Black Cohosh. It may help regulate body temperature and hot flashes.
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What to Follow Up With
Once you’ve covered the three musts to start with, add the following to your lifestage regimen:
- Black Cohosh. It may help regulate body temperature and hot flashes.
- Locally grown, organic food
- Exercise! Start a program that you know you’ll do at least 3 times a week, even if it’s just 15 minutes a day to start.
- Vitamin D. Please review my one-hour video lecture for the latest on this essential vitamin.
The Smartest Long-Term Solutions
If you’ve developed healthy habits that support your lifestage and invested a little time exploring the web links highlighted here, work on these long-term adjustments next:
- Add low-to-moderate intensity and variety to your exercise plan
- Optimize your health with my easy Nutrition Plan
Avoid These DANGEROUS Solutions
It has been overwhelmingly proven that conventional hormone replacement therapy (HRT), which science once touted, is in fact, dangerous. The following prescriptions now have black box warnings and need to be avoided:
- Premarin. Premarin is an estrogen extracted from Pregnant Mare’s Urine. We now know it is associated with an increased risk of heart disease.
- Estrogen Therapy. Estrogen, which is extracted from Premarin, was effective in combating some menopausal symptoms but proved to have serious, negative side effects, such as the increased risk of breast cancer and an increase in insulin levels.
- Provera. This drug is a progestin or a synthetic form of progesterone, which probably makes it even more toxic than Premarin. Its well-documented, negative side effects include blood clotting.
In addition, long-term usage studies revealed many other negative side effects of HRT, including high blood pressure and vaginal bleeding. A year after millions of women quit taking hormone replacement therapy, incidents of breast cancer fell dramatically — by 7 percent!
No wonder women now know to avoid dangerous, conventional estrogen replacement.
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Progesterone affects regulation of apoptotic genes.
Posted by: bebeautifultoo on: December 28, 2009
Nervous system
Progesterone, like pregnenolone and dehydroepiandrosterone, belongs to the group of neurosteroids. It can be synthesized within the central nervous system and also serves as a precursor to another major neurosteroid, allopregnanolone.
Neurosteroids affect synaptic functioning, are neuroprotective, and affect myelination.[25] They are investigated for their potential to improve memory and cognitive ability. Progesterone affects regulation of apoptotic genes.
Its effect as a neurosteroid works predominantly through the GSK-3 beta pathway, as an inhibitor. (Other GSK-3 beta inhibitors include bipolar mood stabilizers, lithium and valproic acid.)
[edit] Other systems
- It raises epidermal growth factor-1 levels, a factor often used to induce proliferation, and used to sustain cultures, of stem cells.
- It increases core temperature (thermogenic function) during ovulation.[26]
- It reduces spasm and relaxes smooth muscle. Bronchi are widened and mucus regulated. (Progesterone receptors are widely present in submucosal tissue.)
- It acts as an antiinflammatory agent and regulates the immune response.
- It reduces gall-bladder activity.[27]
- It normalizes blood clotting and vascular tone, zinc and copper levels, cell oxygen levels, and use of fat stores for energy.
- It may affect gum health, increasing risk of gingivitis (gum inflammation) and tooth decay.
- It appears to prevent endometrial cancer (involving the uterine lining) by regulating the effects of estrogen.
Womens preovulatory phase of the menstrual cycle…
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In women, progesterone levels are relatively low during the preovulatory phase of the menstrual cycle, rise after ovulation, and are elevated during the luteal phase. Progesterone levels tend to be < 2 ng/ml prior to ovulation, and > 5 ng/ml after ovulation. If pregnancy occurs, progesterone levels are initially maintained at luteal levels. With the onset of the luteal-placental shift in progesterone support of the pregnancy, levels start to rise further and may reach 100-200 ng/ml at term. Whether a decrease in progesterone levels is critical for the initiation of labor has been argued and may be species-specific. After delivery of the placenta and during lactation, progesterone levels are very low.
Progesterone levels are relatively low in children and postmenopausal women.[18] Adult males have levels similar to those in women during the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle.
Progesterone also known as P4 (pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione) is a C-21 steroid hormone involved in the female menstrual cycle…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Progesterone also known as P4 (pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione) is a C-21 steroid hormone involved in the female menstrual cycle, pregnancy (supports gestation) and embryogenesis of humans and other species. Progesterone belongs to a class of hormones called progestogens, and is the major naturally occurring human progestogen.
