How to Crone with Ease

Evan's Garden News-
MENOPAUSE: MYTH vs. FACT

For many women in America and Northern European countries,
menopause is a most traumatic time in life, so much so that the
medical industry has succeeded in creating the myth that menopause
is a disease that begs to be "cured" with medication.
"Symptoms" include:

* hot flashes, hot flushes, including night sweats
* sleep disturbances
* vaginal itching
* vaginal dryness
* urinary frequency
* urinary urgency
* urinary incontinence
* osteoporosis
* joint, muscle pain
* back pain
* breast atrophy
* skin thinning
* decreased skin elasticity
* mood disturbance
* irritability
* fatigue
* decreased libido
* memory loss

(Source: Wikipedia.org)

In addition to Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), a variety of
other drugs are used to "combat" the symptoms of menopause, most
notably anti-depressants and bone-loss prevention drugs. All of
these, the hormones and the other drugs, are fraught with
dangerous side-effects far worse than the condition they are
supposed to treat.

NOT WHAT NATURE INTENDED

The truth is that a harsh menopause is NOT what nature intended
for women. The experience of terrible menopause is actually the
exception, not the rule. As it turns out, the estrogen levels of
American and Northern European women have over the past 75 years
climbed to TWICE normal. This extremely high estrogen level
followed by the sudden crash in the level following menopause
account for the agonies of menopause. The question is, what caused
the doubling of estrogen levels in the first place?

Excessive estrogen is the result of diet and environmental factors
that only recently came into being. Until the early 1900's, the
typical diet was rich in fresh fruits and vegetables, unprocessed
dairy, whole grains, grass-fed meats and fish. All of these were
organic, of course, since chemical agriculture did not really get
rolling until the mid-twentieth century. Simple, fresh, whole,
organic foods are very good for keeping hormones at natural levels
and in balance.

INDUSTRY THE CULPRIT

After World War II, the chemical industry, left with millions of
tons of stockpiled explosives and other chemicals, had the
brilliant idea of converting these to agricultural fertilizer and
related products. Around the same period, man-made pesticides were
being introduced and marketed with total abandon.

Giant food marketers, meanwhile, saw the potential for huge
profits in servicing the busy post-war baby boomers with
convenient "ready-to-eat, " easily storable, long-shelf-life foods.
These foods were loaded with artificial chemicals and furthermore
had the natural, beneficial plant chemicals stripped from them
during processing.

Unfortunately, these chemically farmed, highly processed and
preserved foods contained little of the nutrients the body needs
to maintain health and balance. Furthermore, many of the chemicals
used in farming (pesticides in particular) and processing were
(and still are) what we now know as "xenoestrogens" . "Xeno" means
"foreign". Xenoestrogens are chemicals that mimic estrogen in the
bodies of animals and humans.

Xenoestrogens in foods, of course, can add to the natural estrogen
and cause the body to experience an excess of estrogen-like
activity. This unnatural "high" in estrogen sets a woman up for a
much larger "crash" when later she goes through menopause.

Xenoestrogens are also found in many non-food products of the
modern chemical industry such as skincare and body care products,
makeup, nail polish, etc.

By the way, two now common conditions in women, uterine fibroids
and endometriosis (the build-up of uterine lining tissue in other
areas outside the uterus) are legacies of the artificially high
estrogen levels of the past 75 years.

The chemical, food processing and cosmetics industries could
hardly have done a better job of sabotaging women's health than
they have done.

DRUGS NOT THE ANSWER

Even worse, the medical/pharmaceuti cal industry now steps up to
the plate with their money-motivated false "solutions" in the form
of drugs and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), treatments which
have proven worse than the condition they're designed to treat.

Side effects of Hormone Replacement Therapy include:

* higher risk of breast cancer
* higher risk of endometrial cancer
* much higher risk of heart attack
* higher stroke risk
* high blood pressure
* blood clots
* hair loss, etc.

Just a few of the side effects of one of the most common bone-loss
drugs, Fosamax, include:

* kidney malfunctions
* joint pain
* ulcers
* headache

Fosamax "works" to prevent bone loss in menopausal women by
SHUTTING DOWN half of the natural processes that the body uses to
maintain bone health.

It actually states in the Physicians Desk Reference, the bible of
conventional medicine, that "bone formation ... is ultimately
reduced ... Fosamax decreases the rate of bone resorption [tearing
down] directly, which leads to an indirect decrease in bone
formation." So, while Fosamax may reduce bone LOSS, it also
reduces the body's ability to REPLACE any lost bone! Does this
make any sense?

WHAT TO DO?

Very simple!

1. Adopt a natural and "hormone-friendly" diet

Eat organically grown foods, including plenty of fresh, raw fruits
and vegetables and if you eat meat, be sure that it is from
free-range, organically fed animals, grass fed cows...untainted,
natural meat.

To help prevent bone loss, moderate your your protein intake, as
too much protein can acidify the blood, and force the body to pull
calcium from the bones as it tries to reduce the acidic condition.

2. Reduce environmental xenoestrogens as much as possible

In addition to "going organic" in the diet, switch to 100% natural
personal care and household products. Trash the conventional
cosmetics, dump the synthetic cleaners, switch to natural
pest-control methods, etc. Store and cook your foods in glass or
other non-plastic materials and avoid the non-stick cookware, as
plastics and non-stick coatings can contain xenoestrogens.

We, of course, offer natural products in the personal care and
healthy home categories and invite you to visit us at
http://www.evansgar... den.com/

If you're on "The Pill", by the way, you should seek an
alternative birth control method that does not involve hormones.
Consult your physician for assistance.

3. Add natural sources of estrogen's sister hormone, progesterone,
to counterbalance any excess of estrogen. There are natural
progesterone creams on the market that can help. However, there
are cautions to using such things so it is best to consult a
holistically oriented physician to be sure you're doing it right.
Fortunately, there are more and more such enlightened doctors to
be found in many areas.
The all natural Drug store Apothecare in Greenville, SC makes and sells the best
Progesterone cream made of wild yam.
Here is their contact info:
Apothecare
604 Grove Rd
Greenville, SC 29605
(864) 241-0477
By the way, this Progesterone is SAFE for Porphs!

Note that the American Holistic Medical Association members are
doctors who have a holistic practice incorporating natural methods
and are also fully trained and licensed M.D.s (or D.O.s - Doctors
of Osteopathy, which are just as qualified as M.D.s). You can
search for a holistic M.D. Endocrinologist (hormone doctor), for
example, who can help advise you on your own natural hormone
balancing plan.

We hope you find this information helpful!

Much love,
Kevin and Evan

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