There are over 150 clinically defined symptoms signaling the end of menstruation. The following thirty-five menopause symptoms are indicators that a woman's reproductive capacity is declining and the cessation of her menstrual period is near. I've penned a hormonal guide for menopause for all my Naturopathic patients,...
Some practitioners continue to proclaim that all estrogens are the same and all progesterones (synthetic included) are alike. It's quite clear that there is sufficient scientific research to claim otherwise: very small differences between molecules can result in significant differences in effects on the body....
Difficulty sleeping is one of the more common symptoms during the hormonal transition of peri-menopause and menopause. Here's what the research has to say about how hormones affect sleep. First off, progesterone. This hormone is responsible for our deepest sleep cycle, non-REM sleep, primarily by affecting...
Long-term treatment with bioidentical hormone replacement therapy naturally lessens menopausal women’s depression and anxiety symptoms along with other classic menopausal complaints—safely and without side effects. Around the time of menopause, bioidentical hormone replacement therapy significantly lessens not only women’s menopausal symptoms like hot flashes, but also...
Excerpt from the free downloadable Hormone Balance Guidebook 1 How do hormones get out of balance? Hormones are incredible chemical messengers in our body that affect our brain, heart, bones, muscles, and reproductive organs and are an essential part of the workings of every cell in the...