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Estrogen Dominance or NOT ENOUGH Progesterone?
Men and women have produced hormones since the beginning of times. But more recently, ongoing research is able to explain why and how hormones affect our physical, mental and emotional health.
The hormone progesterone is one of these important, ever-present hormones that has not been appreciated enough for how much it can benefit us without causing negative side-effects.
Please watch, enjoy and learn how progesterone can benefit you (women AND men) from this day forward!
Is My Thyroid Function Low, High, or Just Right?
A thyroid blood test usually consists of just ONE number: TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone), which is not even made by the thyroid but by the pituitary gland in the brain.
However, the reference range for this test is outdated and therefore confusing. If you have any suspicion the actual symptoms you are experiencing are related to your thyroid, then please watch this entire video in order to become more empowered about how to improve the quality of your life.
Estrogens & the Environment
Hormone-specific prescription drugs for both promoting and deregulating natural hormone production not only affect the inside of our body, but after they’ve done their job, the body eliminates the residue back into the environment.
Look at the effects of TAMOXIFEN® and LUPRON® on the body after they've been described to patients with hormone-related cancers.
Yes, we need hormones to live a quality life, but they have to be natural, otherwise they may negatively affect the environment.
Estradiol Levels Have Been On The Rise During the Last 50 Years.
Estradiol is a beautiful hormone both women and men produce. It has excellent benefits, but it needs to be in the right balance with progesterone (women) and testosterone (men).
During the last 50 years there has been an increase in environmental estrogens, which has cause disruptions in these balances. We owe it to ourselves to understand these hormones a little better.
Testosterone for Both Men and Women
Men and Women both make testosterone. Men make it pretty much all their life; women drop their monthly production when they get into menopause.
I dare to say 99% of men do NOT know that from testosterone we make two more hormones?
What happens is there are two different enzymes that start “pulling” on testosterone and converting it into other hormones.
Aromatase converts testosterone into the female hormone called ESTRADIOL.
Then there is the enzyme called 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE, which converts testosterone into DHT (or Dihydrotestosterone).