Ladies, Hang On To Your Ovaries!
Did you know that your ovaries are the anatomical equivalent of a man's testicles? That's right! Just as removing a man's testicles is castration, so is removing your ovaries. Yet, if a woman goes to a doctor with premenopause symptoms, she is most likely to be offered two solutions ... drugs or surgery. Both of which could very likely make her problems worse.
According to Dr. John R. Lee in his book, "What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Premenopause," premenopause syndrome is not a natural or inevitable part of life, but rather one created by our culture, lifestyle, and environment. 50 million women are going through premenopause right now and are experiencing one or more symptoms: fibroids, lumpy breasts, endometriosis, sudden weight gain, fatigue, irritability, depression, foggy thinking, memory loss, migraine headaches, heavy or light periods, cold hands or feet ... to name a few. These symptoms are the result of hormone imbalance caused by an excess of the hormone estrogen and a deficiency of the hormone progesterone.
When women have PMS, estrogen is commonly prescribed. When that causes irregular bleeding or cervical dysplasia, doctors resort to a hysterectomy (castration!) or drugs, such as Prozac or Zoloft. Or, they are given synthetic hormones such as Premarin (which is another topic for us animal lovers to discuss) -- the wrong hormones! All of these can be life threatening to us women.
This is not to say that there is never a case in which a woman needs her ovaries removed. There are instances, such as ovarian cancer, but many surgeries are unnecessary. But the point Dr. Lee is trying to get across is that too rarely are women taught about natural progesterone - a safer route to take for hormone balance. Natural progesterone is essential for maintaining hormone balance, and yet it has been largely overlooked by conventional medicine because of medical politics and pharmaceutical company profits.
Now, I am no doctor, and I don't claim to have the knowledge of one in any way whatsoever. But what knowledge I do have on this topic, I learned from them. I do want to encourage you to do your homework and study it for yourself. You CAN do something about premenopause syndrome besides drugs and surgery.
To your health!
~Julie
Good Health, Naturally!
Hey! Sign my guest book and I'll send you a free booklet titled "The Power of Positive Thinking Condensed" by Norman Vincent Peale.
According to Dr. John R. Lee in his book, "What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Premenopause," premenopause syndrome is not a natural or inevitable part of life, but rather one created by our culture, lifestyle, and environment. 50 million women are going through premenopause right now and are experiencing one or more symptoms: fibroids, lumpy breasts, endometriosis, sudden weight gain, fatigue, irritability, depression, foggy thinking, memory loss, migraine headaches, heavy or light periods, cold hands or feet ... to name a few. These symptoms are the result of hormone imbalance caused by an excess of the hormone estrogen and a deficiency of the hormone progesterone.
When women have PMS, estrogen is commonly prescribed. When that causes irregular bleeding or cervical dysplasia, doctors resort to a hysterectomy (castration!) or drugs, such as Prozac or Zoloft. Or, they are given synthetic hormones such as Premarin (which is another topic for us animal lovers to discuss) -- the wrong hormones! All of these can be life threatening to us women.
This is not to say that there is never a case in which a woman needs her ovaries removed. There are instances, such as ovarian cancer, but many surgeries are unnecessary. But the point Dr. Lee is trying to get across is that too rarely are women taught about natural progesterone - a safer route to take for hormone balance. Natural progesterone is essential for maintaining hormone balance, and yet it has been largely overlooked by conventional medicine because of medical politics and pharmaceutical company profits.
Now, I am no doctor, and I don't claim to have the knowledge of one in any way whatsoever. But what knowledge I do have on this topic, I learned from them. I do want to encourage you to do your homework and study it for yourself. You CAN do something about premenopause syndrome besides drugs and surgery.
To your health!
~Julie
Good Health, Naturally!
Hey! Sign my guest book and I'll send you a free booklet titled "The Power of Positive Thinking Condensed" by Norman Vincent Peale.
