Anti-Aging By Design

This week Michael Jackson, a man who was an icon to many, died from a sudden heart attack. Sadly, many of us know someone close to us who died from cardiac arrest or a massive heart attack. It is shocking and devastating. When heart attacks don’t kill you, they can leave you very sick.

Heart disease affects people of all ages, not just older folks. One of the first indicators may be high blood pressure detection, unless of course one is unfortunate enough to have heart problems already discovered as a child. That high blood pressure is usually monitored by a doctor and medication is often prescribed.

Other problems related to heart disease are clogged arteries, high cholesterol, even diabetes. Prevention is key to many illnesses and diseases, including cardiovascular disease. Sometimes I feel like a broken record when I say that we must be in charge of our own good health. Doctors talk about prevention to some extent, but their main job is to treat illness and disease. We have to plan to build our own good health.

How can we live a lifestyle that helps prevent cardiac arrest and heart attack? First, let me say that we are more educated now about healthy lifestyles than ever before in the history of man, or at least we have the opportunity to learn if we want it. Still, it is disappointing that there is still so much heart disease in the world today.

We know that we should get regular exercise and eat well, including diets with fresh fruits and vegetables, minimal white sugar and white flour, low fat, and try to stay away from processed foods and fast foods. We should get good rest and we should try to manage the stress in our lives. We need to eliminate smoke, both from smoking and second hand smoke. And we should keep a healthy weight, and that means lose weight if we are overweight and especially if we are obese.

I know, and you know, that most of us can’t ‘be good’ all of the time in regard to eating. I think if we make good choices most of the time, that can make up for foods that are not necessarily good for us like the burgers and fries, or the sweets. For me, those good choices most of the time are the natural nutrition supplements that I take ALL OF THE TIME, every day in fact.

Nutrition can build good health. That has been proven. From a high quality, pharmaceutical grade, daily multivitamin all the way to an anti-aging, resveratrol supplement that can fight aging at the cellular level where illnesses like heart disease and cardiac arrest start, there are options to build better health.

Fish oil, b-complex, magnesium, co-enzyme Q10, Vitamin E and soy protein are all ingredients that are heart healthy and available in pharmaceutical grade natural nutrition form. When we take our supplements on a daily basis, just like we would take our medications, we can get fantastic results in the way we feel each day, our overall health right now, and in building good health for the future. I can’t count the number of times that I hear people say they forget to take their vitamins, or a 30 day supply will last someone for six months. To get the best results, proven benefits of being healthier, we need to take our food supplements every day.

Cardiac arrest and heart attacks cause irreversible damage, including losing one’s life. Sometimes that happens and there doesn’t appear to be a logical reason because the person was seemingly healthy or even ‘doing all the right things’. Most often though, there are warning signs that are not being managed well.

Diahreah is a problem that people don’t like to talk about so much. Constipation and gas fall into the same category. Unfortunately, digestion problems like these affect a large percentage of us. We tend to be quiet about things like abdominal bloating, intestinal bloating, or burping. We might joke about some of the foods that can cause these unpleasant feelings, but the specific digestive problems and symptoms are just not comfortable to discuss.

Here’s the thing. If we don’t address digestion issues, most of the time they don’t go away by themselves. I have personal experience. At a very young age, I was having problems in this area and 1) I was very uncomfortable discussing it with my doctor, and 2) it was affecting my life in ways I didn’t like. I remember when I was around 20, after suffering already for quite a few years, thinking that I didn’t want to live my whole life feeling either in pain or feeling sluggish.

After getting serious about finding a solution, I started doing some research. What I found was that it wasn’t so much that something was wrong with me. It was more like what I was eating, or not eating, was producing these nasty symptoms like bloating, constipation, and intestinal gas, that I didn’t like. Now I had to be willing to make some changes so that my body’s digestion system would function properly and I would feel better.

