Natural Hormone Research
Although Doctors are aware of the facts on natural optimal hormone replacement, it can be helpful to see brought together the many reports published in peer reviewed journals which are widely accepted...
View ArticleWhy Are Women Not Being Offered Natural Alternatives to HRT?
A recent survey revealed that 80% of menopausal women in the UK are not being offered alternatives to HRT. Frankly, I’m surprised that 20% are being offered alternatives. It seems that just under half...
View ArticleHow Soy May Help Avoid Menopausal Weight Gain
Do you get confused about the apparently conflicting advice relating to menopause – or in fact anything to do with health? Well, here’s a newsflash: I have been writing about health for over 30 years...
View ArticleHormone Testing – For and Against
Many menopause and pre-menopause related problems relate to an imbalance of the hormones oestrogen and progesterone. Hormones are usually measured in blood serum but they can also be measured in...
View ArticleThe Safety Of Bio-Identical Hormones – Part One
Are Women’s Bio-identical hormones safe? Bio-identical hormones exist naturally in the human body, so it is axiomatic that these are safe. However, we are interested in a slightly different question....
View ArticleTake Back Control of Your Hormonal Health
“As a species, we’re on a fast track to extinction,” says Ori Hofmekler, author of The Anti-Estrogenic Diet. “In the past few decades, men have lost 50% of their sperm count and within only one...
View ArticleHow Estrogen Protects Women From Heart Disease
For many years I have been arguing with doctors about natural hormones – on lots of topics – but one in particular has been the fact that women not only have fewer heart attacks than men but when they...
View ArticleEstrogen Now May Play Key Role in Development of Prostate Cancer
It is generally believed by most health experts that the ‘blame’ for prostate cancer lies with the male hormone testosterone causes prostate cancer recent reports indicate that it may be that estrogen...
View ArticleA Woman’s Hormones – What She Needs
There has been some confusion about what constitutes natural, or bio-identical, hormones so let’s start by looking at the role of those hormones. What are hormones? The Ovaries act as endocrine glands...
View ArticleWhich Hormone To Supplement? Progesterone, Oestrogen Or Both?
Women are ruled principally by two hormones: oestrogen and progesterone and the reality is we need both of them. Historically at menopause women’s levels of both hormones drop but whereas in the past...
View ArticleThe Pill, Blood Clots and the Safety of Transdermal Estrogen
A Case of Chronic Calf Swelling Rebecca, a forty year old housewife came into the office to see me about various complaints related to mood, poor quality sleep and weight gain. She had been on birth...
View ArticleWhat is Oestrogen Dominance?
The term oestrogen dominance is a term first used by the late Dr John Lee to refer to a state where oestrogen is not being balanced by progesterone in a woman’s body. This is a particular problem...
View ArticleWhy Are Women Not Being Offered Natural Alternatives to HRT?
A survey revealed that 80% of menopausal women in the UK are not being offered alternatives to HRT. Frankly, I’m surprised that 20% of them are actually being offered alternatives. A woman’s right to...
View ArticleHow Soy May Help Avoid Menopausal Weight Gain
Do you get confused about the apparently conflicting advice relating to menopause – or in fact anything to do with health? Well, here’s a newsflash: I have been writing about health for over 30 years...
View ArticlePhytoestrogens Are Not Estrogen
What are they? Phytoestrogens are a special group of phytonutrients that occur naturally in almost all plant foods. The two major classes are isoflavones in soy, and lignans in seeds, whole grains,...
View ArticleWhich hormone or hormones might you need?
Women are ruled principally by two hormones: oestrogen and progesterone and the reality is we need both of them. Historically at menopause women’s levels of both hormones drop but whereas in the past...
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