Hormone Balance

Saliva testing is a convenient, inexpensive, and above all, accurate means of testing steroid hormones. Scientific studies have shown a strong correlation between steroid hormone levels in saliva and the amount of hormone in the blood that is active or “bioavailable.” Saliva is an ideal diagnostic medium to measure the bioavailable levels of steroid hormones…

A Guide to Understanding & Controlling Menopause, PMS, Infertility, & Osteoporosis Overview In order to accurately evaluate the effects of estrogen and Natural Progesterone, on PMS, Fertility, Menopause, and Osteoporosis, it is necessary to identify the sources of these important hormones.  Distinguishing safe and natural hormones from those that are foreign and carcinogenic will allow…

We need this mineral to process sugar. But most Americans are running too low. Vitamins like C and E get the attention in nutrition, but unglamorous minerals are essential to good health, too. In fact, more than a dozen minerals help rule our bodies. One of them, chromium, is powerful in making insulin work correctly.…

The Importance Of Healthy Sugar Metabolism Achieving and maintaining proper blood sugar metabolism is essential for a lifetime of excellent health. Prolonged unhealthy blood sugar metabolism can significantly affect the health of your nerves, eyes, blood vessels, kidneys, and pancreas. It can impact your weight, body shape, energy levels, blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides, overall cardiovascular…

TREATING ANDROPAUSE: Prohormones and Hormone Metabolic Modifiers Bruce Biundo, BS Pharm, RPh Professional Compounding Centers of America, Inc Houston, Texas Andropause Andropause, which is also referred to as male menopause, has been the focus of increasing attention during the past few years in the medical and popular press. Researchers and writers have more closely examined…

PROGESTERONE ROLES AND RECEPTORS Progesterone is a central factor in the biosynthesis of other hormones, but it also has many other important functions in the body, as shown in figure 4.2. Figure 4.2. The Multiple Roles of Natural Progesterone Progesterone has important effects throughout the body, and on all systems of the body, including acting…