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"Natural menopause" is simply menopause not caused by any medical intervention, as opposed to "induced menopause," which is usually due to removal of both ovaries (surgical menopause), but can also be secondary to drugs (such as chemotherapy) or radiation treatment. Natural menopause can also refer to the experience of menopause without the use of replacement hormones, such as estrogen or progesterone. Almost all Okinawan women experience menopause naturally, by both definitions.75 Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is one of the most volatile issues in women's health care." - Bradley J. Willcox, D. Craig Willcox, and Makoto Suzuki, The Okinawa Program : How the World's Longest-Lived People Achieve Everlasting Health (Get the book.)

"Maybe I was starting menopause early. I even worried I might have a brain tumor. A week later my doctor called. "I have good news and bad news," she told me. "The good news is that you are not in menopause and you don't have a brain tumor. The bad news is that I don't know what is happening. Your lab tests and your physical exam results are all normal." Frustrated and depressed, Emily came into my private practice in Addictive Nutrition. She told me she was a recovering alcoholic with nine years of successful sobriety and had heard that I was using nutrition to help people with her symptoms." - Kathleen DesMaisons, Potatoes Not Prozac: Solutions for Sugar Sensitivity (Get the book.)

"A bold promise was made that so-called estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) would let women avoid menopause entirely and keep them "feminine forever," the title of a popular and widely quoted book by gynecologist Robert Wilson. Wilson described menopause as "living decay," but said that estrogens could "save women from being condemned to witness the death of their womanhood." He listed 26 physiological and psychological symptoms that the "youth pill" could avert, and, in an article in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, advocated that women be given estrogens from "puberty to grave." - Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea, What If Medicine Disappeared? (Get the book.)

