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Weight and Wellness. I am Brittany Vincent, a registered and licensed dietitian.

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And we just want to thank you so much for your support and listenership over the

years. Now let's get started on today's show. I will be answering a nutrition question that we've

received from one of our Dishing Up Nutrition listeners. And the question today is can estrogen

dominance cause inflammation? Well, the short today is, can estrogen dominance cause inflammation?

Well, the short answer is yes.

Estrogen dominance is an inflammatory state, but I want to dive deeper into this entire topic of estrogen dominance.

And first give some background information because I don't think everybody is familiar with what

this term is. So estrogen dominance is too much estrogen in comparison to your progesterone.

And there are a couple different scenarios of how this can happen. First, you could have too much estrogen and the ratio

compared to your progesterone is then imbalanced. And I think for most individuals, this is probably

the most common reason for estrogen dominance. The second scenario could be you have low progesterone and therefore

in comparison to your estrogen, you have estrogen dominance. And of course, you could have both

of these scenarios. You may have too much estrogen and low progesterone, making estrogen dominance even more severe.

And I do want to mention that in menstruating women, estrogen and progesterone levels fluctuate

throughout the month. And that's just a part of a healthy menstrual cycle. So estrogen dominance is very common. You know,

I see it a lot. I have definitely experienced it personally. And here is how it can happen.

The estrogen reasons are you could be making too much estrogen in your body, and this could be due to in part

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