You hear the expression, “You are what you eat.” It is true. We don’t eat enough fiber. We do eat too much processed foods. We don’t eat enough fruits and vegetables. We do eat too much white sugar and white flour. We eat on the run a lot and most of those choices are not healthy.

There are good reasons to address these problems of digestion. The main reason is that if we don’t do anything about them, they compromise our good health. Certain digestion problems that increase inflammation in our bodies make our bodies unable to absorb the nutrients that we need to be healthy. If we aren’t getting important nutrients, we can get sick.

Inflammation is a huge issue today that is affecting people’s health. It is believed to be at the root cause of many illnesses, including diseases of the intestine and colon. Inflammation is associated with diet as well because it is the imbalance between Omega-3 (we do not get enough) and Omega-6 (we get too much) fatty acids in our diets that can cause inflammation.

The good news that I found, and for everyone, is that there are solutions. We can choose to eat better, including more fruits, vegetables, and fiber. We can choose to avoid processed foods, caffeine, sugar and white flour as much as possible. We can learn how to maintain enough digestive enzymes and keep the acid level in our stomach where it should optimally be. We can feed our bodies natural supplements including vitamins and minerals that we don’t get enough of from our food and that build good health.

For managing symptoms while we work on those natural solutions, there are nutrition choices that work very well for specific digestive symptoms. These include probiotics to balance and heal our digestive tracts, enzymes to help us digest our foods, peppermint and ginger to soothe our stomachs, and pure fish oil supplements to get more Omega-3’s. I also used a natural laxative product that worked very quickly in regulating my digestive system and taking away the discomfort. I can’t say that I was surprised when I found out later how popular that product was, and still is, 25 years later.

For people with intestinal symptoms, life can be very unpleasant, and good health can deteriorate. On the other hand, when digestion problems are addressed, intestinal bloating, diahreah, constipation, and gas can all be issues that are no longer part of daily life. Nutrients start getting absorbed more effectively, we feel so much better, and our overall health improves now and for the future. Life is good.

For many, running is a way to keep in shape, have sustained energy, fight aging, and just feel good. For the serious runner, all the way down to occasional runners, it is important to have the right gear. Shoes make all of the difference in the world because running is challenging to the feet without quality foot wear.

Knowing the arch that your foot has can be helpful in determining the needs that your feet have when you run. There are low arches, high arches, and neutral arches, each with their unique considerations in regard to cushion, stability, and motion control.

All four of my children played basketball. The girls also played soccer, and the boys played baseball. Running is involved in all of these sports and I have seen many foot and ankle issues with children who played on these team sports. One thing that was encouraged was buying good shoes for these active kids. The same is true for adults. The pounding of running can take its toll on feet that are not adequately fit for shoes, and protected.

I like a combination of quality and value. Quality is important because of the results that are delivered. It is a fact that with running shoes, the same as with anti-aging nutrition, there exists a difference in quality of products (be it materials or ingredients), technology, and benefits delivered, from brand to brand.

Being able to access quality reports of running shoes and even watching videos about different brands allows the buyer to do comprehensive research before making the purchase. The different options for obtaining information help make the shopping experience more enjoyable as well.

Support, cushioning and stability should be more important than price, however it is a reality that people have different budget levels. I was recently introduced to ShopWiki, an online retail site that finds you the best deal on quality running gear. Shop Wiki searches the internet looking for all sources of the product you are trying to locate. It would be similar to comparing how Google searches the internet to return the most relevant search results, and unlike other shopping sites that find you products from stores where they have an affiliate arrangement.

I like the idea of finding quality products for the best price. Having a service search the internet for me saves time and money. The opportunity for my family to find running shoes, and other gear like pedometers and heart rate monitors, from the convenience of our home and getting the best deal available was a great discovery.

There has been an increase of searches for resveratrol scam since the highly advertised ingredient was found to be a potent anti-aging nutrition supplement. The reason for the questions is that so many companies have put a resveratrol product on the market after scientific research was announced through national media sources. I don’t know about you but I prefer a resveratrol product with a satisfaction guarantee over one with a scam potential attached to it.

