Muscle Aches & Fibromyalgia Did you know that more females than males experience fibromyalgia? Did you also know that it frequently appears during times when woman experience a drop in their hormones, specifically estrogen? It has been noted that up to 80% of fibromyalgia patients are women between the ages of 30 and 50. Estrogen […]
Osteoarthritis This type of arthritis or joint pain is termed “wear and tear”, because it can result from overuse. It can occur in and frequently does in young athletes, and in women and men as they age. It can also be related to diet, such as the nightshade family. These include tomatoes, eggplant, and white […]
For those of you who will be tempted to fall off the wagon into the sugar plum fantasies of the holiday season, here are some suggestions which may help you minimize the “damage”. Take supplements that increase your response to insulin. This helps keep your blood sugar levels even. If they drop a million […]
The midlife transition can be difficult for many women. Sex hormone levels such as estrogen, progesterone and testosterone drop dramatically. This may seem, to many, to be part of the natural process of aging. After all, such high levels of hormones are no longer being produced to facilitate reproduction. In reality, women have receptors […]
Sex should never hurt! But sometimes it does, particularly in menopausal woman. Healthy function of sex organs requires sex hormones. When there is a decrease, such as occurs in menopause, tissues suffer. Countless receptors for hormones are present in genital tissue and surrounding areas. Without hormones, these tissues change. Mucous secretion decreases, vaginal walls […]
We want to make getting stellar healthcare as easy as possible, so we have composed a list of our top 3 most frequently asked questions to help educate in our beliefs and ensure complete comfortability. Our top 3 areas of expertise are: Food Allergies/Nutrition, Hormone Replacement Therapy, and LDN in treating autoimmune ailments. Below […]
Male Menopause? What does that mean? Only that male production of sex hormones decline with aging in men as they do with women. Unfortunately, men are often not given the attention that women are concerning the changes in hormones. Some men actually have good levels of testosterone even into the 60’s, […]