"Lee, the author of What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About menopause, natural progesterone may significantly improve bone formation—by as much as 15%-35%. (Understand, this is unique to natural progesterone. Esttogen supplementation does not increase bone formation; it merely slows the rate of loss for a 5-year period around the time of menopause. And manmade progestin only mildly increases bone formation. If you are worried about osteoporosis, there is only one substance known that significandy improves bone formation—and that's natural progesterone." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"Women who have been eating raw diets for several years prior to the onset of menopause report having neither signs nor symptoms that indicate they are passing through menopause. The only way they discover that they have gone through the passage is via blood tests for hormone levels. Temperature extremes are suddenly tolerated more easily. Body odors vanish or greatly diminish after a year or two of eating mostly or 100% raw. Skin becomes soft and smooth. Hair grows thick and wild. Bad breath becomes a thing of the past. Air travel does not entail jet lag." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"Menopausal Issues and Hormones Books The Wisdom of Menopause: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing During the Change by Christiane Northrup, M.D. Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing by Christiane Northrup, M.D. Absolutely anything by Northrup is worth reading— twice—but the first one listed above is a classic. The Hormone Solution: Naturally Alleviate Symptoms of Hormone Imbalance from Adolescence through menopause by Erika Schwartz, M.D." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"Following menopause and hormonal changes, however, a woman's bone mineral density falls. A net demineralization of bone takes place. Bone cell turnover markedly increases, creating a situation where the soft tissues of the body, such as arterial walls and kidneys, can become contaminated with lead stored for decades in bones. No wonder the blood pressure of many women soars during menopause." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"A phytonutrient and phytoestrogen, or plant estrogen, lignans help balance hormones, act as antioxidants, and show positive results helping protect against several conditions, including prostate, health, bone, breast, and heart health; women's health areas such as menopause and postmenopause; inflammation; hair loss; and cancer. Flax's many forms include whole seeds, ground seeds, and oils, and it is often used as an ingredient in cereals, breads, and muffins." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"Other medical conditions often interpreted as anxiety are hormonal changes involved in menopause and premenstrual syndrome, hypoglycemia, even Crohn's disease, during which the person sometimes has periods of dehydration. Environmental allergies are also linked to or mistaken for panic disorders. A significant part of the population is allergic to aspartame, which we find even in natural vitamins. It could be mistaken for anxiety. Or perhaps you're driving and feeling anxious, not realizing that one of the things you may be responding to is the carbon monoxide fumes coming at you." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Recent studies suggest that short-term hormone replacement early in menopause may have some cardiovascular benefits, but the cardiology jury is still undecided. 9. Trans-Fatty Acids Naturally occurring oils in food are good fats that your body needs. And there are bad fats that you definitely don't need. The biggest troublemakers are man-made partially hydrogenated fats. They start life as polyunsaturated vegetable oils, usually corn and canola. Food processors bubble hydrogen through them and turn them into solid fats such as margarine and shortening." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.) "No wonder the blood pressure of many women soars during menopause. In data provided by another major Harvard investigation—the Nurses' Health Study—researchers checked predominantly premenopausal women and found that as the bone lead level increases, a woman's risk for hypertension rises significantly. Cadmium and mercury synergize with lead and cause all kinds of physiologic havoc not really addressed in mainstream medicine." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"That's why women seldom have gout before menopause, but later in life can have the same problems with it that men do. Gout is one of a cluster of diseases called the "metabolic syndrome" (see chapter 9). Gout often accompanies obesity, high blood pressure, cholesterol abnormalities, and diabetes. Most people with the metabolic syndrome have high uric acid levels, but only some of these individuals go on to develop gout. More than 5 million Americans have gout, and African Americans have twice the likelihood of developing gout as European Americans." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.) "It follows that you will speed up the rate of your cartilage breaking down when anything destabilizes the bone below the cartilage, such as poor bone development or increased bone turnover caused by vitamin D deficiency, menopause, inadequate omega-3 fatty acid intake, and/or dietary acid-base imbalance. RITA'S MISERY REVERSED Consider the story of Rita, seventy-six, who came to my office seeking help with enlarged joints and pain in her feet, hands, knees, and lower back. She had severe fatigue, headaches, and difficulty performing daily activities." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.) "Because her knuckles had enlarged in the years following menopause, she was worried that she was developing arthritis. Her mother's arthritis had led to horribly deformed fingers that made it impossible to engage in everyday activities. Brenda's knees were swollen and painful, with small amounts of fluid in them. Her MHAQ was 0-35-70-45-7 (function, pain, fatigue, health perception, sleep), with thirty minutes of morning stiffness, and her vitamin D level tested at 34 at the end of summer (her peak)." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.) "At the time she was suffering from numerous health problems, including a history of migraine headaches, which had backed off somewhat since she'd gone through menopause. A bigger menace, though, was her long-standing history of fatigue and pain in her shoulders, back, and hips. Bouts of restless sleep made her even more exhausted. Neck and shoulder pain sometimes limited her mobility. Her hip pain got worse with prolonged sitting; walking also was painful. Georgia had muscle cramps in her legs and feet. Even pain medications and physical therapy hadn't helped." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"Tel: (941) 349-7127 JUDITH SACHS has taught stress management at the College of New Jersey and conducts workshops on stress, mid-life, and menopause and sexuality, throughout the New York tristate area. 404 Burd Street Pennington NJ 08534 Tel: (609) 737-8310 RAY SAHELIAN, M.D., obtained a B.Sc. in nutrition from Drexel University and completed his training at Thomas Jefferson Medical School, both in Philadelphia. He is certified by the American Board of Family Practice, and is the author of books on leading edge nutrients and hormones. www.raysahelian.com MICHAEL B. SCHACHTER, M.D." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"They can go wild naturally during stressful periods or as a result of your age and condition (think puberty, pregnancy, menopause, et cetera), or they can become imbalanced under the influence of toxins that mess with the body's innate hormonal machinery, much like a drunk driver who can't operate a car. First, toxins tend to accumulate in endocrine glands and in fatty tissues (e.g., breasts). Second, when the liver is loaded down with too many toxins, it can begin to clear them less efficiently from the body, especially excess estrogen." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"The pills, she added, even helped her sex life. With menopause, "you get irritable so you don't feel like doing anything," she said. "You don't even want to go to the movies, much less have sex. But once I got it all worked out, I sometimes go to the movies two or three times a day." Six months after that December 2000 video, government researchers announced they had shut down a study of Prempro after finding it caused a higher risk of breast cancer, heart disease, and stroke." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.) "After listening to the marketers, Americans now ask for prescriptions to treat baldness, low sex drive, and menopause, all once considered a normal part of aging. Problems like heartburn and constipation, which are uncomfortable but hardly life-threatening, now demand a trip to the doctor. If a patient is said to benefit when his cholesterol level is less than 130, why can't he be helped more by taking additional pills to get it even lower?" - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"Postmenopausal hormone therapy and risk of cardiovascular disease by age and years since menopause. J. Am. Med. Assoc. 297, 1465-1477. 26. Heaney, R. P., and Dougherty, C. J. (1981, 1986, 1998). "Research for Health Professionals: Design, Analysis, and Ethics." Creighton University, Varsity Press, 1981, 1986; Iowa State University Press, 1988. 27. Munger, K. L., Levin, L. I., Hollis, B. W., Howard, N. S., and Ascherio, A. (2006). Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and risk of multiple sclerosis. JAMA 296, 2832-2838. 28. Munger, K. L., Zhang, S. M., O'Reilly, E., Hernan, M. A., Olek, M. J." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "The decreased incidence [45] and a delay in the onset [46] of AD among women on hormone replacement therapy following menopause [47] has also contributed to a belief that these agents may play a relevant role in brain function and cognitive decline associated with aging [48]. However, a decline in estrogen or testosterone does not explain why males with Down's syndrome are at significantly higher risk of developing AD-type changes and at an earlier age than their female counterparts [49]." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "Effect of oestrogen during menopause on risk and age at onset of Alzheimer's disease. Lancet 348, 429^132. 47. Kawas, C, Resnick, S., Morrison, A., et al. (1997). A prospective study of estrogen replacement therapy and the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease: the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. Neurology 48, 1517-1521. 48. Stam, F. C, Wigboldus, J. M., and Smeulders, A. W. (1986). Age incidence of senile brain amyloidosis. Pathol. Res. Pract. 181, 558-562. 49. Schupf, N., Kapell, D., Nightingale, B., et al. (1998). Earlier onset of Alzheimer's disease in men with Down syndrome." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Over the past few years, a great debate has ensued in the research community: Will eating more soy during menopause keep hot flashes away? A recent Italian study suggests soy isoflavones perhaps don't actually minimize hot flashes but instead have the ability to improve mood, thereby rendering women less inclined to care about their hot flashes. The theory makes sense, given that estrogen receptors exist in the mood area of our brain, and soy is rich in natural plant estrogens. Soy good for the heart?" - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"The most common symptoms or side effects of menopause include hot flashes and night sweats, occurring in approximately 70 percent of all menopausal women. Additional symptoms may include headaches, atrophic vaginitis, frequent urinary tract infections, forgetfulness, and cold hands and feet (poor circulation). These symptoms occur as a result of changing hormone levels in the body and the body's attempt to balance those hormone levels." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.)

