Many women come to us with problems that are related to hormone imbalance. In most cases they have entered either perimenopause or menopause. However, many younger women suffer with premenstrual syndrome, heavy periods, uterine fibroids and/or fibrocystic breast disease. Those symptoms also indicate hormone imbalance. The cause is most often the inability to effectively eliminate excess estrogen. So it’s important to understand a little more about hormone metabolism.