Collagen In Menopause Promotes Hair, Skin, Nail and Bone Health.
Karen Fitzpatrick-Dame, ChhC, AADP
Within the first 5 years of peri-menopause, a women will lose 30% of collagen in their skin. A great natural way to improve the look of your skin and ramp up your collagen level is to take oral collagen. Study: Oral intake of specific bioactive collagen peptides reduces skin wrinkles...
Breast Pain, Menstrual or Menopausal Mood Swings, Endometriosis?
Karen Fitzpatrick-Dame, ChhC, AADP
Iodine can relieve breast pain, ovulation pain, premenstrual mood symptoms and help to prevent ovarian cysts. It works by promoting healthy estrogen metabolism, down regulating estrogen receptors and stabilizing estrogen-sensitive tissue in the breasts, uterus, ovaries, and brain. As one paper says, iodine has 'a net anti-estrogenic effect.Iodine’s anti-estrogen effect...
Signs of Low Progesterone And How To Raise It Naturally
Karen Fitzpatrick-Dame, ChhC, AADP
When your progesterone is low, due to low levels or progesterone resistance, estrogen dominates. The consequences can be rage, headaches, cysts, miserable periods, and sleep disorders. Progesterone is important for your overall sense of equilibrium or well-being and it balances out estrogen. Progesterone provides contentment, which is often lost when...
The Body Needs Iodine, Here's Why....
Karen Fitzpatrick-Dame, ChhC, AADP
IODINE....Helps With Weight Loss, Hormone Balancing, Cyst Reversal, Cancer Prevention, Brain Health, Energy PMS, Menopause and More! The Body Needs Iodine, Here's Why.... Iodine down-regulates estrogen receptors, thereby decreasing estrogen sensitivity. Iodine is also very effective at eliminating breast and ovarian cysts. It works for fibrocystic breast disease and ovarian...
Hormone therapy significantly lowers high blood pressure, bad cholesterol, insulin sensitivity and systemic inflammation.
Karen Fitzpatrick-Dame, ChhC, AADP
The American Heart Association published a study Menopause Transition and Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Early Prevention. The study showed that during menopause, bad cholesterol drastically increases; however, in women who begin hormone therapy early in menopause - that would be the peri-menopausal stage - there is a cardiovascular benefit to being on hormone therapy. The study cited a 50% reduction in the risk of cardiovascular disease.
How important is the thyroid for female health?
Karen Fitzpatrick-Dame, ChhC, AADP
Very important. Your thyroid gland is part of your endocrine system and it plays an integral role in hormone production, regulation and distribution. It is also essential for female gynecological function and reproduction. In fact, your thyroid gland is absolutely critical for the whole body to function biologically and physiologically....