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Our world population is aging. In just a few years, half of our world’s population will be over the age of fifty. As with all trends, opportunities arise for some to profit off of the change. A new slew of doctors, known as anti-aging specialists, have emerged and are presenting this new “silver boom” generation with a figurative “fountain of youth”. The resulting changes to this generation are creating a split, which will become more and more obvious as time passes.

For tens of thousands of years, man has aged in the same pattern. He is born, experience puberty in the early teen years, peaks testosterone production by age twenty, then slowly declines in bone and muscle mass, as well as testosterone levels, for the remainder of his life. By age 50, some body functions may suffer as the body begins to break down, and by 75 or 80, the average male passes away. It’s the cycle of life.

Hormone replacement therapy and testosterone supplementation is changing all of this. For the first time in mankind’s history, men are now able to postpone the “collapse” which results from the decline of the body’s natural testosterone production. Men are now able to stand before us at age 40, 50, 60, and beyond, with the vitality, strength, and hormone function of an 18-year old male.

This technology is brand new. And while it was reserved for the rich and vain for its first ten years of existence, it’s suddenly being used by the middle-class. Older men everywhere want to feel like young men again, and are flocking to their doctors, seeking patches and shots to help them be kids again.

What will be the effects of this influx to the fountain of youth? Medically, we don’t know the long-term effects of 40+ years of testosterone supplementation on the human body. Most people who have done so to this point have done so quietly, for obvious reasons. As a society, what will be the effects? What happens when these millions of 50-something men suddenly feel twenty years old again? Will we see higher divorce rates and a restructuring of the traditional family unit? And what are the economic implications? Assuming these men live much longer than anticipated, social security system will certainly take a hit, providing years of retirement funding not originally planned for. And what about the women? Will they follow suit and begin their own macro-trek to the fountain of revisited youth?

It’s an exciting trip we’re entering with this world of artificial hormonization of humans to postpone, or completely avoid, the aging process. Time will tell if time can be postponed successfully or not.

These days more and more women are shunning medication and turning to alternative medicines to alleviate their symptoms of menopause. Although Hormone Replacement Therapy (also known as HRT) is still popular many women will not use it because of its potential side effects (including the increased risk of developing breast cancer). There are many forms of alternative menopause treatment available which relieve the symptoms of menopause without the potentially dangerous side effects, and the fact that they are safe and many of them are natural is one of the reasons why many women are turning to them.

Some of the most effective forms of alternative treatment for menopause are herbs, and there are four that are especially good for treating the symptoms of menopause. These include maca root, black cohosh, dong quai and red clover.

The reason why these herbs are good for treating menopause is because they contain a chemical that is very similar to estrogen… phytoestrogen. This chemical is the plant version of estrogen and when consumed it can increase the levels of the female sex hormone in the body. Apart from that each of these herbs has its own unique properties that allow it to relieve the other symptoms of menopause for example, black cohosh is good for treating night sweats, hot flashes and vaginal dryness which can all cause great discomfort, further more it has a positive effect on mood swings. Maca root is good for restoring libido and increasing sex drive. Dong quai is useful for treating hot flashes, night sweats and sleeplessness, the latter usually occurs as a result of night sweats and sometimes itching. For maximum effect dong quai should be taken with black cohosh. Like dong quai, red clover can also help to reduce the occurrence of night sweats, furthermore it helps to support the cardiovascular system.

If you decide to opt for menopause treatment without HRT and you want to try using herbs, make sure that you buy them from a trustworthy vendor. There are many people that sell fake herbs in order to maximize their profits. Fortunately there are ways to tell which herbs are fake. Dodgy herbs normally don’t have any labels on them, so you can’t see the ingredients or dosage instructions, this should set alarm bells ringing. Reputable vendors of herbal products always label their goods with ingredients and dosage instructions.

When taking herbs it is important that you do not exceed the recommended dosage, although herbs are natural they must still be used carefully. In fact you should treat them as if you are using medication, because too much of one thing is never good.

To summarize, many women are looking for menopause treatment without resorting to HRT due to its long term side effects. There are many alternative treatments, but one of the most common ones is the use of herbs. These are popular because they are natural and have no side effects. If you are looking for natural menopause relief some of the herbs mentioned above can help.

