Menopause Systems Estrogen

Before the 2002 Women's Health Initiative study, most doctors attempted to push synthetic estrogens into all menopause women, because the current assumption was that menopause is an estrogen deficiency disease. Menopause women are bombarded with this concept in pharmaceutical estrogen ads, mainstream media and their doctors.

Indeed, menopause is associated with decreasing estrogen levels. Do these decreased levels of estrogen cause Menopause Symptoms? Estrogen supplementation relieves menopause symptoms, but it is not the evidence that estrogen deficiency is the cause. Aspirin stops headaches, but a headache is not an aspirin deficiency disease.

Menopause is like the autumn season when leaves are falling. Losing leaves is not a disease of trees, but a protective mechanism for the coming winter. Nature is doing nothing in vain. During menopause, estrogen levels are below that necessary for pregnancy, but sufficient for other normal functions. Menopause is the end of childbearing years, and the body does not need high levels of estrogen. Sufficient estrogen is essential to good health, but is dangerous when it is excessive.

In modern society, most women are estrogen dominant and suffering from Estrogen Dominance symptoms, such as breast swelling and tenderness, depression, bloating and excessive vaginal bleeding. Doctors are prescribing them more estrogens. Back in 1941, a scientist reported that estrogen is a carcinogen. This explains the current epidemic of breast and ovarian cancer.

So, estrogen treatment of menopause is premature. There is no study on the relationship between estrogen deficiency and menopause symptoms. Compared with our grandmother's generation, and Asian women, it is easy to find that menopause symptoms are caused by industrialized cultures' deviation from a healthy lifestyle. In fact, menopause symptoms respond very well to diet, exercise and herbs.

Libo Li, MS. MPH.
Cool herbs for Hot Flashes - The Best Menopause Solution!
http://menopause1.webs.com

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