Hormone Health
Dive into expert articles, insightful blogs, and patient stories to empower your health journey.
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Getting to the Root: Perimenopause
It’s here! Our second edition of the new Getting to the Root video series. In this collection of short videos, our very own Dr. Elizabeth Boham and Physician Assistant Kristin Boyt will explore hot topics around health that our UltraWellness Center patients ask about the most. In this episode, they dive into perimenopause. Women…
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Overcoming Postpartum Depression
I have struggled with depression and anxiety throughout my life and managed it as well as I thought possible, using therapeutic interventions and medication. For a long time, I had it under control. It wasn’t until I had my third child that I was hit with the big one: Postpartum depression. When I had my…
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Nutrition Tips for a Healthy Pregnancy
Eating right during pregnancy can be overwhelming and confusing, not to mention stressful, as new moms-to-be strive to have a healthy pregnancy and baby. And while the media and well meaning friends, and perhaps future dads, encourage soon-to-be-moms to eat for two, the ensuing 9 months is not a time to eat haphazardly. The standard…
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Clara’s Case Study: Overcoming Infertility
Dealing with infertility is an overwhelming, confusing, and heartbreaking issue for an estimated 10% of women in the US who are between the ages of 15 and 44. It’s defined as the inability to get pregnant after one year of trying for women less than 35 years of age, or six months for those who…
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A Functional Medicine Approach to Infertility
When having trouble conceiving, it can be really difficult to decide what the best steps towards finding help can be. In Functional Medicine, we look to get to the individual’s underlying root cause of imbalances within their body. When we are able to do this, we can be more successful in our treatment. For many…
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Natural Approach to Alleviating PMS
When it comes to health and wellness, we try to cover all topics and walks of life. So, let’s talk about menstruation! As nice as it would be to get quick messages each month saying “You’re not pregnant! See you next month!” we all have to deal with the reality of being women. As someone…
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Thyroid Nourishing Recipes
As a follow-up to my previous blog on thyroid health, I wanted to highlight a few recipes from the Essential Thyroid Cookbook, written by dietitian, Lisa Markley and Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach, Jill Grunewald. This book provides a more detailed explanation of how nutrition impacts the thyroid gland, ways to set up your kitchen…
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Supporting the Thyroid: Food as Medicine
The thyroid is one of the most written and talked about glands in the body. It is a butterfly shaped gland that sits in your throat and regulates many of the body’s most important functions. In Functional Medicine, we pay close attention to the thyroid because of its far-reaching impact on health. The thyroid regulates…
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Low T? 5 Steps to Boost Testosterone Naturally
By Elizabeth Boham, MD, MS, RD and Mark Hyman, MD Low T? You have seen the ad. Are you a man who wonders if you have low T or low testosterone levels? If so, do you wonder if medication is indicated? Steve* was one such patient, who came to see us with concerns about his…
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Lesson 3: Hormones and Neurotransmitters
HOW DO YOU FEEL today? Seriously, how do you really feel on various scores like this: Does your mood and energy level swing up and down? Do you crave sugar or salt? Are you overweight and putting on more and more belly fat? If you are a woman do you have premenstrual syndrome, painful or…