Alternative therapies

Drug companies (via your doctor’s surgery) scare women into believing that diseases such as osteoporosis and heart disease are inevitable consequences of menopause.

They advocate that while alternative therapies may relieve some symptoms of menopause for some women, they are not HRT and do not replace the vital hormones required by the body to function well and prevent diseases.

They claim that many of these over-the-counter medications and products derived from soya beans, wild yam, evening primrose, red clover, etc., are not researched or tested to the same standards as conventional drugs and the effects of these remedies, long term, have not been established.

Not true, according to our website. Many women have shared their success story of how they adopted alternative therapies without the need for hormone replacement.

These over-the-counter remedies (knowledge of which dates back centuries) have provided women with effective alternatives that enhance hormonal health and balance, rejuvenated their energy and stamina, supported their metabolism, aided weight loss, and counter-balanced depression and anxiety, and insomnia.

This has been as simple as incorporating a balanced phytoestrogenic formulation, increasing their essential oils, supporting liver and adrenal functioning through vitamin, mineral and liver formulation, acknowledging their body type, and eating foods that are compatible to their their hormonal and metabolic characteristics.

We’ve also noted in some women a drop in cholesterol, blood pressure and fluid retention. So while drug companies may claim there’s no proof, our website certainly has empirical evidence to the contrary.

Let’s state up front that not every women approaching or in menopause needs hormone replacement therapy, be it via any of the natural hormones or conventional synthetic HRT. Their diet, exercise and lifestyle can carry them through, disease-free, to old age. These fortunate people are free of disease, have good bones, and maintain hormonal harmony from the foods they eat which contain plant hormones known as phyto-sterols that have a balancing effect upon their cell receptors.

In a body functioning optimally, hormones are manufactured by the ovaries, adrenal glands, fat tissue, thyroid and pineal glands. Only when the sex hormones are out of balance in the body is there a need for hormone replacement therapy. And at this point you would thoroughly consider all your options.

We see so many women entering menopause or post-menopausal who were asymptomatic but were placed on HRT as a preventative measure, only to be faced with a host of new health issues ranging from weight gain, high cholesterol, headaches, fluid retention, irritability, etc., none of which were pre-existing prior to HRT.

Women who are considered low risk and possibly do not require hormone replacement therapy are women that:

• Have good bones - medium to heavy bone structure
• Do not have osteoporosis (or family history)
• Do not have cardiovascular disease (heart, stroke, embolisms) (or family history)
• Do not smoke
• Do not suffer depression
• Do not use drugs that might increase bone loss (steroids, thyroid medication, diuretics, antacids)
• Have an intact uterus and ovaries (no history of tubal ligation)
• Correct weight to height ratio
• Good cholesterol and blood pressure reading, normal functioning thyroid
• Exercise regularly
• Have a healthy diet rich in fresh fruit and vegetables, low-saturated fat diet,
• Enter menopause between 45-45 years of age
• Have no estrogen dominance symptoms or history of PMS
• Have a happy disposition and good relationship