TikTok’s latest wellness trend says paying attention to your hormones is key to everything from weight loss to clear skin.
“Last year, I started to gain weight really quickly, even though I thought I was doing all the right things”, says Bailey Brown, an American fitness influencer. In a TikTok video posted in April, titled “How I lost 30lb and balanced my hormones”, Brown shares how she “completely overhauled” her lifestyle after undergoing a series of tests meant to measure hormone balances.
Susan Davis, an endocrinologist and the director of Monash University’s Women’s Health Program, says our endocrine system is far more complex than proponents of this trend would have us believe.“There’s no single set of symptoms [of hormone imbalance] and there’s no single diet that’s going to balance this whole smorgasbord of hormones,” says Davis.
But Davis says the results people on TikTok are flaunting, like weight loss, likely boil down to the simple fact they are living healthier lives – not because they have managed to balance their hormones. For some people, this might include eating more and doing lower intensity exercise in the lead up to and during menstruation, when they’re more likely to experience sluggishness and low mood. “I think the underlying message of being intuitive is very important,” she says.
For the most part, taking the advice of these influencers probably won’t harm your health. Eating whole foods, exercising regularly and reducing stress levels are all elements of a healthy lifestyle.
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