Biomimetic Hormones | Natural Hormone Replacement Therapy

We as women have many hormones in the body and one of the major ones for a woman is estrogen. Estrogen must be found in the correct levels for the body. Being short of estrogen is not a good thing because low estrogen will cause a number of undesirable symptoms. In opposition, having too much estrogen is not a good state to be in and will cause serious health problems for women.

Hormones must be balanced in the body in order for us to live health lives. When you are prescribed bioidentical estrogen, you must also take progesterone because estrogen will counteract the negative effects of estrogen. Without natural bioidentical progesterone, you will find yourself in a state of estrogen dominance which has its own negative symptoms which you don’t want to have.

Estrogen dominance

What causes estrogen dominance? The following is a list of things that cause estrogen dominance:

1) Synthetic hormone replacement therapy due to the excessively high doses of synthetic estrogen and the use of progestins and not bioidentical progesterone.
2) Premenopause: early onset of premenopause causes early follicle dysfunction resulting in a lack of natural progesterone production, and the loss ovulation
3) Exposure to xenoestrogens in the environment which causes early premenopause
4) Taking birth control pills which causes the cessation of natural hormone production and contain excessive estrogen in the pills composition.

Most of the diseases that are listed below, major health risks to women are caused by estrogen dominance: The risks for these diseases especially increase as a woman grows older and reaches menopause.

1) Uterine fibroids
2) Breast cancer
3) Uterine cancer
4) Fibrocytic breast
5) PMS
6) Ovarian cancer
7) Premenopausal bone loss
8. Osteoporosis in menopausal women

Estrogen dominance will cause the following side effects/symptoms:

1) Acceleration of the aging process
2) Anxiety
3) Allergies
4) Autoimmune disorders such as lupus, thyroiditis and Sjorgren’s disease
5) Breast cancer
6) Breast tenderness
7) Decreased libido
8. Depression
9) Fat gain
10) Fatigue,
11) fibrocystic breasts
12) Foggy thinking
13) Hairloss
14) Headaches
15) Hypoglycemia
16) Increased blood clotting (meaning: risk of strokes)
17) Thyroid dysfunction
18) Strokes,
19) Uterine Cancer
20) Uterine fibroids
21) Water retention, bloating

As nobody in their right mind wants to put up with these side effects and diseases which come especially at the time of menopause when you are at a greater health risk, it’s best to get your hormone levels checked regularly and use bioidentical hormones to achieve balance in the body. Make sure you are using natural bioidentical progesterone.

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Stress in today’s world is a modern fact of life.  Stress will affect our hormone levels and leave us in an imbalanced state which is very harmful to our health.  It also affects the rate at which we age.  Aging will proceed at a more rapid pace on the individual who suffers from chronic stress.  After the age of 35, most women will suffer from decreased progesterone levels which will also affect estrogen, DHEA and testosterone levels.  The whole hormonal system ends up out of balance causing all kinds of menopause symptoms and major health problems.

Menopause is different for each woman.  About 25% of women will go through menopause without any symptoms.  Another 25% will experience mild menopause symptoms that can be dealt with by exercising, eating right and taking some herbal supplements.  However, 25% of all women will suffer from extreme menopause symptoms and these are the women who are suffering from chronic stress.  Diet, exercising is not enough to help these women.  Women in the third world do not experience the negative symptoms of menopause.  The reason for this is the lack of stress.  Modern life in western countries is very stressful, our diets are poor and lack the nutrition we need and we often don’t get enough of the right kind of exercise.

Men do not get menopause, but they will enter the male menopause which is called andropause as early as their early 40s.  They will also suffer from hormonal imbalance and suffer many of the same symptoms as women.  Men who lead stressful lives will also experience the same health risks as women.

Stress will produce an increase in the cortisol levels in the body.  Cortisol is a very dangerous hormone to have in excess.  High cortisol will lead to interrupted sleep which affects your entire life.

Eliminate your stress by stress management and life changes.  Exercising is a wonderful opportunity for this, whether it is biking, yoga, tai chi, weight lifting, running or swimming.  If you don’t eliminate the chronic stress in your life – you will eventually experience adrenal fatigue in which the adrenal glands fail to produce enough cortisol. Again, you will be facing serious health problems such as stroke and heart attack.

The consequences of stress include the following:  disturbed sleep patterns, weight gain, decreased libido, imbalanced hormones, premature aging, adrenal fatigue, stroke, heart attack and even death.  Now is the time to manage your stress levels to live a healthy life as you age.

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