As a doctor who sees
thousands of peri-menopausal
women, I believe that it
is the quality of life issues in
the present moment that are
most important to women
right now. These are the issues
that women must still grapple
with every day & which greatly
affect the enjoyment of their
lives.
Women are not so much interested
in how they will feel in
20 or 30 years time, but rather
want to be able to enjoy the
still relatively young years, at
least in today’s terms, that exist
between the ages of 45 to 65.
Also, today’s woman is smart &
well educated & wants to
know ALL her options. She
knows that osteoporosis &
heart disease have much more
to do with lifestyle & diet, than
they do with hormones. The reality
is that if you have a poor
diet, smoke heavily & do not
exercise, then all the HRT in
the world is no guarantee that
you will be saved from obesity,
fractures & heart attacks. Yes a
magic HRT pill to protect us
from ageing would be great; I
would take it also! However
we are all too smart to be
duped by drug companies.
Women would like to know
that;
• Very few pharmacological
treatments in medicine are perfect.
Most are a compromise
between relief & possible side
effects. We need to weigh up all
the pros & cons.
• There is a great difference
between individual women;
some need HRT to enjoy their
lives, while others feel well &
function efficiently without
HRT. We should not frighten
all women off HRT; some types of HRT remain a viable
& safe option for many
women.
• Nutritional medicine can
work, especially for the prevention
of long term degenerative
diseases; however it can
not simulate the effect of real
hormones in the way we feel.
For example homeopathic hormones
do not work at all &
herbal hormones will not
achieve the exact same effect
of real hormones.
• There is a huge difference in
the effect induced in the body
by different types of hormones.
For example, hormones
taken orally are absorbed from
the gut & pass straight to the
liver. The liver breaks the hormones
down & only a certain
amount gets past the liver into
the general circulation, therefore
we must use higher doses
of more potent hormones to
gain a clinical result. This increases
the work load of the
liver & induces the liver enzymes
to make more clotting
factors – thus we become more
at risk from blood clots & heart
disease.
There is no doubt that hormones
can help women to feel
& look younger & keep them
sexually young. Just imagine if
men ran out of their sex hormones
at the tender age of 50?
There would be a hormone
shop in every suburb!
For further information on how to balance
your hormones naturally, I suggest
you read “Hormone Replacement
The Real Truth”, a must read
for women of all ages. “Hormones-
Don’t Let Them Ruin Your Life” is another
informative read for any aged
woman.
Dr Sandra Cabot’s Health Advisory
Team can be contacted by phone 02
4655 8855 or via
www.weightcontroldoctor.com.au
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