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Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy

February 9, 2012

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Stop suffering from Menopause or Andropause with BHRT.

Combined with the right diet and exercise, bioidentical hormone replacement therapy is an effective treatment to help eradicate a number of ailments that are cause by: menopause in both women and men (called “andropause” for men), PMS, perimenopause, and adrenal fatigue.

Bioidentical hormones are made from plants and processed in a laboratory into an exact replica of those made by the human body.

Different, and more safe than synthetic hormones, bioidentical hormone replacement therapy results in the body responding positively to the hormones that are replaced into the body in a form that the body recognizes.  Synthetic hormones are made from animals (typically horses and pigs) that the body reacts to with painful and unpleasant side effects.

The importance of proper hormone balance cannot be over emphasized.  Without it, symptoms from fatigue to life threatening disease can result.  All of us have hormones that deplete with age and this in fact causes the aging process-everything from gray hairs to loss of libido. So, no matter who you are, hormone depletion is something that is inescapable.

Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy must be prescribed and performed by a well-trained specialist in this exciting field of preventative medicine. At bioidenticaldoctors.com, you can find the most comprehensive list of bioidentical hormone replacement therapy specialists nationwide.  To set up your initial consultation, please review our list to find a specialist in your area to live a life of energy and health once again.

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Suffering from Hot Flashes?

January 19, 2012

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Stop suffering from hot flashes with BHRT.

That dreaded two-letter word is back! Hot Flashes. That shock of unbearable heat enveloping your face, neck and chest making you want to tear off your clothes, blankets, whatever is on you as fast as possible and run towards the nearest a/c unit even if it’s in the middle of winter in Maine.

And what’s worse, is that it happens at the worst times imaginable-during sleep, in the middle of a presentation or putting an abrupt halt to intimacy with your loved one. And you typically feel the need to explain the obvious shift in your demeanor and blushing skin to others causing further embarrassment.

Hot flashes are the top complaint of women experiencing peri-menopause or menopause. What is happening is that your estrogen and progesterone levels are declining and becoming imbalanced. The annoying symptom of hot flashes can last as long as a year.

The good news is that bioidentical hormone replacement therapy can help. Many patients of bioidentical hormone replacement therapy claim that they have eliminated hot flashes and therefore get a full nights rest making them feel young again.

We have the largest list in the nation of bioidentical hormone replacement therapists at www.bioidenticaldoctors.com. Search it to find one in your area to start getting a good night’s sleep and reclaiming a full life without the embarrassing and uncomfortable interruptions of hot flashes.

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Menopause and the New Year

December 30, 2011

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Start 2012 Right by Reducing the Symptom of Menopause

Bah Humbug! That’s probably how you really feel if you are experiencing Menopause.

Make the resolution now to enjoy life again. We here at Bioidentical Hormone Resource Center assure you this is a real possibility. Through safe and natural (bio-identical) hormone replacement therapy you can start 2012 feeling like a new person.

Would you like to get rid of that belly fat once and for all, stop the bitching and mood swings, get a good night’s sleep and fight cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer’s while you’re at it? Well, then, why wait for 2012?

Whether you do it today, or in the beginning of the new year, we are sure you will enjoy the benefits of bio identical hormone replacement therapy.

The process is simple: Look up a specialist in your area on bioidentical hormone doctors, make an appointment for your hormone levels to be checked, follow the doctors orders with prescriptions tailor made for you to balance out your hormones, and enjoy life again!

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Menopause and the New Year

December 30, 2011

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Menopause

Start 2012 Right by Reducing the Symptom of Menopause

Bah Humbug! That’s probably how you really feel if you are experiencing Menopause.

Make the resolution now to enjoy life again. We here at Bioidentical Hormone Resource Center assure you this is a real possibility. Through safe and natural (bio-identical) hormone replacement therapy you can start 2012 feeling like a new person.

Would you like to get rid of that belly fat once and for all, stop the bitching and mood swings, get a good night’s sleep and fight cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer’s while you’re at it? Well, then, why wait for 2012?

Whether you do it today, or in the beginning of the new year, we are sure you will enjoy the benefits of bio identical hormone replacement therapy.

The process is simple: Look up a specialist in your area on bioidentical hormone doctors, make an appointment for your hormone levels to be checked, follow the doctors orders with prescriptions tailor made for you to balance out your hormones, and enjoy life again!

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Menopause and Chocolate

October 25, 2011

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Boo! It’s baaack. And with a vengeance.

Pick your fix: Hershey’s Chocolate Bars, Three Musketeers, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Chocolate Covered Raisins, Snickers Bars, Kisses, Chips, Black, White, Milk or Dark, you name it!

When it comes to cravings, chocolate is the most desired food. Eating chocolate is a sweet addiction only fueled by the holiday season. But is it also exacerbated by menopause? Believe it or not, studies actually show a decrease in chocolate consumption in menopausal women. According to Hormes, J., & Rozin, P. (2009). Perimenstrual chocolate craving. What happens after menopause? Appetite, 53 (2), 256-259 DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2009.07.003: “Based on a survey of pre- and post-menopausal alumnae of the same University, we report a significant but small decrease in prevalence of chocolate cravings post-menopause. The decrease is only 13.4% and thereby much smaller than a 38% drop predicted by a purely hormonal explanation, suggesting that female reproductive hormones are not the principal cause of perimenstrual chocolate craving.”

However, this is not to say that if you are menopausal you will not crave chocolate, just that most women who do crave chocolate, do so typically at the onset of menstruation.

So why is it that women, those that are experiencing the onset of their menstrual cycle in particular, crave chocolate so much? So much so that some chocolate companies market to women almost exclusively? (Think of Dove chocolate for example).

Let’s talk about symptoms of  the onset of the menstrual cycle and those of menopause. Symptoms of menopause and those of PMS can be quite similar, particularly in the moodiness department. In part because progesterone levels decline causing an imbalance with their estrogen partner. It used to be thought that the reason a premenstrual woman was craving chocolate was because the iron in the chocolate was what needed to be replenished. But chocolate also contains magnesium which is a mineral that helps to release anxiety and relieve other PMS symptoms and even its more tame perimenopause symptoms. It should be noted that mood swings may become less frequent in menopausal and postmenopausal women (everyone is different and it may become worse for some) inhibiting the need for chocolate as an emotional fix.

The bottom line is, if you crave chocolate, by all means go ahead and have a small amount. In moderation it can’t hurt. But it is not a permanent fix for the emotional roller coaster ride that you may be experiencing with menopause. If you believe that you are suffering from mood swings as a direct result of hormone imbalance, please visit our list of bioidentical hormone replacement therapy specialists at: www.bioidentcialhormonedoctors.com. Through hormone replacement therapy, your moods can be lifted and stabilized without candy!

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