Sometimes it seems impossible to lean out. You lift weights, eat clean, and you're still smack-dab in the middle of a plateau! Not only are you not losing fat, you suffer from bloating and low energy levels. Talk about adding insult to injury!
If any of this sounds familiar, you may be dealing with an overload of the hormone estrogen, a condition referred to as estrogen dominance. I sought out several endocrine (hormone) specialists to get their take on estrogen dominance and how it affects our fitness goals. Here's what they had to say.
What Are Some of the Benefits of Estrogen?
Although normally associated with the female body, estrogen is needed in both the male and female body, explains Paul Mystkowski, MD, an endocrinologist at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle. For the female body, estrogen helps produce a healthy reproductive system and encourages strong bones; for males, it does the latter.
"In fact, all men normally convert testosterone to estrogen to build bone...
Source: The Hormone That Could Be Hindering Your Weight Loss
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