Many women are hesitant to take hormone replacement because they fear that it will increase their chances of developing breast cancer. Up to this time, after so much medical research, this remains a complicated and controversial issue, especially as we are talking about the most common cancer in the Western world. Statistical data shows that breast cancer affects one in every thirteen women by the age of seventy-five and one in eight women who have a family history of this disease. In some cancerous tumors, a substance known as estrogen receptor is present, which means the possibility that cancer may be promoted by estrogen therapy.

The incidence of breast cancer continues to rise progressively throughout life, so one certainly would not want to do anything during midlife that might further increase this risk. Women who are most at risk of developing breast cancer include those who have never given birth or who are over thirty when they had their first children, obese women, women who went through puberty early, or went through menopause late (after the age of forty-four) and those with a family history of breast cancer. A common feature among these factors is a prolonged and constant exposure to estrogen from the ovaries. Women who consume high fat and low fiber diets have high blood levels of estrogen than women on low-fat, high-fiber diets and they also have much higher incidence of breast cancer, so it seems that we have yet another possible link between estrogen and breast cancer.

Notwithstanding these theoretical indications, however, of almost thirty studies determining the correlation between estrogen replacement and breast cancer, the majority have failed to indicate a definitive for or against this form of treatment. Data is contradictory in that studies linking estrogen therapy to breast cancer also show that women on estrogen who developed breast cancer had survival rates that were significantly better than that of women not on estrogen.

Although studies that show an increased risk of breast cancer are only population studies that surveyed women on hormone replacement therapy, rather than rigorously designed clinical trials comparing the experience of a group of women taking this treatment than a group taking a placebo, they still should make a doctor cautious about prescribing a high dose or prolonged use of estrogen replacement therapy to a woman with a known high risk of breast cancer. In such a case, if estrogen therapy is deemed extremely necessary, it is wise to use smaller or intermittent doses of estrogen replacement therapy. This is reassuring for women who want to take estrogen replacement for only a short time.

All in all, with hormone replacement therapy of less than five years’ duration, there is no increase in the incidence of breast cancer. The incidence may increase after ten to fifteen years of hormone replacement and this increase appears to be approximately 30 percent. Furthermore, while it appears that the incidence of breast cancer may increase with long term hormone substitution, women who get breast cancer while on hormone therapy are less likely to die from the disease.

Women CAN fight aging: feel forever young, healthy and feminine

What do women want as they get older? They want to retain the wisdom of their years, but they certainly don’t want to look, or feel, old. Fortunately there are natural ways for women to treat menopause and the health challenges that accompany aging.

The years may pass, but you can still feel – and look – young, healthy and vital.

End hormone-replacement therapy confusion

For years, some women looked on hormone-replacement therapy (HRT) as a panacea for aging. They took HRT not only for uncomfortable symptoms like hot flushes, irritability, and insomnia, but also as a preventative to help protect themselves from diseases like heart disease, stroke, and even Alzheimer’s.

Then the “HRT risk” studies began to appear.

If you’ve been to see your doctor lately, you’ll find that the doctor is as confused as you are. It seems that HRT is not the ultimate solution that women hoped for, and may even cause the very problems women were hoping to avoid. Some women decided that they could face the risks and stayed with hormone treatment. Some women stopped taking HRT and sought other solutions instead: natural remedies.

Researchers believe that going the natural route is better for women’s health, because each woman experiences menopause in her own way. Some women have no symptoms. Others have both physical and emotional symptoms that make their lives a misery. Stay forever young with Gold shield Elite anti-aging products for women

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Time Fighters for Women: get your groove back

If your busy lifestyle means that you’re missing meals and vital nutrients, Time Fighters will help. It’s a multi-vitamin, mineral, and antioxidant supplement, with enhanced calcium and vitamin D for strong bones. Time Fighters is for menopausal women, and contains herbs to help you to kick the emotional problems which plague many women during the menopause years.

These ingredients include Pan ax ginseng, a general tonic and energy boost; black choosy for irritability and mood swings; and chaste tree fruit, used since the 1930s for hormonal fluctuations which cause fluid retention, headache, and fatigue.

Eternal Youth: get your youthful glow back

If your skin is dry, and you’re pining for youthful dewiness, pine no more. Eternal Youth features Hyaluronic Acid (HA) and Derma tan Sulphate (DS) in an exclusive “Master Moisturizer” formulation unavailable anywhere else. A US television show featured a Japanese village, with many healthy, happy, active 80 to 90 year olds with clear, supple, smooth, young-looking skin. The reason? A diet rich in HA. HA is also beneficial for healthy joints and connective tissue, as well as supporting healthy vision.