Progesterone is commonly manufactured from the yam family, Dioscorea. Dioscorea produces large amounts of a steroid called diosgenin, which can be converted into progesterone in the laboratory.
Normally, the average mortality rate for the types of severe brain injury seen…
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The levels of progesterone administered equated to about triple the natural levels seen at the end of pregnancy.
Normally, the average mortality rate for the types of severe brain injury seen in participants of this study is about 30-33 percent, with conventional treatment.
However, the group treated with progesterone had a mortality rate of only 13 percent – a more than 50 percent reduction in mortality rate compared to those receiving standard treatment!
The Remarkable Neuroprotective Effects of Progesterone
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The Remarkable Neuroprotective Effects of Progesterone
During pregnancy, a woman’s progesterone levels rise, which offers powerful neuroprotection to the fetus by suppressing neuronal excitation that might otherwise damage the baby’s developing brain tissue.
However, it appears progesterone can have a similar effect on injured brain tissue, and better yet, can help it heal.
- In response to injury, glial cells, which are critical to normal brain function, release protein-like compounds known as inflammatory cytokines. This triggers inflammation, which leads to edema, which in turn causes the entire brain to swell and function abnormally. Progesterone dramatically reduces the expression of the genes that trigger cells to release these inflammatory cytokines
- Progesterone also relieves edema through its effects on water channel proteins called aquaporins. Progesterone decreases aquaporin activity in the injured brain tissue, while enhancing aquaporin activity in the walls of the cerebral ventricles. This may help drain excess fluid from the region of the injury
- It also upregulates the expression of genes that inhibit programmed cell death (apoptosis), which prevents the death of injured brain cells
- Progesterone may also have protective and regenerative effects on myelin, the protective coating along your nerve fibers, which may help treat diseases like multiple sclerosis
- It controls excitotoxicity in your brain, which can lessen the seizures that may accompany a brain injury
Another exciting benefit is that the progesterone injections appear effective in reducing brain swelling and functional impairment even if the treatment is delayed up to 24 hours after injury.
Arbonne has introduced some weight loss products and foods in order to complement their eight week weight loss challenge!
Posted by: bebeautifultoo on: December 7, 2009
Arbonne weight loss program
Arbonne is a Swiss skin care company. In business since 1975, Arbonne is comprised of a group of industry leaders in bio chemistry, biology and herbology. Unsatisfied with limiting their success to skin care, Arbonne has introduced some weight loss products and foods in order to complement their eight week weight loss challenge, appropriately called, “Figure 8″.
Figure 8 is a plan to help participants lose weight within an eight week time period. While in the challenge, you can access meal plans, recipes and lists of food substitutions to help you to your goal. Arbonne has a long list of recipes available including recipes for smoothies, pies, shakes, lattes, stews and soups. Their meal plans feature snacks, reminders to take Arbonne supplements and three balanced meal slots.
Arbonne has created many specialized food and supplement products to help make your diet easier. Their products include:
- Protein shakes
- Fiber boosters
- Dietary supplements
- Weight loss ches
- Fizzing beverage tablets
- Daily detox tea
- Chocolate snacks
- Vanilla snacks
Arbonne Figure 8 Diet Plan! Eating Correct!
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NUTRIENT-DENSE FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Let Color Be Your Guide!
When trying to decide which healthy foods to eat, let color be your guide. The more colorful the food, the more nutrients it has, according to the National Cancer Institute’s “5 a Day the Color Way” nutrition education program theme.
Following are the most nutrient-dense foods grouped by color:
| • Blue/purple foods contain anthocyanins and phenolics. Pick blueberries and purple grapes. |
| • Green items contain lutein and indoles. Reach for spinach and broccoli. |
| • Yellow/orange foods contain vitamin C, carotenoids, and bioflavonoids. Best bets are peaches and mangos. |
| • Red foods contain the phytochemicals lycopene (in raw and cooked tomatoes and watermelon) and anthocyanins (in cherries and strawberries). |
| • White may be plain, but foods like cauliflower and bananas have benefits, too. |
CLICK HERE to read the National Cancer Institute’s Glossary of Terms.
FREE Shipping Thanksgiving Day! Hurry, get your holiday list together!
Posted by: bebeautifultoo on: November 23, 2009
