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Getting Back Hormonal Balance
The fluctuation of hormones is a sign that there is hormonal imbalance.
Hormonal imbalance affects the whole body resulting to mood swings, infertility
and lack of sexual desire. Hormonal balance is very important especially in
women. Hormonal balance includes the right concentration of estrogens androgens
and testosterone. What this group basically and most popularly does is to
improve vigor and vitality, tone the skin and muscles and boost energy and
activity.
Because hormonal balance is so important in a women's well being,
pharmaceutical companies have developed products that are advertised to restore
the balance of the hormones in the system. However, synthetic hormones are not
the best solution. Neither should it be opted if possible. Conventional HRT
treatments have been linked to cause harmful side effects. Of particular
interest are the DHEA treatments. With the DHEA treatments, it is proven that
patients exhibit improvements in episodic memory even in young patients. It also
provides a sense of well being that limits, if not controls, depressions and
decreases the occurrence of evening cortisol.
DHEA is also used in the muscle building of athletes and DHEA supplements are
used as performance enhancing drugs. It is also true that endogenous DHEA
treatment has also shown to restore oxidative balance on diabetic patients. The
down side though are that clinical reports shows a direct correlation between
DHEA treatments with the development of breast cancers, ovarian cancers,
coronary heart diseases and abnormalities in blood clotting. The less risky
approach to anti-aging treatment that will get you back a hormonal balance
is:
Lifestyle Change – Stress does not only make a person look old it also robs
the person of hormonal balance. Conscious effort then must be made so that
stresses are limited to the minimum. Diets could also be changed to include
maca, rice, yams, alfalfa, oat, soy, apples, cherries and wheat as these are
estrogen rich foods. Often though, changing a lifestyle is only good during
planning. Anything that involves a change from what used to be the norm will be
bound to be difficult and could fail. If this were the case consider the
following.
Alternative Medicine – Old practices are having resurgence in popularity. For
one they are really very effective although previously regarded as old school.
Second, they have been proven through time that being natural also means that
they are safe. Herbal remedies top the list here for providing and improving the
hormone balance in the body. Examples of herbs rich in phytoestrogen are dong
quai and the black cohosh. These are also the safest, most effective and least
expensive. Next is acupuncture. Acupuncture is a method that search for energy
pathways in the body by inserting sterile needles. If this one still turns you
off, and you need hormone treatments fast, the following may be the only
resort.
Drugs and Surgery – Hormone replacement therapy or HRT is the most common.
However, this should always be (as mentioned earlier) your last resort due to
unfortunate incidence of side effects that result from this treatments.
The three approaches though could be worked out in combination, could be done
on different times or could be combined at the same time. Change lifestyle where
applicable and practicable and take alternative medicine whenever available.
Drugs and surgery could be resorted to only in extreme circumstances but find a
good physician.
The fluctuation of hormones is a sign that there is hormonal imbalance.
Hormonal imbalance affects the whole body resulting to mood swings, infertility
and lack of sexual desire. Hormonal balance is very important especially in
women. Hormonal balance includes the right concentration of estrogens androgens
and testosterone. What this group basically and most popularly does is to
improve vigor and vitality, tone the skin and muscles and boost energy and
activity.
Because hormonal balance is so important in a women's well being,
pharmaceutical companies have developed products that are advertised to restore
the balance of the hormones in the system. However, synthetic hormones are not
the best solution. Neither should it be opted if possible. Conventional HRT
treatments have been linked to cause harmful side effects. Of particular
interest are the DHEA treatments. With the DHEA treatments, it is proven that
patients exhibit improvements in episodic memory even in young patients. It also
provides a sense of well being that limits, if not controls, depressions and
decreases the occurrence of evening cortisol.
DHEA is also used in the muscle building of athletes and DHEA supplements are
used as performance enhancing drugs. It is also true that endogenous DHEA
treatment has also shown to restore oxidative balance on diabetic patients. The
down side though are that clinical reports shows a direct correlation between
DHEA treatments with the development of breast cancers, ovarian cancers,
coronary heart diseases and abnormalities in blood clotting. The less risky
approach to anti-aging treatment that will get you back a hormonal balance
is:
Lifestyle Change – Stress does not only make a person look old it also robs
the person of hormonal balance. Conscious effort then must be made so that
stresses are limited to the minimum. Diets could also be changed to include
maca, rice, yams, alfalfa, oat, soy, apples, cherries and wheat as these are
estrogen rich foods. Often though, changing a lifestyle is only good during
planning. Anything that involves a change from what used to be the norm will be
bound to be difficult and could fail. If this were the case consider the
following.
Alternative Medicine – Old practices are having resurgence in popularity. For
one they are really very effective although previously regarded as old school.
Second, they have been proven through time that being natural also means that
they are safe. Herbal remedies top the list here for providing and improving the
hormone balance in the body. Examples of herbs rich in phytoestrogen are dong
quai and the black cohosh. These are also the safest, most effective and least
expensive. Next is acupuncture. Acupuncture is a method that search for energy
pathways in the body by inserting sterile needles. If this one still turns you
off, and you need hormone treatments fast, the following may be the only
resort.
Drugs and Surgery – Hormone replacement therapy or HRT is the most common.
However, this should always be (as mentioned earlier) your last resort due to
unfortunate incidence of side effects that result from this treatments.
The three approaches though could be worked out in combination, could be done
on different times or could be combined at the same time. Change lifestyle where
applicable and practicable and take alternative medicine whenever available.
Drugs and surgery could be resorted to only in extreme circumstances but find a
good physician.