The problem with almost two hundred resveratrol products for sale is that many of them are not potent enough to provide significant results, and that is creating concern about the efficacy of resveratrol in the fight against aging. This is not an issue with resveratrol, but with the difference in potency, quality, and formulation since they all combine to make a worthy product.

Resveratrol is currently in research for drug development, possible in pill form. While that is years out, we do have resveratrol available in supplement form. When I did my own personal research of other brands, I was shocked to find that many of them have very little resveratrol in the products. The clinical research that has suggested measurable anti-aging benefits with resveratrol is based upon a much higher dose than what many products on the market contain. The bottom line is that people are going to be disappointed when they don’t get the results they expect, and this puts a black cloud over the industry.

Natural nutrition supplements, including vitamins and herbs, are not regulated by any governing body. This means that you have to do your homework and find a brand that you trust will put the amount of ingredient that has been studied to help build health inside the product. It is also important to insure that the amounts that are listed on the label are actually inside the product so that they will perform as they are intended (remember that nobody is in place to oversee this on our behalf). Last, the ingredients need to be high quality and in a formula that your body will absorb.

When I evaluate a nutrition brand, several requirements are present: science, safety, quality, and efficacy. Does the company have a reputable, in-house science team that conducts research and clinical testing on their own products, and not simply make a product that is either new or popular? Are high quality ingredients demanded by the brand and do they require ongoing testing of those ingredients for quality assurance? Do the products have a track record of performance and integrity?

Resveratrol scam is a legitimate search because when it comes to nutrition that we are putting in to the body, we must demand quality and that includes potency and performance. Value is another consideration. If one is to compare a product with a price tag of $2.83 per serving of the recommended amount of resveratrol that can fight aging, with another product that may cost $.99 per serving but you need 10 servings to get that same potent amount, well there really is not a comparison.

Science and research has brought us revolutionary new ways to fight aging, and to get the desired results we need specific amounts. I encourage everyone who would like to use resveratrol to help live a longer, healthier life to take the time and do their own research for a brand that will deliver the intended benefits, not a resveratrol scam.

We go about our lives each day and they are full and busy lives. How much are you thinking about your body that is aging, or anti-aging choices? What are we missing in regard to our good health when we don’t focus on a healthy body every day?

This video brings home the point about focus and what we can miss. Have a look:

Today, we have a lot more information available to us about building good health and how to fight disease than we have ever had throughout history. So why is it that disease rates are up, overweight and obesity has become an epidemic, and people drag through life feeling tired, sick, fat, stressed, and even depressed?

Diet has a lot to do with how we feel. What we put in our body is going to determine the results we get. The nutrients we get in our food, and by taking supplements, can build a healthy body that is full of the energy and vitality needed to exercise regularly, sleep well, eat healthy, feel great, fight disease, and love life. We have the answers. The key is the focus and the awareness choices we make each day.

Do you want to build good health? Do you have an anti-aging plan? Be aware, and most likely you will be happy with the results that you get.

What are the causes of aging? Why do we have a certain life span? Life forms have different life expectancies, from days to many years. Fortunately, humans can live very long lives. And science continues to find ways for us to live longer.

One person can age very differently from another. Did you ever hear someone say, ‘he’s a very young 75′ or, ’she’s 40 going on 80!’ It is really our cells that age, or make our organs sick. There are many factors that cause our cells to age, and many that we can prevent. We know a lot more about diet, exercise, and lifestyles than those that came even a generation before us. The choices we make, however, are not always reflective of what we know.

I was thinking the other day about the overweight and obesity rates that are so high in the United States right now. What if soda and other hidden-calorie drinks that are loaded with sugar were never invented. What if processed foods were not available for us to eat. What if fast food was non-existent? If we had to take the time to process (clean, peel, etc.) and/or cook vegetables
for every meal, and we choose to make them the significant part of our daily diet, think about what that would do for our health and for our weight.

