All Natural Hormone Replacement with Bioidenticals

Some women (and men for that matter) know that something is ‘off’ with their bodies but they can’t quite put a finger on the trouble. Some women also go to the doctor for a series of tests and a physical and find that nothing is wrong or at least not wrong enough to treat.

I might be that woman. So might you if you’ve landed on this page. My trouble, at the age of 45, was that I was peri-menopausal. My hormone levels were a little off when compared to my baseline of 4 years previous but not enough to really fret over. I was experiencing hot flashes and night sweats, bloating without cause, and insomnia. Other symtoms of hormonal imbalance are water retention, tenderness of breasts and irregular bleeding. If you are suffering from any or all of these symptoms and your doctor is without suggestions you might consider some low-level, all natural, hormone balance.

The supplements and the cream at right are two that I use after I did a home test kit for hormone levels. They put me back on my even keel without any prescriptive or synthetic drugs. I’m not keen on taking pills based on horse urine.

About the All Natural Hormone Cream

The cream at right has a natural progesterone that is bioidentical to the human body’s progesterone. Your body uses this compound in the same manner as it would progesterone that was present or being made in your system when you were a few years younger. A nice side effect is that it also will assist in keeping your bones strong – therefore less likely to develop osteoporosis.

If you’re worried that bioidentical progesterone is some new-fangled, non-tested, product, don’t be. This is an all-natural treatment that has been used since the 1930s. In fact there have been no reported or known side-effects of natural progesterone in over 60 years. Don’t take my word for it though – do a litte research online to see for yourself. Just be sure you are reading about natural vs. synthetic progesterone.

Can A Cream Really Work?

You bet it can! Your skin is your body’s largest organ. You absorb and excrete all types of substances through your pores all day, every day, for as long as you’re living. Creams, patches, gels are in wide use for the last 50+ years. Just think about how many treatments (in naturopathy or in the medical field) are prescribed as trans-dermal or topical. In fact, if I had to give up one of my own treatments I’d give up the oral supplements first. Most of the vitamins and supplements taken orally are eliminated through normal liver function. Not so with a topical or transdermal application where over 90% of the progesterone is absorbed.

Once you start learning about the dangers of synthetic hormones and the most popular prescribed hormone replacement pills such as Premarin (made with the urine of a pregant horse) and Prempro (more horse estrogens mixed with synthetics) – the question arises, “Why the hell are so many millions of women on this crap?”

So here’s your answer…

Because it was sold, pitched to us, as a way to help women with hot flashes as well as keep us youthful. At a time in our lives when estrogen was declining we could regain or hold onto our youth a little longer by supplementing with mare urine. We were told it would help us build stronger bones longer, prevent heart failure, maintain youthful skin and keep cognitive function, longer. All the things that lack of estrogen promised to rob us of!

Sadly the promise was unfounded. Instead we kept all the risks, but added more to our future “what can go wrongs” – like increased chance of breast cancer, blood clots and strokes. Yay.

Now why wasn’t all this tested/documented before it was released and sold to millions of women in the United States alone – not to mention millions across the generations, and in neighbouring countries such as Canada? Mostly because it’s big business, but also because we women were screaming for the ‘magic blue pill’ that would make our hot flashes go away.

Oh, they went away all right. And we started dying off earlier than we needed to.

So what’s new in 2010 regarding research and studies? As far as I can tell – but I’m not finished with my own research – the studies have all but stopped and the same pills are still prescribed by the millions.

Enter bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. Safer. Organic. It may seem – but no major studies have proven it so I’m hard pressed to state it as ‘fact’. However, I can’t see how rubbing wild yam extract on your skin will cause you to contract breast cancer or taking supplements made of proprietary blends of burdock root and sasparilla could cause clotting.

Precisely why, when my doctor advised against synthetic hormone replacement therapy, I took off to a more natural way of achieving hormonal balance.

If you don’t have time to get to the doctors or if your doctor is too expensive and you don’t have coverage you might like to consider a home kit for saliva hormone testing.

Why would you want to do this?

The results will give you a decent indication of what is changing or amiss in your body. The nice part about a saliva test is that you’ll discover which hormones are actually being circulated through your system. Circulation equals instant availability – as opposed to a blood test which may only show which hormones and their levels are present. Not necessarily the same thing, right?

Get yourself a test if you are experiencing any/all of the following and/or get to your general practitioner. Do not rely on home tests alone if something is terribly amiss.

• Irregular periods.
• Hot flashes and night sweats.
• Forgetfulness or confusion.
• Depression or anxiety.
• Afternoon lethargy.
• Bloating without cause.
• Lack of libido.
• Vaginal dryness.
• Yeast or urinary tract infections.
• Thinning hair or skin.
• Unexplainably stiff joints in morning.
• Incredible craving for carbohydrates and sweets.
  

Saliva test kits are available online, are non-intrusive and have many benefits. Wouldn’t you rather know than guess?