The five hormone groups that affect you every day
We often think hormones work somewhere far away, invisibly inside our body, and that we only need to deal with them when something goes wrong.
The reality is that they act every day, every moment. They regulate our energy levels, our mood, our sleep, our weight, the condition of our skin, and even how vital or how exhausted we feel.
Every hormone affects the others; every system is connected. And once you understand these basic relationships, you can already do a great deal to feel better, in body and mind alike.
The five essential hormone groups
1. Thyroid hormones
The thyroid is what sets your body's idling speed. Do you burn calories faster or slower? Do you feel cold easily? Do you struggle to lose weight, or the opposite, can you barely put on a few kilos? These are all linked to the work of the thyroid hormones.
Beyond that, the thyroid also regulates cortisol, the stress hormone. When the thyroid is underactive, you often feel constantly tired, struggle to get going in the morning, and your digestion is slow too. When it is overactive, you may feel restless, your heartbeat is fast, and you find it hard to rest.
2. Pituitary gland
The hormones of the pituitary gland are responsible for your cells regenerating at night. This is the time when the body repairs, builds, renews.
If you sleep poorly, sleep little, or the quality of your sleep is weak, this regeneration process cannot take place properly. And the next day you wake up tired and struggle to concentrate, because your body could not carry out its night-time repair work.
3. Pancreas
The pancreas regulates blood sugar, which has a direct effect on your energy level and your stress response. If your blood sugar fluctuates, because you eat a lot of sweets or skip meals, adrenaline also rises, and this can cause tension, irritability and anxiety.
Your body goes on alert, as if there were danger, when in fact you just had a poor breakfast. And this affects your mood, your decisions, even your patience.
4. Adrenal glands
The hormones of the adrenal glands, adrenaline, cortisol and aldosterone, are essential for survival. Adrenaline prepares you for quick reactions, while cortisol helps you function in longer-term stressful situations. Aldosterone regulates salt and water balance, which also affects your blood pressure.
But if your cortisol level stays high for a long time, because you are constantly under pressure, it wears you down. It affects sleep, appetite, weight, libido. Your body is permanently in survival mode, and sooner or later that takes its toll.
5. Sex hormones
Testosterone, estrogen, progesterone, these hormones affect not only your sexual life, but also your energy level, mood, skin condition, muscle building and stamina.
If your sex hormone levels are low, whether due to age or chronic stress, it affects your vitality, your motivation, your body's ability to regenerate. And it affects your self-confidence, your libido, your quality of life too.
How are they connected?
Your body's system of biochemical reactions is fine-tuned to an incredible degree. If the level of one hormone rises or falls, it affects the levels of the others too.
For example: if you are under prolonged stress, your cortisol level rises. This in turn reduces the production of sex hormones. The result can be that you have less energy, a lower libido, and that your body regenerates worse in general.
Or another example: if you sleep poorly, the pituitary gland cannot properly carry out its regenerative work. As a result, the next day you are more tired and your day becomes more stressful, which again raises cortisol. And so the vicious circle continues.
Thyroid hormones out of balance? That affects metabolism, digestion, and indirectly the other hormones too. Everything is connected.
What can you do for hormonal balance?
This is a serious system, but there is no need to be alarmed. You can do a great deal to support your body's natural hormone balance.
Sleep: The foundation of regeneration. Try to sleep regularly, enough, and well.
Movement: During exercise, serotonin and dopamine are released, which keep the stress response in balance, improve mood, and support hormonal balance.
Nutrition: Stable blood sugar, enough protein, healthy fats, all are important for hormone production.
Stress management: Whether it is breathing techniques, yoga, walking, meditation, or anything that helps you.
Caring for your body: And this is where LPG comes in.
The role of LPG in hormonal balance
LPG treatment is special because it is not only cosmetic, it also supports your body's deeper functioning. The machine's special heads mobilize the tissues, stimulate blood and lymph circulation, and improve the cells' oxygen supply.
This means it helps the body more easily get rid of accumulated waste and toxins, which include the stress hormones that need to be broken down. When the lymphatic system works better, the body cleans itself more efficiently, and this affects overall well-being, energy levels and skin condition.
LPG treatment also calms the nervous system. When your body relaxes, when circulation improves, when the tissues stay mobile, the whole system works more easily. And that supports hormonal balance too.
Not a miracle cure, but support
LPG treatment, of course, does not replace hormone therapy, medical treatment or a healthy lifestyle, but it complements them. It can be part of that larger whole which helps your body stay naturally in balance.
Many people find that after a few treatments not only does their skin improve, but they feel more energetic and lighter. They sleep better, are less swollen, and generally feel more comfortable in their skin.
