your best! You can expect natural changes to your hormone levels during your premenopausal years when your levels fluctuate up and down then gradually wind down over the years with age. Exposure to environmental toxins and the cumulative effects of stress and a poor diet have on your body can disrupt the natural rhythms and balance of your hormone levels.
The Standard American Diet "S.A.D" Diet includes refined sugar and flour, preservatives, additives, pesticides, hormones, trans fats, animal protein, caffeine, alcohol, and artificial chemicals/sweeteners/fats.
As Dietitians we need to have a voice in changing the common "S.A.D" diet.
Great Resources include:
Integrated Nutrition Solutions(Shelia Dean, RD Speaker)
Genova Diagnostics(detoxification profile application)
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine | |
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| Issue: 45 |
December 16, 2009 |
| Greetings!
In this issue of RDNews, Sonja Lorraine,RD provides valuable information in regards to how hormonal balance can make a significant difference in the overall health and well being of our residents. |
| Acheiving Hormonal Balance |
| Women of all ages have a very challenging road ahead of them when it comes to achieving hormonal balance in each stage of their life. The key to achieving that balance is driven by detoxification and estrogen metabolism.
Detoxification
Detoxification refers to the metabolic pathways via which cells transform toxic substances into relatively inert metabolites that can be readily excreted via the urine or bile. If the body does not excrete these substances out it can lead to toxic levels in the body. One of our roles as a Dietitian is to evaluate how our residents are medically by evaluating labs and also by interviewing them to see how their diet is at home and in the facility. When a resident has a poor diet it can lead to an increase in inflammation, insulin activity, estrogen, heart disease, cancer, obesity and numerous other diseases. Our role is to identify their risks and provide them with recommendations to improve their overall health status.
Vitamins play a key role in detoxification. Vitamin B12, B3, B6, Folic Acid, B12, Glutathione, Branched chain AA, Flavonoids, and Phospholipids are key to "Phase 1" of detoxification. ATP, Glutathione, Glycine, Taurine, Glutamine, Ornithine, Arginie, Methyl donors, Cysteine, and Methionine play a key role in "Phase II" of detoxification. Phase III is the last phase; ie excretion. Some causes of impairment can include constipation, increased transit time, and renal dysfunction. Constipation and renal dysfunction are common in our residents. 
So by understanding the risks of not having a well balanced diet; we can understand the risks of improper detoxification in the body.
Estrogen Metabolism
Estrogens are a group of steroid compounds and havefour enzymes for metabolism. When the level of estrogen is too high in the body; it can lead to an increased risk of breast cancer. In fact there is only a 10% genetic risk of obtaining breast cancer. The other 90% is via the environment. So a very important role of detoxification is moving the excess metabolites of estrogen out! |
| AcheivingHormonal Balance
is important at any age! |
 Sonja with then 1 yr old Daughter, Mother and Grandmother. |
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Dear Dietitians; |
It was my pleasure to attend the American Dietetic Association conference this past October in Denver. I learned a lot of great new information including this presentation on hormonal balance. Is your diet in balance? You alone have the choice to control your predisposition to certain hormonal diseases like breast cancer and chronic diseases. Great foods (to name a few) such as walnuts twelve per day, broccoli four times a week, flax seed (which binds up free estrogen), dietary fiber, and certain flavonoids such as resveratrol all can make a huge dent in your risk for chronic diseases. Be Well!
Sonja Lorraine, RD
HR Director
HMComposite, Inc | |
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