Environmental factors can play a part in aging as well. Pollution, chemicals, and toxins are everywhere in our daily lives. Inside our homes, outside our homes, they are hard to avoid. We do have more options today with the many green choices of products we can buy, and there have been major green actions to help clean our planet including the air we breathe.

Our cells and organs are affected by aging in different ways. We have choices here as well, to help keep these organs working as they are meant to work and staying disease free to help us live longer, healthier lives.

The heart wall thickens and, over time, is not able to pump blood as efficiently as it should. As we grow older, the amount of oxygen we have for use during exercise decreases.

Arteries can become thick and stiff when cholesterol and calcium build up in them. When the arteries narrow and lose their elasticity, we get high blood pressure.

I thought it was frightening that our breathing capacity declines around 40 percent as we move from age 20 to age 70.

When the number of brain cells decrease, we see memory impairment and even Alzheimers. This is one of the scariest symptoms of aging for many people.

The important bladder can lose its tone and tissues weaken causing loss of control.

Body fat increases as we age and can cause many diseases like diabetes, high cholesterol and heart disease.

Losing bone density leads to osteoporosis and fractures.

Our eyes and ears are not to be ignored. Eyes and ears begin to fade as we age and issues with both can impact our lifestyles.

Even though we know that diet and exercise and lifestyle can make a great difference in the health of our organs, we still don’t always make the healthy choices.

Free radicals are causes of aging that we hear about most. To a certain extent, free radicals have a useful purpose. When they help destroy bacteria or other invaders to the body, they are good. It is when they are in excess that we have problems. And with factors like sun exposure, radiation, tobacco smoke and other pollutants, we do get an excess of free radicals.

Inflammation can be the root cause of many diseases of aging. There are many theories about why people seem to have more inflammation in their bodies, and many are centered around our diets. Deficiencies in hormones can lead to premature aging and various diseases. Our immune system declines as we age, and can be accelerated by things like stress and depression. We are not able to fight off illness and disease as well with a compromised immune system. There are many processes that go on inside our cells daily that can effect how and when we age.

What scientists have been studying for many years is how to impact these causes of aging in our cells. How do we help the body processes to perform as they should, at the cellular level? How do we prevent inflammation in the body, and keep optimal hormone levels present in the body? How do we neutralize the excess of free radicals?

When we activate specific processes in our cells, we can make an important difference in the health of them. Antioxidants can help the performance of our cells. Newly discovered resveratrol can activate a gene in the body that fights the diseases of aging. Diets that are high in fiber and balanced in protein and good carbohydrates, with enough fruits and vegetables help us maintain healthy weights and gives our bodies the nutrients they need for optimal health. Supplementing the diet with food supplements, like vitamins, minerals, fish oil, and targeted herbals, can fill the gaps that we don’t get from foods on a daily basis. Exercise is very important for overall health including heart health and joint health.

We already have many answers in regard to what causes aging. We must answer the question personally, “Are we following what scientists have discovered and what we now know about fighting aging and being healthy throughout our lives?”

The health benefits of resveratrol have only just begun to be discovered. It has been called the Fountain of Youth. It has been called the key to longevity. I have heard the terms healthy old age, beat the clock, rejuvenation drug, quest to put death on hold - all exciting in terms of living longer and being healthier. Resveratrol is found in high concentrations in the skin of grapes. It has been studied for years and a pharmaceutical drug is currently in development. Right now, we have natural supplements available with resveratrol.

So what health benefits can we expect from resveratrol? First, when we look at aging, we know that as the body ages we can develop diseases of aging like arthritis, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and Alzheimers. There is a longevity gene in our body that can effectively fight aging, and specifically these diseases of aging. Scientists have known about it for years. The problem is that it is only turned on during extreme dieting, or calorie restriction. Most people can not maintain that kind of daily diet because it involves cutting calories 30 to 35% and is very hard to do without being hungry all of the time. When we eat a lot of food, and many of us eat more food than our body needs each day, this gene is turned off.

