Botanical Support for Menopausal Hot Flashes
Kris Vaughan, CH The transition of menopause brings a variety of physical and emotional changes. Shifts in the estrogen and progesterone ratios bring about the common complaints of hot flashes, night sweats, and mood swings. Physiologically, every woman goes through the same transition but each woman experiences this in a very different way based on […]
Changes in Heart During Perimenopause
Razi Berry It’s known that the female heart changes after menopause, but a new University of Guelph study is the first to reveal hidden changes that are happening during perimenopause– the stage before menopause. Small changes observed in perimenopause offer potential for protecting women’s hearts These small, underappreciated changes have potential implications for protecting women’s […]
The Third Consideration for Achieving Hormonal Balance
Sarah LoBisco, ND, IFCMP 3. Digging Deeper Than Hormone Levels and Getting to the Root of Imbalances We have seen a bigger picture of the complexities of testing for levels of hormones and that many interfering factors determine hormonal production and metabolism in the body. Some of these influencers include: lifestyle stress15-17 individual variances in detoxification/metabolism8 […]
Estrogen May be a Factor in Migraines for Men
Node Smith, ND A new study shows that the female sex hormone, estrogen, may play a role in the development of migraines in men.1 It is generally accepted that the sex hormone does play a role in migraines for women, but has never been researched in men, until now. This study was published last week […]
Essential Oils and Abnormal Breast Development in Boys
Node Smith, ND A study was presented at the 100th annual meeting of the Endocrine Society, in March, that essential oils are incredibly concentrated extracts of a narrow range of plant constituents and can have very powerful effects on human physiology – some of them unwanted. The paper presented, was on the effects of essential […]