How and why to achieve healthy aging through bio-identical hormone replacement.
What does “bio-identical” hormones mean? It is a support for the hormones that you lose as you age. It is chemically structured exactly to your own hormones. Synthetic hormones are not structurally the same and can be trademarked for the pharmaceutical companies.
Here are some of the benefits of hormone replacement:
Estrogen
- Protects against heart disease and stroke
- Decreases cholesterol
- Prevents and lowers the incidence of Alzheimer’s Disease
- Improves memory
- Decreases symptoms of menopause
- Decreases insulin resistance
- Prevents osteoporosis
It is the best tool, along with other hormones to prepare for the coming years in a preventive approach.
Progesterone, better known as “estrogen’s sidekick”
- Works with estrogen to relieve menopausal symptoms
- Protects against breast and uterine cancer
- Prevents osteoporosis
- Improves heart health
- Enhances overall feelings of well-being
- For pre-menopausal women, it eliminates painful menstrual cramps, mood swings, heavy bleeding, depression, bloating and menstrual migraines
Testosterone
- Protects the body against heart disease and osteoporosis
- Increases a sense of well being
- Enhances sexual desire
- Maintains strength and energy
- Enhances muscle tone
- Strengthens bones
- Decreases cholesterol levels
- Protects the brain against the protein deposits that lead to Alzheimer’s disease
References:
Estrogen Matters, Avrum Bluming MD & Carol Tavris, PhD
How to achieve healthy aging, NealRouzier, MD
The Hormone Solution, Thierry Hertoghe, MD