Menopause, Hormones and Skin: 7 Steps to Get Your Glow Back

Bioidentical Hormones Judged Safe By Physicians, Celebrities

When Suzanne Somers hit her 40s, she had three years of frustrating, unexplained weight gain that no one seemed to understand. In a recent blog post, she explains that she faced the one-two punch at 40: the changing toxic planet took its toll along with her declining hormones.

Somers turned the tables with bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. Unlike dangerous synthetic hormones, bioidentical hormones are developed in the lab from yam or soy so they are, as their name suggests, as identical as possible the hormones your body naturally produces.

Women who are close to menopause face few dangers from hormone-replacement therapy—and the benefits may outweigh the risks for those who are suffering from severe symptoms. So says a June 4 article in the Wall Street Journal.
Wall Street Journal columnist Melinda Beck penned an article entitled, "Hormone Use Benefits May Trump Risks; Age Matters."
In it, she interviews the likes of Harvard epidemiologist JoAnn Manson, Robert Langer, a former Women's Health Initiative (WHI) investigator at the University of California, San Diego and now medical director of Jackson Hole Center for Preventive Medicine in Wyoming, and Rowan Chlebowski, a medical oncologist and WHI investigator.

Menopause can be rough. About 6,000 women reach menopause every day.

"When I think of menopause, I think of hate, pure clean hate," one woman said in the new documentary "Hot Flash Havoc."

"I told my wife if she goes through menopause again, we're getting a divorce," a husband said.

Should women brave their menopausal years with or without the help of bioidentical hormone  therapy? Dr. Paul Savage and the Ageology anti-aging physician network say yes!

Sugar coating your hormones is a health risk! Read about how 60 Minutes recently aired a segment calling into question the toxicity of sugar and its role in chronic health issues and chronic diseases. Ageology bioidentical hormone therapy doctors note studies prove that sugar can also aggravate menopause symptoms for women and lower testosterone levels in men!

New opinions about the use of hormone replacement therapy give promise for women suffering from the symptoms of menopause.

While menopause is a natural life event, it often brings many undesirable symptoms such as hot flashes, night sweats, and mood swings. Caused by hormonal imbalances, these symptoms are experienced differently by each person, but most women will agree they can be disruptive, frustrating, and affect quality of life. The good news is that there are options in the search for menopause relief.

You might recall that a few years back the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to treat menopause symptoms came under scrutiny. Health studies such as the WHI were released linking HRT use to an increased risk of breast cancer and heart disease in women.