The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow

By Phuli Cohan, M.D.

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Other Treatments for Menopausal Symptoms

• Black Cohosh has been shown to effectively alleviate hot flashes.
• Vitamin E with evening primrose oil has been shown to be helpful for hot flashes.
• Targeted amino acid therapies may support serotonin and epinephrine levels and can dramatically help with sleep, mood, and hot flashes.
• Chinese herbal products, primarily "yin tonics," are very effective and have been used for centuries to treat menopausal symptoms including hot flashes, insomnia, and depression. Such treatments can be more effective when coupled with acupuncture.
• Vaginal vitamin E suppositories can be compounded and work well for vaginal dryness.

Testosterone in Women

Testosterone builds bone, muscles, stamina, and confidence. It strengthens and moisturizes your skin and can help you lose weight. It definitely improves your sex drive and orgasmic ability. However, it is given only after estrogen is balanced.

Because most women make testosterone from their adrenal hormone DHEA, it is usually a good idea to restore DHEA levels first to see if that will take care of low testosterone symptoms. If that doesn't work, then supplement with testosterone. If you use testosterone, you must use it with estrogen. Estrogen and testosterone balance is needed for testosterone to be effective and to avoid side effects.

When used correctly and balanced with estrogen and progesterone, testosterone support can make you feel sexier and stronger than ever. On too much you could become overly opinionated, but you will not necessarily go on a rampage. Hair loss, oily pimples and increased hair on the face and body are the main side effects.

Progesterone, zinc and saw palmetto all prevent hair loss. Using enough estrogen to balance your testosterone also helps to preserve your locks.

Adrenal and Thyroid Hormones

Thyroid and adrenal glands are vital for the normal function of all of our sex hormones. They also affect our weight, energy, mood, bowels, sugar levels, muscles, and immune function. They maintain our energy and stamina.

While balancing our hormones is vital, as discussed in the above chapters, the root problem comes from imbalances in these hormones. Imbalances of these hormones are common but often go unrecognised.

There are three major substances that give you your get-up-and-go:
(1) Thyroid hormone
(2) Cortisol
(3) Adrenaline (epinephrine)

If one of these three is low, the others rise to fill the gap because they are all interconnected. For example, if your thyroid hormone is low, your adrenal glands will increase production of adrenaline and other adrenal hormones, which may make you feel edgy or irritable and can raise your blood pressure.

Thyroid hormones support our ordinary day-to-day life needs. They regulate our body temperature, heart rate, how we burn fats, and how our nerves and muscles react.

Our adrenals, on the other hand, handle the emergencies. Adrenaline, Cortisol, and aldosterone enable us to cope with urgent needs. Our modern lifestyle of constant demands takes a toll, and our adrenal reserves fall. When this happens, it is difficult to handle stress.

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