Anti-Aging Answer for Women’s Health

AAI is the Anti-Aging Answer for Women’s Health

Women’s Health hormonal web is complicated; finding the right anti-aging serum can also be challenging. The hormones governing women’s physical and mental functions work together to maintain a balance.

The key hormonal players in women, Estrogen, Progesterone, Testosterone/DHEA, Human Growth Hormone, Thyroid, & Cortisol, begin to play out of tune as their levels decrease with age. So when hormones decline or become imbalanced, as in Peri-Menopause & Menopause, we start to notice changes in our bones, muscle strength, skin elasticity, and energy, mood, memory, & libido.

They don’t know that these hormonal imbalances raise our risk for serious diseases such as heart disease, Alzheimer’s, osteoporosis, obesity, depression, stroke, and breast cancer. Therefore, we must prevent and treat the cause of these symptoms as soon as they start to appear in our late 30s.

Not only do our well­ being and quality of life depend on it, but our health and risk of disease are optimized by becoming hormone balanced. The Women’s Health Initiative (WHI 2002) was a major multi-national study that included thousands of Women’s Health on synthetic estrogens (Premarin, Birth Control Pills, Nuvaring) or on synthetic progesterones (Provera, Progestins, Birth Control Pellets/Injections). This study had to be stopped abruptly: unprecedented for any medical research worldwide. The reason was that Women’s Health in the study had a much higher incidence of heart disease, stroke, blood clots, and breast cancer than in the general population.

At this point, 08/GYNs around the country took Women’s Health off their synthetic hormonal therapy (synthetic estrogens and Peri-Menopause) to prevent these problems, even though they knew women would have to live with bothersome symptoms and their risk for serious illness would be greatly increased. Bio-Identical or Non-Synthetic hormonal therapy progesterones is the only option for women to treat Progesterone symptoms, significantly decrease the risk of age-related diseases, and improve well-being & quality of life. Most doctors are unfamiliar with Bio-Identical hormonal therapy, but experts in Anti-aging Medicine specialize in this field. Bio-Identical hormones are the answer!

Women’s reproductive life is composed of 3 stages:

1. Pre Menopause – the PMS Years
2. Peri-Menopause – the Rollercoaster Years
3. Menopause/Post-Menopause -the End of Periods

Pre Menopause-The PMs Years

During their 20’s and 30’s, Women’s Health experience fairly regular cycles with balanced estrogen and progesterone production. But increasingly, younger females prone to excess stress, crash diets, and contraceptive use are not ovulating regularly. Anovulatory cycles can lead to symptoms of hormonal imbalance, severe PMS, and more serious health issues, such as polycystic ovaries, endometriosis, and infertility.

Peri-Menopause – The Rollercoaster Years

Most women don’t know that there is a period called Peri-Menopause {of 10-15 years) when the body gets ready to start Menopause; therefore, they do not associate mood and emotional symptoms with their hormones or menopause. But they should! Beginning in the late 30s until menopause (average age of 51), Women’s Health begins to experience a whole new world of symptoms, as estrogen and progesterone levels fluctuate dozens of times a day from wavering ovarian function.

These symptoms range from classic menopause symptoms like hot flashes, night sweats, and mood swings to not-so-typical ones like high anxiety, foggy thinking, bone loss, weight gain, depression, fatigue, and low libido. These fluctuations in hormone levels take women on a rollercoaster ride! At this point, the search for symptom relief begins with Bio-Identical hormones.

Menopause/Post Menopause- The Ends of Periods

The official start of Menopause is 12 months in a row without a period, occurring around age 51. But it is not uncommon to see symptoms much sooner. Acute/prolonged stress, for example, can negatively impact ovarian function and precipitate premature Menopause in vulnerable women as early as their mid to late 30s.

Menopause can also be surgically induced through hysterectomy, radiation, or chemotherapy. We think hormones control only our sexual and reproductive systems, but hormones regulate the entire body. With fewer hormones, their important role in protecting the health of the brain, bones, muscles, skin, breasts, and heart is diminished. Supplementation with Bio-Identical hormones is a matter of life or death at this stage.

Common hormone imbalances in Peri-Menopause & Menopause:

The right balance of anti-aging serum and hormones is vital to a woman’s health & well-being. During Peri-Menopause & Menopause, hormone levels drop, and hormone deficiencies occur. Logically, one would think hormonal deficiencies should be resolved with hormonal supplementation. Unfortunately, there are so many hormones in a woman’s body that a lack of one hormone may trigger excesses of either hormone, which is how imbalances occur. (Remember, low levels of hormones are as harmful to your health as high levels).

1. Estrogen Dominance–mood swings, migraines, fat gain, low thyroid, breast cancer risk
2. Low Estrogen & Progesterone-hot flashes, night sweats, palpitations, foggy thinking
3. High Testosterone & DHEA-acne, hair loss, irritability, belly fat, polycystic ovaries
4. Low Testosterone & DHEA-decreases bone/muscle mass, energy, libido (sexual desire)
5. High or Low Cortisol  (Stressed Adrenals): insomnia, anxiety, chronic fatigue, allergies, food cravings, low immunity

Do you have symptoms of hormonal imbalance?