For years Physicians have been treating women for menopause by giving them estrogen and progesterone. But why only those two? What about natural thyroid hormone, DHEA, melatonin and human growth hormone?

Natural hormone replacement therapy, on the other hand, can not only ease menopausal symptoms, but also reduce osteoporosis, perk up memory and mood, slow the aging process and increase one’s sense of well being. Because production of hormones within the body decreases with age, natural hormone replacement therapy focuses on bringing all the hormones of the body into balance.

Bioidentical (natural) hormones are created in a lab, but the differ from synthetic hormones in that they're exactly like natural hormones down to the last molecule. They come mostly from plants. The body accepts them as natural substances instead of rejecting them as a foreign substance; therefore, they do not cause side effects. Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy is administered by a doctor, who first examines the patient and has lab tests done to find out which hormones are needed and how much of each one.

Synthetic hormones are also made in a lab, but most importantly they are not identical to your body’s hormones. Most Doctors prescribe Premarin and Provera. Premarin is a synthetic form of estrogen and is made from the urine of pregnant mares. Provera is a synthetic progesterone and does not have the same functions as natural progesterone. Most women get the same dose of medication and usually don't have their hormone levels checked.

Hormones are dominant materials that manage numerous tasks all through the body. If too much or too Tiny is prescribed, things can go awry. A program of replacement hormones must be tailored to the individual. If for example only estrogen is prescribed, it can't only be the wrong amount but it can throw the body’s other hormones out of wack. So all hormones must be measured and a prescription fitted to the individual.

One can alter natural hormone dosing to meet individual requirements. In other words, optimize hormone levels for lowest dose to alleviate symptoms but circumvent overdoses. Lab tests to measure hormone levels are necessary, because hormone levels can vary as much as 1500% between individuals.

Various hormones can be prescribed, such as estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, thyroid hormone, cortisol, DHEA, melatonin and growth hormone. The lab tests, and symptoms will show which hormones are needed for each individual. They would be prescribed on a gradient scale so as to let the body adjust itself naturally.

Many women already taking hormones probably wonder why they do not get the relief they seek. Now you know why. Find a competent Doctor who will work with you and do the tests necessary to supply your body with bioidentical hormones.

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The strange thing about high blood pressure is the widespread physical damage it can cause before a single symptom appears. A person can be feeling just fine, yet that hypertension (another word for high blood pressure) is increasing risk of serious afflictions, including heart attack and stroke.

Although sometimes no real cause is found for high blood pressure, basically the more blood pumped by the heart and the narrower the arteries, the higher the blood pressure. It’s determined by the quantity of blood the heart pumps and the opposition to the blood flow.

When you know you've high blood pressure, a Physician can instruct you how to control it. And the test for high blood pressure is very simple.

Traditional medicine prescribes drugs to control hypertension. The drugs result in unwanted side effects, so more drugs are prescribed to control the side effects - it becomes a vicious circle. Beta-blockers, diuretics and calcium channel blockers are most usually prescribed for hypertension, but these are classes of drugs and there are hundreds of brand names and sizes of doses.

There are natural ways to control hypertension and nutritional supplements are a main method of treatment. A leading cardiologist has recommended various supplements -actually a triad of three supplements - a combination of coenzyme Q-10, L carnitine and D-ribose have been found to bring the blood pressure to normal. Other studies have found herbal supplements that help, too

Most people can benefit from a change in diet, or at least moderation. One need not go to extremes, but a healthy diet also assists with weight management, and having a normal weight will help bring about normal blood pressure.

Just a walk around the block will make blood pressure go down. So is that a result of less stress or exercise? Both. A regular exercise program is necessary for a natural therapy for lowering blood pressure.

Combining a treatment of these effective supplements with a healthy diet and exercise can lower blood pressure significantly without resorting to drugs and their side effects.

Tired, achy, feeling old? Life getting the best of you? Not too much can be done about the number of years that have gone by, but you can get rid of the aches and pains, the gloomy outlook and get some zest back in your life.

Chronic fatigue syndrome often carries these symptoms, but with conventional medicine there’s not much you can do about it. It’s almost like saying, “Well, you’re just getting old,” or “it’s all in your head.”

Doctors recommend psychological counseling (to get it out of your head) and physical therapy and perhaps a dietitian and/or sleep therapist. Mostly these remedies go nowhere, because it’s not “all in your head.”

Alternative medicine offers relief based on handling underlying physical problems. For example, if you eat a lot of saturated fats and refined vegetable oils, pain will increase. Omega-3 fatty acids in fish and flaxseed oil will decrease pain. Slow-burning carbohydrates (fiber) will give your body more energy, whereas refined carbohydrates will make matters worse. How you feel is very closely related to what you eat.

Sometimes allergies arise later in life, and these can be tested for. Wheat and dairy are common offenders. Once you eliminate the offending foods, it will make a huge difference in how you feel.

A low level of neurotransmitter serotonin in the body can also cause symptoms associated with chronic fatigue syndrome and old age. If a person has a low level of this chemical in the body, it can cause the sensation of pain to be heightened. It also plays a crucial role in regulating mood and contributing to depression.

Psychiatric anti-depressant drugs don't reach the underlying cause, and therefore just mask symptoms - and additionally bring on a wide range of unwanted side effects. Natural remedies, backed by solid research (which anti-depressants are not), are much safer. St. John’s Wort, SAMe, and 5-HIP are all natural supplements that boost serotonin.

If you feel like you're becoming a grouchy old man or woman, get yourself some help. A program especially for your body with a good diet and supplements will bring you new energy for life.

