Hormonal health can be impacted by a variety of factors, such as stress, sleep, exercise and diet. In this episode, Melissa Groves Azzaro, RDN, LD, also known as “The Hormone Dietitian,” and host Mary Purdy, MS, RDN dive into root causes of hormone imbalances and share diet and lifestyle tips to help restore hormone balance.

In this episode we’ll cover:

(3:13) The role of hormones in women's health

(5:46) Types of hormone imbalances

(7:10) How to tell if an issue is related to hormones

(10:07) Root causes of hormone imbalance, such as hormone disrupting chemicals

(23:10) Diet & lifestyle tips for hormone balance

(33:09) Functional hormone testing

(37:36) Importance of sleep

Melissa Groves Azzaro is an award-winning integrative and functional registered dietitian and owner of The Hormone Dietitian, a virtual private practice specializing in women's health and hormone issues. In her private practice, she uses a functional medicine, food-first approach that combines holistic lifestyle changes with evidence-based medicine. She is the host of the podcast Hormonally Yours with The Hormone Dietitian and author of the cookbook, A Balanced Approach to PCOS. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nutrition/Dietetics from The University of New Hampshire.

For show notes, transcripts, and to learn more about host Mary Purdy, MS, RDN, visit http://healthcare.orgain.com/podcast/episodes/listen/season/3/episode/25.

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