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Managing Your Menopause Type®
Educational Class |
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Session One - Redefining Menopause |
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Menopause
Choices |
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In the book “What’s Your
Menopause Type?” and throughout this website, women are advised that managing
their menopause type is not just taking hormones. Though hormone replacement
therapy may be appropriate, there are other choices that can help restore and
maintain health, decrease risks for disease and enhance the quality of your
life. These choices include lifestyle & exercise, diet & nutritional
supplements, herbs & "phytoestrogens", homeopathy and hormone
precursors. |
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With choices ranging from lifestyle to hormone
replacement therapy, it helps to recognize that the choices may be grouped
into two major categories. These categories are "Foundational
Therapies" and "Advanced Therapies". |
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Foundational
Therapies |
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Foundational therapies are supportive to the body and may enhance normal hormone production.
We know that inadequate sleep; lack of exercise, and poor nutrition can
result in poor health and decreased ability to make hormones. With this in
mind, proper lifestyle choices are the first course of action, followed by a
balanced diet with adequate nutrients and proper elimination. Then herbs and
homeopathy can be used to enhance the vitality and function of the tissues.
"It’s important to note that herbs and homeopathy are more effective in
a body that has adequate rest, has proper nutrition, and has good elimination." |
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All of these foundational therapies can, and should
be started on the first visit to your doctors' office. Specific choices for
foundational therapies are based upon your symptoms, which are discussed in
the second session of this educational class. |
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Advanced
Therapeutics |
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Advanced therapeutics is more directive, and can raise hormone levels by directly stimulating
hormone production, or directly replacing the hormone. The more advanced
therapeutics such as glandulars, hormone precursors or natural hormones
should wait until more objective data such as lab tests are available.
Objective data reflect your risk for disease, which will be covered in the
third session of the educational class. |
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Implementation
of Foundational Therapies and Advanced Therapeutics is as follows: |
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Foundational
Therapies: Therapies based on your symptoms. |
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First: |
Address proper rest and exercise and other lifestyle choices |
Inadequate rest, sleep
deprivation in particular, will cause decreased production many hormones. Exercise can actually raise hormone levels.
Tobacco, caffeine and alcohol are all capable of decreasing hormone levels. |
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Followed By: |
Attention to a balanced
diet & adequate nutrients with proper elimination should also be
addressed at this time. |
Dozens of vitamins and minerals
are directly involved in the production of hormones. The various foods, spices and
herbs, which have “phytoestrogens” and other valuable phytonutrients, should
be a regular component of a healthy diet. Proper elimination is also important to help rid
the body of internal toxins and toxins from the environment. |
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Then: |
Enhance vitality and function using herbs and homeopathy. |
Herbs that act as uterine tonics, adaptogens, and
nervines are beneficial in treating various menopause types. Homeopathy is
also an option to consider at this time. |
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Advanced
Therapeutics: Therapies based on objective data such as lab
tests. |
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After That: |
Try
glandulars if appropriate to the menopause type. |
Glandulars are traditionally used to restore the
normal function and to rejuvenate the targeted tissues. Some menopause types
may use glandulars. |
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Next: |
Consider hormone
precursors. |
Hormone precursors such as DHEA and pregnenolone
may increase the production of hormones. |
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Then Finally: |
Consider
natural hormone replacement therapy. |
Hormone replacement therapy is a valid option if
normal production of hormones cannot be restored by other means. The
objective of hormone replacement must always be to use the lowest dose
required for decreasing your risk of disease and enhancing the quality of your
life. |
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What
this means to you |
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The educational class "Managing Your Menopause
Type®" will continue to advise approaching therapies with
this order in mind. The goal continues to be maintaining and restoring normal
hormone levels, while keeping hormone precursors and hormone replacement
therapy as later options. |
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1.
Lifestyle Choices |
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2.
Adequate Nutrients with Proper Elimination |
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3. Herbs
and Homeopathy |
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4.
Glandulars |
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5.
Hormone Precursors |
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6.
Natural Hormone
Replacement Therapy |
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What's
Next? |
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Making the right choice at the right time is
important to enhance your quality of life and decrease your risks of disease.
The next slide discusses Managing Your
Menopause Type®. |
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The Managing Your Menopause Type®
Educational Class is provided to the public without charge. This information
is provided for educational purposes only, and is not intended to prescribe
treatment. Consult a physician, pharmacist or other healthcare professional
regarding the applicability of any opinions or recommendations with respect
to your symptoms or medical condition. |
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