Hormone Replacement Therapy
Estrogen How it improves women´s health during menopause
Estrogen is an important group of hormones responsible for the development of sexual characteristics and reproduction in women. Consisting of estradiol, estriol, and estrone (three hormones chemically similar to each other), estrogen is produced and released by the adrenal glands, fat tissues, and ovaries. Estrone and estradiol are produced mostly in the ovaries of women experiencing premenopause while estriol is produced and released by the placenta in pregnant women. Circulating in a woman’s bloodstream and binding to specific cellular receptors, estrogen impacts the health of the uterus, breasts, bones, heart, brain and liver and other soft tissues.1
How Estrogen Influences Your Overall Health
Prevents Bone Loss
Estrogen interacts chemically with vitamin D, minerals, and calcium to replace bone lost to aging and remodeling. During a process defined as “resorption” and “deposition”, your bones continuously build and re-build new bone. Until age 30, the body typically creates more bone than it loses. Around age 35, estrogen levels in women begin declining, slowing the cycle of resorption and deposition. During menopause, some women could lose up to 20 percent of bone mass. Loss of bone mass generally stabilizes after age 65. However, preventing excessive bone loss during menopause is essential for preventing osteopenia (reduced bone mineral density) or osteoporosis.2
Supports Urinary Tract Health
As estrogen levels fall, thinning of the urethra lining makes many women prone to suffering recurring urinary tract infections (UTIs). Antibiotics are traditionally prescribed for UTIs, but overuse of antibiotics can lead to UTIs developing resistance to antibiotics as well as emergence of side effects such as vaginal discharge/itching, gastrointestinal problems, and skin rash.3
Relieves Symptoms of Menopause
The combination of lower estrogen levels and hormonal fluctuations characteristic of premenopause and menopause causes unpleasant physical and emotional symptoms including hot flashes/night sweats, insomnia, heart palpitations, mood swings, headaches, and anxiety. Since estrogen has such a dynamic impact on all physiological systems, many women suffer a variety of medical issues especially affecting their nervous, cardiovascular and endocrine system.4
Estrogen and Your Heart
Estrogen has been proven in clinical research to increase good cholesterol (HDL) and decrease bad cholesterol (LDL). It also helps dilate blood vessel to improve blood flow and possibly lower blood pressure. In addition, estrogen eliminates free radicals, or particles known to cause deterioration of the organs, soft tissues and arteries.5, 6
Skin Health and Estrogen
Estrogen loss reduces the ability of your skin to retain moisture, the primary reason for wrinkles, itching, dryness and sagging. As your skin becomes thinner and less supple, you may notice bruises are larger and darker than normal. This is because estrogen aids in healing skin bruising and other wounds. Without enough estrogen in the body, bruises take longer to heal and fade.7
Maintain Your Health Before, During and After Menopause with Bio-identical Hormone Replacement Therapy
Bio-identical hormones are plant-based hormones that your body accepts as hormones chemically and structurally identical to naturally produced hormones. Synthetic hormones made from artificial chemicals and animal estrogen stick too tightly to cell receptors, an action that overstimulates cellular metabolism. Hyperactive cell activity is one of the precursors known to promote development of cancer.8
Nearly three decades ago, endocrinologists began noting the potentially dangerous side effects of laboratory-made hormones, such as an increased risk of heart disease, stroke, and breast cancer. The reason why synthetic hormones negatively impact women’s health involves the response of cell receptors to foreign substances used to make artificial hormones. Because of your cells and the chemicals used to make laboratory hormones resist interacting naturally, they are essentially incompatible with each other.9 In fact, any substance introduced into the bloodstream that is incompatible with your body’s chemical composition generates abnormal reactions ranging from cardiovascular disorders to unpredictable cell activity possibly leading to cancer.
Urgent research into finding a healthier alternative to hormone replacement therapy led to the discovery of phytochemical-based bio-identical hormones. Choosing BHRT to replace estrogen loss due to menopause or prematurely induced menopause provides relief for these common symptoms of menopause without the health risks associated with traditional hormonal replacement therapy:
- Hot flashes/excessive daytime perspiration/night sweats
- Headaches/migraines
- Insomnia/waking during the night/early morning waking
- Moodiness/depression/anxiety/panic attacks
- Incontinence
- Urinary tract infections
- Memory problems/inability to focus or concentrate
- Fatigue/feeling exhausted all the time
- Muscle and joint aches and pains
It’s Never Too Late to Benefit from BHRT
Even if you have been taking synthetic hormones due to estrogen loss, switching to bio-identical hormone replacement therapy can quickly stop any unwanted health effects caused by synthetic hormones and start giving your body the kind of naturally beneficial advantages provided by plant-based bio-identical hormones. Learn more about the implementation of bio-identical hormone replacement therapy by calling Renew Health and Wellness today to schedule your free consultation appointment with a BHRT specialist.