Rejuvenate for Women: get relaxed, calm and healthy

Rejuvenate for Women have been specially formulated to combat the PMS-like symptoms that women of all ages experience. These can include bloating, cramps, and increases in appetite, weight gain, and many more. Rejuvenate for Women contain a combination of natural substances which not only relieve all PMS-like symptoms, but also make you feel great. These include natural herbal extracts, plus fatty acids, photo-estrogens, wild Mexican yam, and evening primrose oil.

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“I have my hormones balanced. Most doctors are giving women synthetic hormones, which just eliminate the symptoms, but it’s doing nothing to actually replace the hormones you have lost. Without our hormones we die.” Actress Suzanne Somers

Heart disease is the number one killer of both men and women in American and in most parts of the world. Female hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has been used in the recent past for reducing the risk of heart attacks and cutting down the risk of death in women with established heart disease. However, new data provides compelling evidence that HRT may actually make heart disease worse in women. On the other hand, since men suffer from earlier heart disease than women, it has been postulated that the male hormone, testosterone may increase the risk of heart disease. As a result, andropause, the male equivalent of menopause, has not been treated with male hormone replacement therapy, for heart disease prevention. Recent studies suggest that male hormone supplementation may be heart protective.

Female Hormones

Postmenopausal women have a higher risk of developing heart disease. Since menopause is associated with a decrease in the female hormones, it was postulated that HRT should help prevent heart disease. This logic was further supported by a study published in the August 28, 1997 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, showing that estrogen increased the good HDL cholesterol comparably to the cholesterol lowering statin, simvastatin, and reduced both the bad LDL-cholesterol and Lp(a), another lipoprotein which increases cardiac risk. Research data also showed that in low doses, estrogen inhibited platelet aggregation and reduced PAI-1, plasminogen activator inhibitor, and thereby helped dissolve small blood clots in the blood vessels. Estrogen has also been found to increase production and activity of the artery protective nitric oxide and also functioning as an antioxidant. These promising studies resulted in recommendations that a regimen of low dose estrogen, with or without progesterone, could reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal females.

“The problems with all the hormones is that they have other effects,” said Rafael de Cabo, an investigator at the Laboratory of Experimental Gerontology, part of the U.S. National Institute on Aging. Two major studies found that HRT was actually increasing women’s risk of heart attack by 29%, stroke by 41%, and the chances of breast cancer by 26%. In the August 1998 Journal of the American Medical Association, results of the Heart and Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study (HERS) were published. In this randomized, placebo-controlled, clinical trial involving 2,763 postmenopausal women with established coronary disease, with an average age of 67, HRT appeared to increase the risk of CHD events during the first year of therapy. The second study (WHI) involved 16,608 postmenopausal women aged 50-79 years with no history of heart disease, and without a history of hysterectomy. This trial was stopped prematurely on May 31, 2002, due to a significantly increased incidence of breast cancer and CHD in the group on estrogen/progesterone. This data was reported in the July 17, 2002 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association in an article entitled “Risks and Benefits of Estrogen Plus Progestin in Healthy Postmenopausal Women: Principal Results From the Women’s Health Initiative Randomized Controlled Trial”.

“When your estrogen levels drop it’s your body’s signal that you are no longer in childbearing years. Well, as you are losing your hormones, that also means your bones are going to get brittle.” Suzanne Somers. About 20 million American women currently use various forms of hormone replacement therapy. HRT is commonly used for relief of the symptoms of menopause, such as hot flashes, sweats and disturbed sleep. It is also used to prevent or decrease the rate of bone loss in osteoporosis. There is also some evidence that HRT may help prevent Alzheimer’s disease, colon cancer, and the age related vision loss called macular degeneration. Side effects from taking HRT are usually short term and may include unusual vaginal discharge and bleeding, headaches, nausea, fluid retention and swollen breasts. And of course it can worsen cardiovascular disease. At this time, HRT should not be used for prevention of cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal women.

Male Hormone

“He’s a guy. They don’t talk, they fight. It’s all that crazy testosterone.” British Actress Kim Cattrall. Testosterone is the principal male sex hormone and an anabolic steroid. It is produced by the testes, ovaries and the adrenals. Its main roles are enhancing libido, energy, and immune function, and protecting against osteoporosis. Testosterone levels in the males fall with advancing age, resulting in the male equivalent of the female menopause, called andropause. Elderly male population have the highest prevalence of coronary artery disease, and also relatively low testosterone levels. Men with high blood pressure have lower testosterone levels than normal men. In patients with chest pain, men with coronary artery blockages on the angiogram have lower testosterone levels than those with normal angiograms.

