If you’re a woman thinking about hormone replacement therapy, you should know, that while it’s often thought of as promoting female youthfulness, in reality, estrogen is as much a molecule of inflammation, fibrosis and disease, as it is a hormone of femininity. Still, while estrogen replacement has been linked to toxic side effects, many women do find relief from the symptoms of menopause and aging, when they start an HRT program.
If that’s you and you’re weary of not using estrogen, you might want to consider using progesterone instead. Like estrogen, progesterone can help reduce the sweats and hot flashes associated with menopause, but it’s essentially non-toxic. It opposes many of the side effects of estrogen. It’s anti-inflammatory, prevents fibroids ans cysts, it helps burn fat and progesterone is bone building, enhances libido and supports thyroid functioning too.
If you do decide to use estrogen therapy, never use it without progesterone. The ratio of these two important hormones is kept balanced in the body and using oral or topical progesterone can help minimize the risks of estrogen toxicity.