What resveratrol can do, in the right amounts, is to trick the body into thinking it is on a calorie restriction diet so that the longevity gene can be turned on. In this way, the body can maintain healthy blood levels and healthy cells that fight the diseases of aging. Another scientific discovery that can partner with resveratrol in the fight against aging are polyphenols, powerful phytochemicals found in fruits and vegetables.

There are four mechanisms of aging in our bodies. First, DNA damage occurs daily when the cells in your body are attacked and not able to function optimally. Next, we have genetic regulators that help build and repair cells. Third is the declining energy in our cells that occurs when free radicals damage cells. Last, there are AGE proteins that are formed when our cells are not functioning properly, and can cause cell death.

Current science has brought us natural supplements that include both resveratrol and polyphenols that can impact all four mechanisms of aging. It is up to the anti-aging consumer to do his or her homework and find a brand with the significant amount of resveratrol that is needed to turn on the longevity gene that prolongs life and vitality, and has the polyphenols to fight aging.

What are some healthy considerations you should know about resveratrol and polyphenols? Some resveratrol-only supplements have Emodin (a chemical laxative) that can be hard to tolerate in the digestive system. Others have very small amounts of resveratrol so that many doses would be needed daily to get the kind of effect that science has shown to work. The highest concentration of polyphenols can be found in the muscadine (super) grape which contains an extra chromosome (that no other grape has) and ellagic acid (also not found in ordinary grapes) that is associated with anti-aging.

There are challenges in the preparations of supplements like resveratrol and polyphenols. It is a fact that not all companies that produce one or the other have the science or the research to develop extraction methods that can preserve the full potency, complex formulations that get absorbed, and high quality ingredients that can provide results you can measure.

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When our digestive tracts are functioning properly, we feel a whole lot better than when we suffer from an upset stomach, reflux, heartburn, ulcers, constipation, Crohn’s Disease, or a host of other digestive illnesses. The body’s digestion system is so important for good health because it connects the nutrients in our body to our blood and to our cells that build better health.

Symptoms like gas, bloating, intestinal pain, and constipation, are not things we like to talk about. Many times we don’t even like to talk to our doctors about these uncomfortable subjects. The unfortunate thing is that these health challenges do not often get fixed without some attention to them. Plus, without either natural nutrition solutions, or medication if the problem is more serious, digestive issues leave your body less able to absorb the nutrients it needs.

How is digestion supposed to work? Let’s look at the processes our body utilizes to digest food. First, we have the mouth that is responsible for chewing our food. Our bodies use saliva to help break down complex carbohydrates and chewing prompts our digestive enzymes to do their job.

Next is the stomach, which is filled with acid to help digestion. When people experience problems like heartburn or reflux, there is a back up of the stomach contents into the esophagus. While this is unpleasant to live with, medications that neutralize stomach acid also make it hard for the stomach to digest food properly without that acid.

Our small intestines are the next part of the digestion process. It’s role is to finish breaking the food into the pieces that our body can absorb. When there is a problem in the intestines it is usually due to inflammation, and inflammation keeps our body from absorbing the nutrients it needs.

What causes the problems in each area of digestion? In the mouth, the first key to note about aging is that by age 30 we are already producing less of these digestive enzymes and some people are more affected by this shortage than others. People who are lactose intolerant or people who have trouble digesting foods like broccoli or beans without gas or bloating symptoms may need to supplement with some natural digestive enzymes.

Certain drinks like coffee and soda can interfere with digestion and cause symptoms like heartburn. Stress also affects the stomach and its ability to function properly. There are safe, natural stress relief solutions that can calm the stomach and the nerves.

