Do you know the difference between a synthetic progestin and the natural hormone, or why it’s important for your health that you do?
Women really only have two hormones to worry about. They are oestrogen and progesterone and they dominate our lives from puberty to post menopause.
I have heard much that is positive and a lot that is negative and uninformed about bioidentical hormones. There are some common fictions that arise, so I am sharing my responses to them as they may prove helpful for you too.
There are many different types of HRT but combination types, where there is both oestrogen and a synthetic progestin, may increase breast cancer risk.
How the definition of ‘natural’ hormones has led to confusion in the media, and elsewhere – a personal view by Dr Tony Coope.
The Pill has been associated with health risks before, but it is more dangerous for overweight women due to the synthetic progestin (artificial progesterone) it contains.
As a colleague of Dame Dr Shirley Bond’s for many years, we update each other regularly on hormonal matters of interest. A recent piece of misinformation in the national press made my blood boil!
Animal studies are showing that combining bioidientical natural progesterone and estrogen provides a safe form of HRT. Here Dr Dach focuses on why progestins are not the answer and can increase breast cancer risk.
Well some may be, but other Doctors believe the answer lies in oestrogen dominance and the use of synthetic progestins instead of bioidentical natural progesterone.