Hormone Therapy
Why do it naturally?
Natural hormones cannot be patented and distributed by pharmaceutical companies. Synthetic hormones are altered structures of the real thing.
The importance of maintaining a normal cycle.
Why should we care? Estrogen and progesterone perform a very necessary dance for our bodies to function properly. Estrogen drives over 300 bodily processes and more than 9,000 gene products that are not directly involved in reproduction but are certainly involved in good health.
- Neurotransmitters—mood, memory, sleep.
- Cardiovascular—heart, cholesterol.
- Metabolism—carb/fat utilization.
- Bone health—bone turnover and rebuilding.
- Blood sugar—insulin utilization.
- Cell replication—cancer prevention
*note: Estrogen drives cell replication where progesterone turns off replication and help weed out bad or harmful cells.
Causes of hormone imbalance.
Teens—Thirties
- High insulin = increased estrogen
- Birth Control
- Xenoestrogens
- Stress—lifestyle
Peri-menopause
- Declining estrogen production
- Significant decrease in progesterone
- Stress—lifestyle, disease
Menopause
- Significant decrease in estrogen
- Significant decrease in progesterone
- Stress– disease
WE TEST AND TREAT HORMONAL IMBALANCES IN OUR OFFICE Dr. Kelly Martin, DC 972-789-1234