Scientists believe that many people have an imbalance between Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids in their daily diets. When this occurs there can be inflammation in the body. By increasing Omega-3’s and limiting Omega-6 cooking oils in the diet, the unhealthy ratio can be turned around.

We become what we eat. It makes sense that what we feed our body is going to produce good health or present us with challenges and illness. Eating fruits and vegetables, and avoiding processed foods as much as we can, builds better health. A healthy digestion system is needed to break down all foods, and yet if we haven’t been eating an optimal diet we may need to look at healing our digestive tract first.

Digestion is key to the staples of life for our bodies: proteins, carbohydrates, and fat. There are 20 amino acids in protein. Our bodies can make 12 of them and the other 8 we must get from our food. A healthy stomach will be able to process the proteins so they can be absorbed into the blood stream. Carbohydrates need a functioning stomach to break them down so that they can be absorbed and provide our cells with energy to power the body. Dietary fat is important to the body because our hormones, nerves, the brain, and the outer wall of our cells are mostly fat. It is processed in the small intestine and also absorbed in the body there.

It is easy to see that healthy digestion at each step is important for the body to absorb nutrients in order to be healthy, and also in order to feel good and not have the unwelcome symptoms and digestive problems that can occur. For many folks, this can be a vicious cycle instead of a normal process.

If digestive issues like upset stomach, reflux, heartburn, ulcers, constipation, Crohn’s Disease or other digestion related problems are a source of discomfort in your life, there are natural solutions for feeling better. Natural digestive enzymes can help the body process foods when it can’t do an optimal job on its own. Natural pre-biotics and pro-biotics can balance and heal the digestive tract.

There are natural, soothing herbs for upset stomach relief, and natural stress relief nutrients to calm the stomach. Natural, chewable calcium magnesium supplements can help with acid-stomach upset. Finally, omega-3 fatty acid supplements can improve the body’s balance of essential fatty acids and help eliminate inflammation. Natural supplements can be used in combination with each other if more than one is needed to address digestion issues. People who do not have life threatening illnesses that require medication, can find relief without side effects by using natural health solutions.

The CBS 60 Minutes show aired a special about anti-aging resveratrol back in January, 2009. This evening they updated the story. The laboratory research that began with mice and monkeys have moved to humans. First, there was a pre-diabetic group participating in resveratrol studies, and results were very positive. Right now there is a group of people with cancer that are participating in clinical trials.

As the doctors who lead resveratrol research discussed, the goal is for humans to live longer, healthier lives. While we might not be able to turn the clock back 30 years, scientists have found a way to slow down aging. There is a gene in all human bodies that is not an active gene. By finding a way to turn on the gene, it enables the body to fight aging including diseases like diabetes, arthritis, cancer, heart disease, and Alzheimers.

The scientists discussed the studies with the monkeys in the lab. Even the ‘fat’ monkeys - those that were not on calorie restricted diets - who were given resveratrol were healthier and lived longer. Their organs that were inspected after their deaths appeared very healthy and youthful.

This is great news for humans because, until now, the only option we have for effective anti-aging is what’s called calorie restriction. Restricting our daily diets by 30 to 35% of calories consumes will keep the human body younger, leaner, and healthier. The problem is that most humans can not sustain this kind of diet. The food is not desirable and most people are hungry all of the time.

The show featured a group called ‘The Skinnys’ who are part of a study of people who commit to staying on a calorie restricted diet. The food that they showed was not exactly appealing. The people were very skinny and looked healthy but it is doubtful that the majority of people could live that kind of lifestyle.

The option to be able to take a pill and know that we can have better health while living the same kind of lifestyle we are accustomed is exciting to most of us. This resveratrol pill may help people who are already aging to fight disease and let them be more active and have more energy and better quality of life.

