Many women find they benefit from adding a little oestrogen to help their hormones with a combination bioidentical cream, but is soy a realistic alternative or just suitable for a few?
Many women find at menopause that their blood pressure creeps up. It may be added weight, less exercise or thyroid problems but your health will benefit by helping reduce it naturally.
Dealing with oestrogen dominance by rebalancing with bioidentical natural progesterone is essential for healthy hormone balance. Women from puberty to post-menopause can be affected but just how much do you know about it?
Staying fit and healthy, no matter what age you are, is a great goal and what you eat can make all the difference to your wellbeing, and your looks.
Menopause and lack of sleep go together as hormone levels fall and makes us more vulnerable to many types of illness as well as affecting our weight and how well we age.
Hot flushes and night sweats take their toll on our natural sleep pattern and that affects every aspect of our health. Natural progesterone can help restore that sleepy feeling and there are other natural aids that can help too.
The link with oestrogen and breast cancer is well established and rebalancing with bioidentical natural progesterone could be a priority, particularly for women who are overweight.
Progesterone is essential to counteract the excess oestrogen at the root of breast cancer and at menopause levels drop even more dramatically than oestrogen does.
If you are finding it hard to shift those extra pounds, there may be a simple explanation. If you know how your hormones and your lifestyle influence your body shape you can do something about it.
A clear overview of new research which could help arrest the aging process, if the research companies gave up their love affair with the pharmaceutical giants and focused on natural hormones instead.