Why you feel bloated…

Bloating – we all know what that feels like. And for many women, we know exactly when to expect our middle section to feel huge, our clothes to feel tight, our rings not to fit and our face to feel and look puffy.
Sometimes our symptoms are not directly related to the cause. That is not the case with bloating. Bloating results when our cells retain water. And this is not news to our patients reading along, many symptoms we experience are related to our hormones. Bloating occurs when progesterone does not balance out our estrogen. This higher level of estrogen is what causes the water retention in the cells.
What can be done? We have patients that feel less bloated with a regiment of probiotics. We also need to look at your levels of thyroid, progesterone, and adrenals and bring them into balance with your estrogen. In addition, we also review your diet and make some adjustments by adding certain foods and removing others.