Shedding Some Light In Relation to Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy

Many women during the times of pre- menopause, menopause and post- menopause, often use Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy to enhance hormone activity reduced when growing old and to diminish symptoms of hormone imbalance like hot flashes, night sweats, depression, mood swings, insomnia, vaginal dryness, low sex drive, exhaustion, memory loss and weakness. (more...)

Yes. There is a lot of information. I can't explain it in one email here. Just be aware that there are 2 main hormones: estrogen and progesterone. You should take both, and it will take awhile to find the right combination for you to feel normal. So if the first thing you try doesn't make you feel "normal," then experiment till you find something good. (more...)

do they work and which kind (more...)

I am 18 and i have just started on HRT, they are the only hormones i am getting my body does not produce any i have been feeling tyrd lost my sex drive made me feel sick what other symptoms are there and could that mean there not strong enough or anything?? (more...)

We’re all familiar with stress — it’s a constant element in women’s busy lives. But what we aren’t so familiar with is the body’s response to stress and the ways in which the stress we face today goes far beyond the kind of stress we faced as we evolved — and ends up depleting our energy and health. When faced with a stressful situation, our bodies rely on the adrenal glands sitting atop our kidneys to monitor our “fight or flight” response. For the most part, our stress response evolved from short-term events — crises that came and went. If we had to run from a predator, for example, our healthy adrenal glands responded by releasing adrenaline, which makes us more alert and focused, and cortisol, which converts protein to energy and releases our stored sugar, glycogen, so our bodies have the fuel needed to respond quickly. In concert, the adrenal response rapidly increases our heart and respiratory rates and blood pressure while releasing energy, tensing our muscles, sharpening our senses, and slowing our digestion so we are primed to escape or fight back, whichever is needed. When the threat is gone, the body returns to normal — quickly with respect to adrenaline levels, less quickly with respect to cortisol. (more...)

In communicating with the plant molecules in herbal therapies, your body can oftentimes get what it needs — and only what it needs. Instead of slamming the system with large doses of medication — what I call the sledgehammer effect — your cells talk to the plant molecule upstream of the disease process to communicate what and how much they need. We call this an adaptogenic effect, meaning our bodies can respond to and use plant molecules in various ways, depending on how much and in what proportions we have of our own hormones on board and how smoothly we’re regulating and metabolizing them. So there is an astounding back-and-forth dynamic between plant cells and human cells that a man-made substance could never mimic. (more...)