"As a middle-aged baby boomer entering menopause, I have been surprised to have my menstrual cycle return immediately after a few of the cleanses, suggesting that the premature onset of menopause, in my case, may have been accelerated because of a congested liver and colon. Other startlingly wonderful benefits have been an increased sex drive and feelings of sexiness, decreased desire for junk foods, and overall youthful attitude—far more joyful and optimistic than I've felt in 10 years." - Andreas Moritz, The Liver and Gallbladder Miracle Cleanse: An All-Natural, At-Home Flush to Purify and Rejuvenate Your Body (Get the book.)

"Clark could not understand why her trusted gynecologist had prescribed HRT 12 years earlier when, with only very mild hot flashes, she had entered menopause. Nor could she understand how her gynecologist could have been so confident that she should remain on the hormones indefinitely. Why, she asked, didn't the JAMA article have more of an impact on doctors' opinions about the routine treatment of postmenopausal women with HRT? Mrs. Clark had only minimal side effects from the chemotherapy administered by her local oncologist, but she did lose her hair." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"In the latter part of the twentieth century, dozens of common treatments, including the tonsillectomy, the hysterectomy, the frontal lobotomy the radical mastectomy, arthroscopic knee surgery for arthritis, X-ray screening for lung cancer, proton pump inhibitors for ulcers, hormone replacement therapy for menopause, and high-dose chemotherapy for breast cancer, to name just a few, have ultimately been shown to be unnecessary, ineffective, more dangerous than imagined, or sometimes more deadly than the diseases they were intended to treat." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"D ....................400-800IU magnesium ........500 mg before menopause; 750-1,000 mg after vitamin C ...................60-1,000 mg vitamin K ..................150-500 meg boron .........................3 mg bone demineralization by stimulating the parathyroid glands, which secrete a bone-dissolving hormone called parathyroid hormone. To reestablish the correct mineral ratio, reduce your intake of high-phosphorus foods drastically. Concentrate on eliminating processed foods, which often offer little nutrition anyway." - Linda Ojeda, Menopause Without Medicine: The Trusted Women's Resource with the Latest Information on HRT, Breast Cancer, Heart Disease and Natural Estrogens (Get the book.) "There is no doubt that Premarin has estrogenlike effects in the body and works quite well to reduce the symptoms of menopause; it is instrumental in preventing the further loss of bone, protecting women from osteoporosis. But it comes from the urine of a four-legged animal sporting a tail. It is not native to female humans—female horses, sure; women, no. Many people are outraged by the method in which this hormone is derived. The pregnant mare is confined in a concrete stall not much larger than her body size for most of her eleven-month pregnancy." - Linda Ojeda, Menopause Without Medicine: The Trusted Women's Resource with the Latest Information on HRT, Breast Cancer, Heart Disease and Natural Estrogens (Get the book.)

"Relieve symptoms of menopause. • Normalize libido. • Improve the body-fat profile. • Improve sleep patterns. • And help relieve migraine headaches. The bottom line is that every woman living in the industrialized world should seriously consider supplementation with natural progesterone. If you decide to begin a regimen of natural progesterone supplementation, look for a premium quality balancing cream that contains a minimum of 500 milligrams per ounce (the amount recommended by Dr. Lee) of 100% pure, USP grade progesterone, naturally derived from soybeans." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

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