Hormone Balance

When most of us hear the word testosterone we think of puberty and men in their twenties sowing their oats. We also tend to think of bulky body builders pumped up and maxed out. However testosterone plays many more roles in the health of both men and women than many of us realize.

There’s no doubt about it, we all want a luxurious, full head of hair. How many of us stare in awe at the supermodels with long locks of gorgeous hair, thinking ‘if only!”  We gaze at Brooke Shields, Farrah Fawcett, and Jenifer Aniston in envy. Although hair loss is most commonly associated with men, women also suffer from this problem – and sadly it’s less acceptable for women to have thinning hair or any hair loss. In fact, according to the American Academy of Dermatology there are near 30 million women in America alone suffering with one type of hair loss or another.

Menopause is a fact of life for all women, like it or not. No matter who you are or where you’re from, at one point in your life you’ll have to deal with the side effects of menopause. Menopause is a natural part of the aging process; not a medical illness or condition as some think it is. When it comes to dealing with menopause the hardest part is often the emotional and physical side effects it brings along.

Traditionally, the most common way to ease these sometimes hard to deal with side effects is to use hormone replacement therapy (HRT.) This generally involves taking estrogen and/or progestin replacement drugs. However, the risk to a woman’s health from taking these hormone replacement drugs has become a serious concern.