Wholistic Nutrition llc

09/02/2026

Hormones are greatly influenced by our diet, lifestyle, stress, environment, toxins, etc and therfore hormone testing can give us insights but it doesn't give us a full picture of what is impacting hormones.

This case also brings up a very important clinical pearl in regards to how certain mycotoxins can impact hormones and even lead to a falsely low estrogen on testing despite an estrogen dominant symptom presentation.

Zearalenone for example is a potent mycoestrogen. Its chemical structure is similar enough to human estrogen so it can bind tightly to estrogen receptors throughout the body. Even though your actual human estrogen levels are low, this fungal mimic is filling the receptors and driving symptoms of severe estrogen dominance (e.g., heavy periods, intense PMS, breast tenderness, and unexplained weight gain).

Because zearalenone heavily stimulates your body's estrogen receptors, it triggers a negative feedback loop. Your hypothalamus and pituitary gland perceive an absolute excess of estrogenic activity and signal your ovaries to stop producing your own natural estrogen. This can also leave you with very low levels of true human hormones on your lab report.

When it comes to hormones it all matters and both big and small changes all add up....

Cheers to digging deeper, getting answers and relief!

08/27/2026

Not a typical healing story as things didn't go according to plan and we weren't able to address deeper gut imbalances but a powerful reminder that for some their environment plays a huge role in theor symptoms, health and even pregnancy.

Now every miscarriage, symptom, infertility, etc is not mold related for everyone but certain molds have been proven to impact hormones, detox ability, the gut, inflammation, fertility and the health of a pregnancy.

Zearalenone (ZEA / ZEN): Acts as a potent mycoestrogen that strongly mimics estrogen. It binds to estrogen receptors, which causes hormonal imbalances, menstrual irregularities, precocious puberty, and infertility in both women and men.

Ochratoxin A (OTA): is a powerful endocrine disruptor that interferes with normal estrogen and testosterone production. In men, it damages s***m DNA, reduces viability, and impairs motility. Chronically high levels are tied to damage of reproductive tissues and heightened risks of miscarriage and fetal growth restriction.

Aflatoxins (AFs): cause systemic oxidative stress and cellular damage. Exposure to aflatoxins during pregnancy strongly correlates with impaired intrauterine fetal growth, preterm birth, and increased risk of miscarriage.

This is a very sensitive topic and we don't take that lightly and for that reason we explore every aspect for families when they experience infertility or miscarriages. Supporting them through nutrition, replenishing deficiencies, diet, lifestyle, as well as exploring their environment and potential toxin involvement.

Below is the journal article that describes in depth how mycotoxins impact hormones, fertility and pregnancy.

https://jivfww.scholasticahq.com/article/132398-the-role-of-mycotoxins-in-reproductive-health-mechanisms-evidence-and-clinical-implications

Congrats to this mom and our hearts are with moms who are currently experiencing fertility challenges.

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08/26/2026

Thursday more beautiful bouquets arrive!!

REMINDER!

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We’ll have more bouquets at Wholistic Nutrition llc in the beautiful Market on River this Thursday! Located downtown Chippewa Falls! They open at 11am so stop on by!

08/25/2026

Food reactions like those that can flare eczema, leave you flushed, bloated, foggy, anxiety, joint pain or with bowel changes are often deeply rooted in gut imbalances.

It's not necessarily the food itself (minus gluten and dairy for some) but what is triggering the immune system, digestive dysfunction or leading to leaky gut.

These gut imbalances play a key role.

Testing and addressing the gut microbiome can often times provide relief and tolerance to foods again as we want a widely diverse diet full of different colors and fibers to keep the gut microbiome balanced.

What causes these imbalances?
Antibiotics
Antibiotics in utero
Mom's gut microbiome
Toxins
Mold (huge impact)
High sugar intake
Lack of fiber
Stress
Alcohol
Nsaids
PPIs
Food poisoning
Low thyroid function
Low stomach acid
Sluggish bile flow
Nutrient deficiencies

Taking all this into consideration and investigating where needed can help to prevent relapses of gut imbalances.

Eliminating more and more foods is not a healing strategy. It's a sign to dig deeper intuition the gut microbiome, diet, lifestyle and environment.

08/21/2026

We're so happy for this client and proud of the work she has put in and sustainable changes she has made.

Did you know heavy, painful periods and eczema are actually not seperate issues but are connected through systemic inflammation, gut health imbalances,poor detoxification and estrogen dominance. Rather than viewing them as isolated skin and reproductive issues, and being sent to multiple providers we look for root causes that simultaneously impact all these systems as everything in thy body is connected.

Systems/connections that were being impacted were....

The Gut-Skin and Estrobolome confection: The gut microbiome manages hormone clearance. Gut dysbiosis can cause estrogen to recirculate rather than excrete, fueling hormonal imbalances while a leaky gut then drives systemic immune reactivity that targets the skin.

