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Fresh Menopause Article - "The Great Awakening - Menopause"

2004-10-29T07:05:00.000-07:00

The Great Awakening - Menopause

Menopause is a natural transition all women experience, as natural as adolescence. For your grandmother and great-grandmother, life expectancy was shorter. Reaching menopause often meant that their life was nearing an end. But this is no longer true. Today women are living longer—on average, until age 78. How you experience menopause is determined by many factors: attitude, diet, overall health, genetics, and your cultural group. Medical science views menopause as the state of your body after you had completed one full year without having a period. It is most definitely not a disease! By making wise decisions about your menopause and healthy lifestyle, you can make the most of the 20, 30, or more years afterwards!

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Peaceful Menopause With The Help Of Ayurveda

2004-10-06T15:19:00.000-07:00

Ayurveda links menopause with aging. Aging is a ‘Vata’ predominant stage of life. Thus, the symptoms of menopause experienced by some women are similar to the symptoms seen when the Vata dosha rises and upsets the normal balance of the body. Vata-type menopausal symptoms tend to include depression, anxiety, and insomnia.

Menopause may also manifest itself as a rise in the other two humors also. Women with Pitta-type symptoms are often angry and suffer hot flashes. Kapha type symptoms include listlessness, weight gain, and feelings of mental and physical heaviness.

The type of treatment depends upon the dosha in which the woman's menopausal symptoms are manifesting.

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Effects Of Hormone Loss

2004-09-29T16:52:00.000-07:00

Effects Of Hormone Loss

As women age estrogen levels fall, which impacts many parts of the body including skin, bones, and bladder.

Dry itchy skin is a common complaint.

FACT: Without estrogen, the body tissues lose elasticity and shrink. A common complaint is you feel like your skin is crawling or it becomes sweaty and hot. There is an increased sensitivity to the sun, problem with teeth such as bleeding gums, lose teeth, and the eyes may be dry and itchy.

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Natural Approaches to Menopause

2004-09-28T10:42:00.000-07:00

In the lastest and statistically most valid study of this subject ever done,it was found that the combination of ESTROGEN AND PROGESTIN taken for MANY YEARS, not only FAIL TO DECREASE THE INCIDENCE OF VASCULAR DISEASE,BUT ALSO INCREASES THE RISK OF HEART ATTACKS,STROKES,BREAST CANCER,AND CLOTTING DISORDERS.In addition,other recent research has found a possible link between ESTROGEN replacement and OVARIAN CANCER.

Although theses risks are not considered to be high,they are REAL-REAL ENOUGH FOR THE INVESTIGATORS TO HAVE STOPPED THE STUDIES IN MID-COURSE.The DOWNSIDE of HRT OUTWEIGHTED THE BENEFITS.So what's a Menopausal Woman to do?

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Hormone Replacement Therapy vs. Natural Progesterone

2004-09-26T10:53:00.000-07:00

If your doctor has recently prescribed hormone replacement therapy (HRT) supplements, you probably have a lot of questions. You’re not alone. Throughout our many years in the industry, our most commonly asked question is, “Why don’t doctors prescribe natural progesterone if it’s better than synthetic?”

That’s an excellent question and there’s a simple answer: pharmaceutical companies are not allowed to market and/or sell natural products for profit.

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Dealing With Menopause

2004-09-24T14:50:00.000-07:00

Menopause is a normal stage of life. Some women may feel that the onset of menopause signals an end to youth and vigor but this is not true.Many women feel that as they approach menopause they will become old and unattractive but this is simply not true. It is a normal part of life. Menopause that occurs before age forty is referred to as premature but in some cases menopause begins as early as thirty-five.

Once ovulation (the releasing of eggs) stops, menstruation ceases. Menopause can be gradual with menstrual periods becoming irregular before complete cessation or it can occur all at once. The symptoms may be different in each woman but even gradual hormonal changes can affect the physical and emotional states dramatically.

There are women who have no symtoms at all while others experience severe symptoms. Hormone levels vary as estrogen production slows causing emotional upsets such as anxiety, depression and extreme mood swings. Although these conditons can be treated with medication, most women adapt well on their own.

Natural Progesterone and Estrogen as an Alternative to HRT

2004-09-24T14:45:00.000-07:00

A Dec. 30, 2003 Associated Press article stated that about one quarter of women who stopped taking hormone replacement therapy because of its risks wind up resuming HRT because of menopause misery.

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