Articles on Hormones

Trying to fall pregnant

Amy is a 33 year old school teacher. All her life she has worked with kids, beginning with her first job at a day camp at age 16. For as long as she could remember, she had always dreamed of being a teacher because of her passion for working with kids. After college, she acquired her first job as an elementary school teacher, where she still works today.

Pregnancy and progesterone … it is so necessary

Road to Hope for Female Infertility: Progesterone

Hormonal balance is essential for good health

OESTROGEN DOMINANCE with its wide range of symptoms, is a MODERN AGE CONDITION that is effecting women, men, children and even the unborn foetus in this world today. ONLY since the advent of man-made chemicals more than 50 years ago

Alendtonic Acid

Common side effects (affect between 1 in 10 and 1 in 100 people)Headache.Diarrhoea or constipation.Bloating or wind.Indigestion, acid reflux or abdominal pain.Ulceration of the food pipe, which may cause difficulty or pain swallowing or heartburn. … Pain in the joints, muscles or bones.May 31, 20I thought that my story was a Seroxat story. I thought that I had been duped, once, into taking a drug I probably didn’t need […]

Osteoporosis

Although the ultimate causes of osteoporosis are not well understood the direct cause is because of the absorption of old bone by osteoclast cells exceeding the deposition of new bone by osteoblast cells. That a lack of progesterone and osteoporosis are connected is supported by the knowledge that oestrogen slows down the action of osteoclasts, whereas progesterone stimulates osteoblast activity (the bone building function).

New Research Shows Strontium Supplements Build Bone

By Robert Gottesman, M.D.New and exciting data has been released about a very promising nontoxic treatment for osteoporosis: the naturally occurring element strontium. Strontium lies directly below calcium on the periodic table of elements and that makes calcium, strontium and magnesium (which is just above calcium) all in the same chemical family. They are all […]

Osteoporosis is really due to Progesterone deficiency

Osteoporosisplus Osteopeniaby Phillip DayOn average, one in three women and one in 12 men over 50 in the western cultures suffer from osteoporosis or its precursor, osteopenia (low bone mineral density). The word osteoporosis actually means ‘porous bone’. The disease is all but unknown in those consuming plant-based agrarian diets (which should have alarm bells […]

Bioidentical Progesterone and Osteoporosis

Many medical authorities tell female patients who are post-menopausal that osteoporosis is inevitable. A physician in Mill Valley, California, John R Lee, has proven that this often repeated statement is simply untrue. The result of his ongoing clinical study with 68 women is noteworthy. All have experienced new bone density ranging from 5 to 40 […]

Rescue Prescription for Menopause and Perimenopause. Feel Better in 2 Easy Steps

by Dr. Lara BridenHere are the symptoms you don’t want to talk about. Heavy, flooding periods. Mood swings. Insomnia. Hot flashes.They’re not nice symptoms because, well, it’s not fun to bleed through your clothes or wake at night with your heart pounding and your sheets all wet.And part of you is thinking that maybe you’ve done […]

Perimenopause and Hormonal Balance from 30 to 50

Information from Dr. John Lee Has your doctor prescribed estrogen or progestin (Provera, contraceptives, ect.) pills or patches to treat your GYN problems? If he has and you are finding that things are getting worse instead of better, Dr. John R. Lee’s latest book, “What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About PREmenopause,” may be […]

Pcod: How To Reverse.

All symptoms of oestrogen dominance and should disappear soon … But remember it does take 3 months for your body to completely heal and get back to normal after that pill has suppressed your own hormonal system. the worst thing to do is take extra oestrogen … these doctors who prescribe the pill, just do […]

Am I in Perimenopause?

Q: My doctor says I am in menopause because my FSH level is high. I’m still having periods, sometimes very heavy ones, and I thought menopause was the point at which your periods stop.  A: Menopause is defined as the point in time when a woman has gone 12 consecutive months without a menstrual period. The […]

Best alternative to HRT ..Natural Progesterone

Natural progesterone is the mother hormone from which a myriad of hormones can be synthesized in the body when and where they are needed. (including oestrogens). This therapy allows the body’s innate intelligence to manufacture exactly what the body needs. It is a non-invasive, natural way of dealing with imbalances that have now been caused […]

Oestrogen:

Oestrogen, or estrogen in the USA, is the female sex hormone. Text books will tell you that it is produced by the female ovaries and production declines to virtually nothing after menopause. Those text books are wrong.