Estrogen Dominance and Histamine: High estrogen relative to progesterone can thicken the uterine lining (causing heavy, painful periods) while simultaneously triggering mast cells to release histamine, which worsens eczema itchiness and inflammation and this can look like worsening eczema or flares before your period.

Blood sugar imbalances impact heavy periods and eczema primarily through systemic inflammation, insulin resistance, and hormonal disruption. High insulin and glucose levels increase inflammatory chemicals, alter how s*x hormones manage the uterine lining, and impair the skin barrier.

High cortisol disrupts your hormonal balance, lowers progesterone, weakens immune balance and causes inflammation. This chain reaction can worsens heavy menstrual bleeding and triggers or flares up eczema skin rashes.

It's all connected and the heart news is then when you work on one system it positively influences the next and the next to restore balance.

Cheers to improving gut symptoms, eczema and terrible periods!

If you're interested in learning more or sitting down for a one hour free consult with our team, comment "ready"

08/20/2026

08/19/2026

A comprehensive hormone post for you all detailing the ways in which hormones are impacted and the lense through which we look because...

Hormone imbalances, PMS, and PMDD are deeply connected to your daily lifestyle, diet, and internal body systems like the gut, liver, and blood sugar. Making targeted changes to what you eat, how you handle stress, and how you support your body's detox systems, drainage and gut can greatly improve your symptoms naturally.

An important note about PMDD - PMDD and histamine intolerance are powerfully connected and driven by the hormone-immune loop. Estrogen triggers mast cells to release histamine, while histamine stimulates the ovaries to produce more estrogen. Histamine excess acts as an excitatory brain chemical, worsening PMDD anxiety, insomnia, migraines, and inflammation. Histamine must be considered and the root causes of the histamine intolerance or poor clearance must be addressed in both PMS and PMDD. All the factors listed in the post impact histamine.

We hope this thorough post is helpful and brings hope in knowing your hormones can shift and balance naturally and there's more options than birth control or pharmaceuticals.

08/18/2026

This week on the Honestly Wholistic Podcast we had the honor of sitting down with Jake and Lauren of Arrow Inspection Services to hear how their pain of enduring mold toxicity has lead to a greater purpose and talk about an important topic... indoor air inspections and air quality.

We frequently discuss indoor air quality and the impacts mold can have on the body and how to recover your health from a holistic health perspective. In the podcast we're taking it a step further to discuss what a proper inspection looks like, where mold can hide, mycotoxin testing, realistic ways to prevent mold in your homes and more.

Stay tuned for part 2 as there's still so much more to cover!

Happy to answer any questions you have from the podcast or let us know if there are questions you'd like us to ask and answer on the next one.

08/12/2026

We are so happy for this young lady and so proud of her for implementing everything we've asked, as well as becoming in tune with her body and wanting to make choices that continue to support her health and well-being.

Her symptoms weren't random they were all connected. When the body can't drain and detox properly due to constipation, lack of proper bile flow and impaired detox... symptoms start to appear and add up over time.

In the conventional system she would've seen an allergist (got the hives, rashes and itching), dermatologist (for the acne) and a family med or obgyn (for her heavy periods and pms) and been given scripts for each without looking deeper, assessing how these are all connected and giving the body the supports, nutrients, diet, and environment it needs to rebalance.

The Liver - Bile - Gut and Estrogen Cycle
•Your liver cleans used estrogen from your blood and sends it into bile. It also helps clear histamine.
•Bile then flows into your small intestine to exit the body through your bowels, carrying estrogen, toxins, histamine and more out of the body.
•A slow bowel, bile and poor gut health can lead to estrogen, toxins and histamine not being excreted properly an building up as well as some of the estrogen bring unpacked by high beta glucoronidase in your gut which then reabsorbs estrogen into the blood.
•Your total estrogen levels can then rise too high, creating estrogen dominance. Leading to pms, heavy periods and acne that's worse around your cycle.
•High estrogen can make your mast cells release more histamine into your body leading to rashes, hives, itching and pms symptoms.
•This all comes back to toxin exposures, diet, liver health, proper bile flow and gut health.
•Multiple symptoms across multiple systems but all connected.

Hormone symptoms and imbalances, skin issues and other symptoms often scream for attention but true and lasting progress happens when we think and dig deeper, support the entire body and it's ability to naturally clear things, replenish it, dial in diet and the environment it needs to balance again.

08/11/2026

We're all for a brain retraining program, self help books, tapping, deep breathing, therapy, emdr, journaling, etc. AND the nervous system regulation also learns safety from joy, pleasure, laughter, play silliness, eating enough nutrients, balanced blood sugar, and spontanenty. It's also having a gut that's balanced and a toxin bucket that low. All the nervous system regulating programs sometimes aren't enough of the body is overwhelmed by mold, pathogens, gut imbalances, low minerals, etc. It's physical, mental, emotional and environmental.

It's creating a life that brings you back into the present moment. It's putting down your phone more. It's connection. It's not always calm. It's more fully living!

What are your favorite ways to regulate your nervous system?