It was stated in the show that this fountain of youth pill may be still 5 years from market, if it passes as a pharmaceutical at all. What we have now is resveratrol in supplement form. You have to do your homework on the amount of resveratrol you find in a particular brand. This is going to vary in a big way. Many companies have jumped on resveratrol like it is a fad and put together products that are not high quality or highly concentrated.

There are safe and effective pharmaceutical grade resveratrol supplements that have 10X more resveratrol than other brands. You will need higher concentrations in order to see results. It is also important to choose a reputable brand with their own science behind the product to insure that a formula is available that will actually get absorbed in your body in an amount that can impact aging in a measurable way.

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It seems you cannot turn on a news show without hearing about the latest research about hormones. There is research on how a woman’s hormone levels change during her life time. There is research on hormone replacement therapy. There is research in bio-identical hormone replacement. This is just the tip of the hormone research being done.

Women want to know how to deal with hormones or the lack of hormones because it affects their daily lives and impacts others also. Hormones, and the nasty symptoms they can produce like pms and during menopause, can make a woman feel like she is going crazy and how about the people in their lives. We have all heard stories of people having to put up with us when our hormones are on attack.

There are many hormones in our bodies, not just estrogen. They help with body functions by carrying messages to the cells. There are two types of hormones, steroids and peptides. Peptides are the hormones that take care of tasks such as growth and insulin. Steroids are the hormones such as estrogen, progesterone and testosterone. These hormones regulate sexual maturity and fertility.

During a woman’s lifetime her hormone levels change. There is time in her early teens where she goes through puberty. Estrogen and progesterone are released and there are obvious changes. Breast development as well as the start of the monthly cycle is part of this change brought about by these hormones.

When a woman gets old enough to consider birth control one of her options is birth control pills. These are a form or estrogen and progesterone. There are benefits and risks to this method of birth control, but they are still the leading birth control.

An older woman going through what is commonly called “the change”, or menopause, may consider hormone replacement therapy. When a woman gets older, her body changes again. Less estrogen and progesterone are produced. This change can cause various signs and symptoms. She will no longer have a menstrual cycle. She may suffer from hot flashes, mood swings, insomnia, fatigue and weight gain. All this is caused by the fluctuation of female hormones.

Many women suffer through menopause without any drugs. Others look for hormone replacement therapy or HRT. Taking low dose estrogen and progesterone can help elevate the symptoms. It has also been shown HRT can help a woman maintain bone density. A link between low female hormones and osteoporosis has been in many studies.

Another group of women which suffer through hormone deficiencies are those who have had hysterectomies. When the ovaries are removed the body no longer produces the needed amounts of estrogen. Women in their 20s and 30s which have had a hysterectomy or an oophorectomy, which is ovary removal, are often given ERT, Estrogen Replacement Therapy. At this early of an age the benefits outweigh the risk. Women who have these procedures later in life may be given the option of ERT or HRT, since they would be closer to menopause.

Women have to consider the benefits and risk of taking hormones at any stage of their lives. There are risks as well as benefits which have to be considered. HRT has been linked to breast cancer, ovarian cancer and uterine cancer and blood clots. It has also been linked to potential cardiovascular and gallbladder disease.

HRT or ERT may not be for you. The risks mentioned above, along with other negative things you may have heard other women experience or you read about yourself, may discourage you from choosing this course. There are other solutions.

Natural health offers an abundance of help in regulating hormones. Consistent daily use of targeted natural nutrition products can make a significant impact on symptoms and challenges of hormones throughout a female’s life. When we are able to give the body what it needs to balance the hormones, we feel that difference in our moods, our energy level, and our lack of all the nasty symptoms we might have otherwise had.

We all have hormones and at some point in our lives will have to deal with the issues hormones create. How we choose to deal with them is a personal decision and we need to make an informed decision. Do your research. Speak with your health care provider. Always keep in mind it is your decision and make the one that fits you and your lifestyle.

For more information about natural solutions for hormone challenges, visit www.yourhealthwebsite.net or contact me directly for in-depth information on natural health for women.