“I think that testosterone is a rare poison.” Germaine Greer. This may not be true. Testosterone therapy causes the coronary arteries to dilate and delays the onset of ischemia. There is also an anti-atherogenic effect. In addition, testosterone therapy improves the quality of life and depression scores in patients with coronary disease. This data was reported in Journal of the American College of Cardiology, May 17, 2005. There is some fear that testosterone may increase the risk of prostate cancer. At this time no definite recommendations can be made regarding testosterone supplementation for the prevention of heart disease.

Regardless if you’re male or female, the amazing healing powers of homeopathy offer an essential and unique modulating effect for the delicate nature of our hormonal balance. The homeopathic modulating effect works to naturally raise the level of a hormone if it is too low as well as naturally lower the level if it is too high, ensuring the ideal healthy balance of these all important regulatory hormones Both the synthetic and the natural hormone replacement therapies can not achieve this incredible modulating effect.

In order to understand this phenomenal homeopathic approach, we must ask ourselves three important questions which reflect the basic nature of homeopathic healing:

1. Do we need to replace our hormones or do we need to restore our homeostatic functions required for accurate hormonal balance?

2. Do we need to manipulate the chemical levels in our bodies, or do we simply need to repair and restore our curative and corrective control functions already present in our bodies?

3. Do we need to intervene between our body and its ability to heal itself, or should we simply re-activate our body’s innate ability to heal?

Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) is based on the superficial assumption that the body cannot produce a healthy amount of the hormones necessary for the related phase of life we are in. There is a lot of hormonal hype in both the media and marketplace. The results of this hype have been devastating the health and wellbeing of millions of people. Hormones play and significant role in nearly every health condition and is not simply a sexual related issue. Our thinking, our moods, and our general physical health all depend on our body’s ability to maintain a delicate hormonal balance.

Merely manipulating a few of our isolated hormones has proven to be extremely dangerous. These dangers have been well documented, with unintended consequences including cancer, blood clots, high blood pressure, liver disease, gallstones and cataracts. In a belated response to these dangers, the $2 Billion a year HRT market is now shifting, and millions of women are changing to a plant-derived synthetic of what is called “bio-identical” hormones including wild yam and soy based products. Although these are somewhat safer than the chemical HRT of the past, regular testing is recommended to help assure you are:

1. Taking the correct amounts of the right hormones
2. Avoiding the creation of unhealthy or even toxic levels of hormones.
3. Not creating a relative deficiency or imbalance in other hormones, neurotransmitters and nutrients.

Any HRT replacement, whether synthetic or natural that is applied orally or topically, can still cause the body to impair or slow down its own production of the related hormone. This is true of all hormones including progesterone, phytoestrogens, testosterone, melatonin, DHEA, human growth hormone (HGH), and others including related neurotransmitters and nutrients. Even hormonal creams can create toxic levels of hormones, sometimes even over a hundred times the normal levels, which is stored in the liver causing potentially serious side effects.

Now, I am NOT saying stay away from natural hormone replacement. If we use these approaches and they are helping our symptoms, we should understand that they are not correcting the underlying causes of the hormonal imbalance in most cases. These underlying causes and their corrections usually include:

1. Homeopathic activation and modulation of the glandular functions and their balanced production of hormones.

2. Mental and emotional oppressions and related correction and elimination techniques.

3. Lifestyle factors and finding our balance.

4. Diet and nutritional factors and finding our balance.

5. Toxic chemical accumulations and their proper elimination.

Homeopathy works with an intensive potentization process that includes dilutions in the nano sized range found within our cells and in the energetic range many times beyond the molecular levels that functions to balance our complex neuro-hormonal control networks to repair and restore our normal healthy functions for a more corrective and curative standpoint.

Homeopathy like any other health care approach is not the only solution but it is an essential complimentary solution necessary for a safer, smarter more sensitive and complete approach to correction. Homeopathy in its time tested 200 plus years provides a safe, no side effect approach that has no known negative drug reactions, no contraindications, non-habit forming, hypoallergenic result that targets the deeper underlying causes behind the problem.