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Estrogen Imbalance? Check your liver!

16 Aug 2023 · 1 min

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Short health-education excerpt (Dr. Tabatha Barber) explaining that the liver is the primary site for estrogen metabolism: the liver methylates estrogens (described metaphorically as adding a “garbage tag”) so they can be excreted in stool. If the liver is overwhelmed by medications or dysfunction, methylation/excretion can be impaired and estrogen may be recirculated. A sluggish gallbladder can also contribute to estrogen build-up. Emphasizes keeping liver and gallbladder functioning for estrogen clearance.

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The liver is the major metabolizer of your estrogens. You need to love your liver and be kind to your liver, because after you're done using your estrogen, your liver methylates it. It puts a garbage tag on it. So it goes through the detox processes in your liver, and then hopefully, it goes out into your stool to go bye bye. If your liver is struggling to function. Certain medications, all of these things make your liver work overtime. And estrogen kind of, you know, gets put at the wayside. And so it's not getting methylated, it's not getting the garbage tag put on it to go out the chute. And so your body is recirculating. Or if your gallbladder is sluggish and it's not doing its job, your estrogens can build up as well. So your liver and your gallbladder need to be functioning well for you to even get rid of this estrogen.