Estrogen is an important group of hormones responsible for the development of sexual characteristics and reproduction in women. Consisting of estradiol, estriol, and estrone (three hormones chemically similar to each other), estrogen is produced and released by the adrenal glands, fat tissues, and ovaries. Estrone and estradiol are produced mostly in the ovaries of women experiencing premenopause while estriol is produced and released by the placenta in pregnant women. Circulating in a woman’s bloodstream and binding to specific cellular receptors, estrogen impacts the health of the uterus, breasts, bones, heart, brain and liver and other soft tissues.1
How Estrogen Influences Your Overall Health
Prevents Bone Loss
Estrogen interacts chemically with vitamin D, minerals, and calcium to replace bone lost to aging and remodeling. During a process defined as “resorption” and “deposition”, your bones continuously build and re-build new bone. Until age 30, the body typically creates more bone than it loses. Around age 35, estrogen levels in women begin declining, slowing the cycle of resorption and deposition. During menopause, some women could lose up to 20 percent of bone mass. Loss of bone mass generally stabilizes after age 65. However, preventing excessive bone loss during menopause is essential for preventing osteopenia (reduced bone mineral density) or osteoporosis.2
Supports Urinary Tract Health
As estrogen levels fall, thinning of the urethra lining makes many women prone to suffering recurring urinary tract infections (UTIs). Antibiotics are traditionally prescribed for UTIs, but overuse of antibiotics can lead to UTIs developing resistance to antibiotics as well as emergence of side effects such as vaginal discharge/itching, gastrointestinal problems, and skin rash.3
Relieves Symptoms of Menopause
The combination of lower estrogen levels and hormonal fluctuations characteristic of premenopause and menopause causes unpleasant physical and emotional symptoms including hot flashes/night sweats, insomnia, heart palpitations, mood swings, headaches, and anxiety. Since estrogen has such a dynamic impact on all physiological systems, many women suffer a variety of medical issues especially affecting their nervous, cardiovascular and endocrine system.4
Estrogen and Your Heart
Estrogen has been proven in clinical research to increase good cholesterol (HDL) and decrease bad cholesterol (LDL). It also helps dilate blood vessel to improve blood flow and possibly lower blood pressure. In addition, estrogen eliminates free radicals, or particles known to cause deterioration of the organs, soft tissues and arteries.5, 6
Skin Health and Estrogen
Estrogen loss reduces the ability of your skin to retain moisture, the primary reason for wrinkles, itching, dryness and sagging. As your skin becomes thinner and less supple, you may notice bruises are larger and darker than normal. This is because estrogen aids in healing skin bruising and other wounds. Without enough estrogen in the body, bruises take longer to heal and fade.7
Maintain Your Health Before, During and After Menopause with Bio-identical Hormone Replacement Therapy
Bio-identical hormones are plant-based hormones that your body accepts as hormones chemically and structurally identical to naturally produced hormones. Synthetic hormones made from artificial chemicals and animal estrogen stick too tightly to cell receptors, an action that overstimulates cellular metabolism. Hyperactive cell activity is one of the precursors known to promote development of cancer.8
Nearly three decades ago, endocrinologists began noting the potentially dangerous side effects of laboratory-made hormones, such as an increased risk of heart disease, stroke, and breast cancer. The reason why synthetic hormones negatively impact women’s health involves the response of cell receptors to foreign substances used to make artificial hormones. Because of your cells and the chemicals used to make laboratory hormones resist interacting naturally, they are essentially incompatible with each other.9 In fact, any substance introduced into the bloodstream that is incompatible with your body’s chemical composition generates abnormal reactions ranging from cardiovascular disorders to unpredictable cell activity possibly leading to cancer.
Urgent research into finding a healthier alternative to hormone replacement therapy led to the discovery of phytochemical-based bio-identical hormones. Choosing BHRT to replace estrogen loss due to menopause or prematurely induced menopause provides relief for these common symptoms of menopause without the health risks associated with traditional hormonal replacement therapy:
- Hot flashes/excessive daytime perspiration/night sweats
- Headaches/migraines
- Insomnia/waking during the night/early morning waking
- Moodiness/depression/anxiety/panic attacks
- Incontinence
- Urinary tract infections
- Memory problems/inability to focus or concentrate
- Fatigue/feeling exhausted all the time
- Muscle and joint aches and pains
It’s Never Too Late to Benefit from BHRT
Even if you have been taking synthetic hormones due to estrogen loss, switching to bio-identical hormone replacement therapy can quickly stop any unwanted health effects caused by synthetic hormones and start giving your body the kind of naturally beneficial advantages provided by plant-based bio-identical hormones. Learn more about the implementation of bio-identical hormone replacement therapy by calling Renew Health and Wellness today to schedule your free consultation appointment with a BHRT specialist.