Amazing Therapy

Did you know the vitamin C is a natural antibiotic, anti-viral, antitoxic and immune booster? The medical literature is overflowing with evidence that vitamin C is the single most essential nutrient for achieving optimal health and also the premier agent for curing or effectively treating a Large number of infectious diseases. Vitamin C is very arguably the most important treatment that any infected patient should receive, even if the final diagnosis is being made or other medications have been started.

Vitamin C joins directly with toxins or viruses and thus makes them ineffective. This happens very quickly.

The amount of Vitamin C depends upon the severity of the disease but also on the efficiency of the victim’s immune system. Most of us would not get serious life threatening illnesses if we took enough vitamin C daily. At the height of the Polio epidemic in 1949, Dr. Frederick. R Klenner, MD, published that he'd successfully cured 60 out of 60 polio patients who had presented to his office. Furthermore he presented that none of them had any residual damage. He clearly demonstrated that vitamin C is optimal choice to neutralize and often help eliminate nearly any toxic chemical or substance capable of poisoning the body, including the toxins associated with several of the infectious agents. Vitamin C is undoubtedly the ideal agent for treating virtually any viral infection.

Human race genetically lacks the enzyme gulonolactone oxidase unlike rats and guinea pigs. This enzyme is needed in the last step of conversion of glucose in to vitamin C. 100% GLO deficiency is shared by all human beings.

The Process of Using Vitamin C

Dr. Klenner’s observed that when vitamin C is used but seems ineffective, the problem is insufficient amounts of vitamin C administered over too short a time period. Vitamin C can be administered as an intravenous drip. It can be used to oxidize the agents that cause disease. If it runs rapidly in the drip it becomes a flash oxidizer, and many conditions are cured in minutes. In addition to relieving infections, vitamin C is also an anti-clotting agent, an anti-histamine and a toxin neutralizer.

Vitamin C combines directly with toxin/virus. This new compound is oxidized by Vitamin C: the toxin/virus and the vitamin C are destroyed. This must be the why C has to be continued after the apparent cure.

Vitamin C Applications

Administering Large doses of vitamin C by IV has prevented and cured he following aliments:

Chronic fatigue syndrome (Epstein Barr)

Viral hepatitis

Viral encephalitis - caused by a filterable virus and characterized by apathy and abnormal sleepiness; sleeping sickness

Chickenpox - a virus, commonly of children

Herpes infection

Viral Pneumonia

Influenza

Rabies - a viral disease that attacks the central nervous system and is transmitted by the bite of infected animals

AIDS - a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections

The common Cold - characterized by sneezing, sore throat, coughing, etc., caused by an allergic reaction or by a viral, bacterial, or blended infection

Streptococcal infections

Amoebic dysentery - characterized by severe diarrhea, nausea, and inflammation of the intestines

Staphylococcal infections - causes boils, septicemia, and other infections.

Barbiturates, CO or pesticides or alcohol poisoning - items that injures the health or destroys life when absorbed into the system

Any toxic poisoning e.g. mercury, lead, arsenic, nickel, Aluminum

Radiation Toxicity (a systemic condition caused by excessive exposure to radiation, as from a nuclear explosion or accident

High doses of Vitamin C are pretty safe by record. Some terminal cancer patients were given high doses of intravenous vitamin C for up to 8 weeks. The blood count and chemistry revealed no side effects from this administration. In Australia some Doctors have given up to 300,000 mg with spectacular results, the only side effect is chronic good health.

The only question raised concerning side effects by conformist Doctors is a fear that vitamin C could cause kidney stones. Their reasoning was that metabolism of vitamin C results in oxalate, and nearly all kidney stones are calcium oxalate. even though this objection still remains in dispute, some medical literature reports that vitamin C in fact helps break up kidney stones.

No matter how much you enjoy your “golden years,” it would be extremely rare to find a person over 50 (or even 40) who does not wish to be physically young again. Certainly most don't want to give up the “wisdom of age,” but old bodies just wear out, they don’t work as well as they did when they were 20, they’re just…well…old!

The effects of age on a body are physical. Getting old is natural. It happens to everybody. But since there are physical reasons for aging, many of the aches and pains and distress placed on a body due to the effects of time can be slowed, alleviated or even reversed by making physical changes. Drugs that mask symptoms are not the answer. Fixing the damage to the body is much more workable.

For example, because hormone production slows down as a person gets older, and hormones are needed to keep a body in shape, accurate testing and diagnosis to determine hormone levels can be done to determine what bioidentical hormones are needed as supplements to slow or reverse aging. Bioidentical hormones are just that - they are not substitutes for horomones, but are identical to the hormones the body produces. With accurate tests, these hormones can be supplied to the body in the correct amount needed to bring back a younger-feeling body and even zest for life.

The processes of BHRT are three:

1. A doctor’s evaluation of the current situation and observation of symptoms - eg. excess fat, loss of sex drive, feeling muddled, etc.

2. Exact testing to determine how much of the related hormones the body is actually producing.

3. Replacing the hormones that the body is no longer producing in adequate quantity with the exact same (bioidentical) hormone in the exact amount required (similar to levels in a young adult).

You can be rid of symptoms of aging, but the change won’t be instant. Continuing the therapy over a period of time will make them disappear gradually. But why not wait a few months to get rid of that extra fat, feelings of being muddled, loss of vitality, poor memory, hot flashes, anxiety, etc.

The concept of this therapy is on living an active life in later years rather than on living a very long life.

When hormone replacement therapy is combined with proper nutrition and exercise, the results can be astounding. There’s no need for you to feel old, crotchety, forgetful and slow. Do something about it, and enjoy life with your grandchildren!