by Dr. Francesca LeBlanc | May 2, 2024 | HORMONES
For the longest time, I was under the impression that worries about insulin were reserved exclusively for those diagnosed with diabetes. That belief held strong until my experience after my daughter’s birth drastically changed my outlook. Today, I want to share...
by Dr. Francesca LeBlanc | Apr 25, 2024 | HORMONES
The connection between high cortisol levels and trauma is crucial to understand. Stress and traumatic events affect the body more than you know. Particularly, the endocrine and nervous systems. You know cortisol as the “stress hormone.” I talk about it A...
by Dr. Francesca LeBlanc | Apr 19, 2024 | PERIMENOPAUSE
As women, we’re versed in the narrative of puberty and the rollercoaster that is our reproductive years (at least I hope…). But there’s a lesser-discussed chapter that awaits at the peak of this whirlwind: perimenopause. Often misunderstood and even...
by Dr. Francesca LeBlanc | Feb 29, 2024 | NUTRITION
How to Boost Your Energy with a High-Protein Breakfast Do you find yourself succumbing to an energy crash only hours after the day has begun? If you’re nodding in weary agreement, you’re not alone. Many women contend with hormonal imbalances that...
by Dr. Francesca LeBlanc | Sep 27, 2019 | FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE, HORMONES, SKIN HEALTH
EVIDENCE BASED! The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) states that indoor levels of air pollutants can be two to five times higher and occasionally one-hundred times higher than the outdoors. (1) Which prompts me to wonder “do we give enough thought to the...
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