Bioidentical Progesterone and Estrogen Dominance

Estrogen Dominance ..

Summery by Dr John LeeEstrogen dominance is a term coined by John R. Lee, M.D., the great pioneer in natural hormones. It refers to an excess of estrogen relative to not enough progesterone. In other words, you can have normal or low estrogen levels, but if you have low progesterone you will have estrogen dominance. […]

What Hormones should I take now that I am going through Peri-Menopause and Menopause?

You are well into peri-menopause and going into menopause at this stage, of life. Menopause is NOT a deficiency disease, but a needed change in our hormonal balance. The only extra hormone needed at any stage of life these days in this polluted world, in 95% of cases, is Progesterone because it is from this […]

Menopause Is Not A Deficiency Disease !

By Sally LongdenContemporary medicine views menopause as a “deficiency of oestrogen” disease, but Nature did not made a mistake. Menopause is not a deficiency, nor a “disease” at all. Menopause is a natural, necessary phase of life where huge personal development takes place—physical, mental and spiritual. A phase that every woman should go through naturally. […]

Menopause Explanation

by Sally Longden

Menopause Dr. Mercola’s Comments:

Menopause is a very common condition in women. However, it’s important to realize that menopause is not a disease condition that requires treatment, as many would have you believe. It’s a natural and normal event in every woman’s life that occurs when you stop having your period. Menopause is typically related to aging, and generally occurs […]

Hot Flushes: why Progesterone therapy will help

Exerpts from a letter ….. written by S Longden Progesterone is the mother hormone responsible for the whole D4 steroid pathway…. which consists of so many including your own cortizone and the stress hormones. Why I am telling you this, is so you can understand what is happening in your body and how to manage […]

Bioidentical Progesterone and Hot Flashes

Hot flashes usually begin when periods are still regular or are just starting to fluctuate. Hot flashes are often one of the first indications that menopause is approaching. Hot flashes are most uncomfortable in the first stages of perimenopause, gradually decreasing in frequency and intensity as the body adapts to the hormonal changes.   Duration, frequency, […]

2020 is a new year: do you want a New You?

Health tips to get you right back on track.I am sure you all know by now the 4 main Dont’sI will summarise the first 3 and go into more detail on FatsDon’t EatSugar ….. more addictive and more harmful than cocaine or heroinWheat …. Full of Glyphosate and gluten which damage the gut Dairy Products…. […]

A Health Promoting Diet

By Sally LongdenThe most important things to consider when changing to a health promoting diet is …Firstly, to cut out junk food completely and that includes all refined products such as bread, anything man-made and in a packet or tin. (the only bread allowed is essene bread or once or twice a week 100% rye) No […]

The Alzheimers-reversing oil that is beating prescription drugs

(be sure to read Mr. Newport’s Alzheimer’s recovery)For immediate release June 09, 2015Dear loyal friend of the alternative daily, Jake Carney, founder “The alternative daily”According to the alzheimer’s association, the number of people diagnosed with this debilitating disease is on the rise. It is expected that by the year 2050 almost 14 million people will […]

Ketogenic Diet Protects Against Alzheimers

Disease by Keeping Your Brain Healthy and YouthfulSTORY AT-A-GLANCE Recent animal research shows a ketogenic diet improves neurovascular function, in part by improving your gut microbiome Compared to animals given regular chow, rodents fed a ketogenic diet for 16 weeks were found to have significant increases in cerebral blood flow and improved clearance of amyloid-beta and […]

How You Can Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease

The midlife breakdown of myelin, a fatty insulation coating the brain’s internal wiring, may hold the key to the onset of Alzheimer’s disease later in life. Researchers identified the connection by using a new model of human brain aging developed by a UCLA neuroscientist. The model allows researchers the opportunity to explore how lifestyle changes […]

Arthritis has many contributing causes: all should be addressed

Firstly the Physical DietTo get the pH of the body into the Alkaline range. Arthritis flares up in an acidic body, so anything to get the alkalinity up must be doneFoods that make us AcidSugarRefined foodsProcessed foodsMeatAlcoholSome fruitsFoods that increase AlkalinityVegetables rawVegetables VookedLemonsGreen bananasIn summery of what I said … you need to cut down […]

Arthritis

Arthritis is a very common health problem that sends over 20 million people to their physician’s office each year. It’s important to realize that “arthritis” is divided into two primary types: osteoarthritis, also known as degenerative joint disease (DJD); the wear-and-tear form of arthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis.Â These two types are completely different, even though […]