Vitamin B12 – Cyanocobalamin Versus Methylcobalamin
Vitamin B12 is an essential nutrient for the body, and is needed to protect DNA and RNA, support energy, protect nerve and brain cells, stimulate serotonin production, contribute to red blood cell formation, support immune [...]
My Body is Changing
In my free, 15 minute consultation, women usually tell me about the subtle and not-so-subtle changes they can feel and see in their bodies, usually beginning in their 30s. They come to see me because [...]
Breakthrough research: Fish oil supplements have anti-aging effects
Last month, Natural News told readers the truth about a much ballyhooed previous study which, according to the inaccurate reporting by mainstream media, meant taking omega-3 fatty acid supplements (almost always in the form of [...]
Hormones – Revitalize Your Life
Symptoms of an imbalance may include hot flashes, insomnia, irritability, memory loss, fatigue, low energy, mood swings, dry skin, vaginal dryness, decreased libido, and erectile dysfunction. Decrease or loss of immune system responses, slow or [...]
SHOULD WOMEN WORRY ABOUT LOW TESTOSTERONE?
Daily production of testosterone in women is around 20-30 times less than the levels found in men, but the importance of this hormone in women is just as high as our male counterpart. Conventional [...]
HORMONES: HOW WILL YOU LIVE YOUR 2ND 50 YEARS?
Symptoms of perimenopause, or lack of progesterone relative to estradiol, may be very minor in some women with only sleep disturbance. Other women with more symptomatic complaints of moodiness may be prescribed an antidepressant or [...]
Andropause: Yes, Men Have Their Version of Menopause
Men’s testosterone gradually declines, usually about 1% per year after age 40. New research has revealed that men need estradiol, too, for their bones and brain health. Recently, I treated a man who had been [...]
Why Bio-Identical Hormones?
I have given many lectures about anti-aging. Invariably, as I have come to expect, a woman raised her hand: “But I want to be natural, I don’t want to take hormones!” The natural thing to [...]
AM I IN PERIMENOPAUSE, OR JUST CRAZY/TOO STRESSED/OVERWORKED/DEPRESSED?
Severe cases have even warranted a psychiatric diagnosis: PMDD or premenstrual dysphoric disorder. The suggested treatment? An antidepressant. The true cure for this hormonal problem has been known since 1954, when the brilliant British physician, [...]