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Safe
Alternative to Synthetic HRT
Arthur
M. Echano, MD, ND, MACNEM
The recent media release on the
significant health risks with the use of conventional hormone replacement
therapy (HRT) is really an old story. As early as the 1970’s,
some scientists and health care providers have voiced their concerns
about the dangers of synthetic HRT (estrogen and progestins). Their
concerns fell on deaf ears.
Government
Funded HRT Research
To prove beyond any shadow of doubt that synthetic HRT was really
beneficial to women, the U.S. government funded a scientific study
involving 16,000 women by giving them a combination of synthetic
estrogen and progesterone. What was the outcome of this study that
was anticipated “to prove once and for all” that synthetic
HRT is good for women?
The
Shocking Fall From Its Pedestal
To the dismay of medical science, this crucial study proved just
the opposite. The prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association
(JAMA) recently reported the inevitable, that synthetic HRT does
more harm than good. It increased the risk of breast cancer by 26%,
coronary artery disease by 29% and strokes by 41%. To prevent further
exposure of the subjects to synthetic HRT, the study was cut short.
Why
Was Synthetic HRT Approved in the First Place?
It could be summed up in an editorial in the New York Times of July
16, 2002. According to Dr. Susan Love, MD, “What happened
is that medical practice, as it so often does, got ahead of medical
science. We made observations and developed hypotheses-and then
forgot to prove them.” Who became the subjects in this experiment?
Women
Paid the Price
For decades, millions of women worldwide served as guinea pigs to
prove that synthetic HRT is a must for hormone balance. Only heaven
knows how many of these women developed cancer, strokes and heart
disease. It is hard to comprehend why the medical system continuously
rely on these synthetic preparations when the Physicians’
Desk Reference clearly reveals the legion of side effects and adverse
reactions to its use.
A
Change of Direction
In view of the rather negative JAMA article on synthetic HRT, Dr.
Isaac Schiff, MD of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and
chairman of the American College of
Obstetrics & Gynecology task force is now rethinking its guidelines
with regard to synthetic HRT. Also, the president of the American
Heart Association has made a statement that women should not be
put on synthetic HRT and those currently taking it should discontinue
its use.
There
is an Effective Solution
What most women don’t know is that there is a perfectly safe
and effective way to deal with menopausal and other female problems-
natural hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Since 1976, Dr. John
R. Lee, MD, has been using natural progesterone for hormone balance
in women. If you haven’t read his books yet (Natural Progesterone
and What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause?), I strongly
suggest that you get hold of a copy of any or both of his revolutionary
books on women’s health. It is available through www.warnerbooks.com.
In NSW, health care practitioners may get it for you.
You
Need Not Suffer
If you have premenstrual syndrome, pre-menopausal symptoms, fibrocystic
disease of the breast, uterine fibroids, endometriosis, osteoporosis,
low sex drive, weight gain, and other hormone imbalance-related
symptoms, you could be suffering from the effects of estrogen dominance.
According to Dr. Lee, the key is to watch what you eat, live a healthy
lifestyle and shift the hormone balance by applying natural progesterone
cream.
Beware
of Natural Progesterone Creams That Don’t Work!
Just make sure that you get a brand that has natural progesterone
in sufficient quantities. Dr. Lee’s recommendation is to get
a cream with at least about 450mg per ounce. He can count with his
fingers the brands of natural progesterone that he can confidently
prescribe to his patients. The saponins or diosgenin in wild yam
is not natural progesterone. It has to be preconverted in the lab
to natural progesterone. Humans don’t have the enzymes that
could convert saponins to natural progesterone.
Plant
Kingdom’s Contribution to Hormone Balance
You should have heard by now the favorable effects of linseed. soya,
red clover, black cohosh, dong quai, etc. in restoring hormone balance.
Take soya for example. In the Orient where it is taken regularly,
menopausal women go through this phase in their lives uneventfully.
They don’t even know what hot flushes mean. To them, the transition
from the reproductive phase to the menopausal stage is a normal
process. Not a big deal.
Hormone
Balancer High Up in the Andes
For thousands of years, the inhabitants of Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina
have used a cruciferous root crop called Maca for health and well
being. It has now been proven to be a hormone balancer, energizer,
fertility enhancer and a natural hormone HRT agent. A checklist
showed that it can help those with having low energy, lethargy,
sluggishness, fatigue, brain fade, fuzzy thinking, lapses in concentration,
stress, tension, sexual inconsistency, hot flushes, sleeplessness,
heavy/light flow problems and mood swings.
Altitude
and Purity
Make sure that you get Maca harvested from between 13,500 to 14,500
feet above sea level. It appears to contain much of the alkaloids
that are responsible for its hormone balancing effects. You also
want to get it in pure form to achieve the desired effects. An American
Maca expert has analysed and tested Maca brands in the world and
has given the thumbs up to only two brands, one from the U.S. and
one from Australia.
Natural hormone replacement
therapy (HRT) can achieve what synthetic HRT is supposed to do,
without the risks, side effects and adverse reactions of the latter.
It is about time that women are given the choice and not be experimented
with. You are no longer in limbo. The word is out. Synthetic HRT
is not the way to go. The plant kingdom has provided the world with
natural hormone balancers. Go for it!
Arthur M. Echano is a medical
doctor in the Philippines, a naturopathic physician in the U.S.,
and a nutritional medicine specialist in Australia. He is a full
member of the Australasian College of Nutritional & Environmental
Medicine (ACNEM) and the American Society of Nutritional & Dietary
Consultants (ASNDC). Contact number is (02) 9834 4154 or email:
amechano@acay.com.au.
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