Estrogen dominance can occur from hormone imbalances, estrogen replacement therapy, menopause, or from hidden estrogens in our foods such as in beef, chicken, milk, and alcohols such as beer, whiskey, gin, and ouzzo.
Toxicity causes weight gain as a protective mechanism by the body.
Toxins in excess of what the liver can handle are converted into fat so they will not kill you. This is why people often get sick when they go on crash diets. The body starts to break fat down for fuel which releases the toxins back into the blood. Overeating, diabetes, and hypothyroidism are a few other causes. The iodine in this herb will help boost thyroid function through the formation of the thyroid hormones T3 and T4.