If you are debating hormone replacement therapy, you're not
alone. Women everywhere are looking for answers and when
they can't find them, they look to their doctors and
pharmacists for help. According to the US Census Bureau,
there were an estimated 78.2 million baby boomers, as of
July 1, 2005, and over 47 million of them are women
experiencing discomfort from menstruation to menopause, to
loss of libido and beyond.
For those who still do not use any Hormone Replacement
Therapy (HRT), the idea of anti-aging and bio-identical
hormones has become intriguing. A myriad of products on the
market make the right choice difficult.
People have become accustomed to talking about
bio-identical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) in
menopause and anti-aging medicines versus synthetic big
pharmaceutical products like Prempro from Wyeth.
Bio-identical hormone products are usually created from
natural sources of plant hormones which match the chemical
structure of hormones produced by the human body. The
premise is that the body can't distinguish created
bio-identical hormones from the ones the female ovaries
produce naturally.
The term bio-identical has basically become a catch all
phrase for anything that is not a synthetic hormone.
However "bio-identical" hormones can only be truly
accurately bio-identical if the hormones for replacement
mimic, not only those found in the body, but mimic the
natural biological process as well.
In other words, natural plant derived hormones can
accurately be termed bio-identical only when they are dosed
in a Biomimetic fashion; that would be in a rhythm.
Biomimetic hormones, the scientifically accurate term, are
derived from plant sources and mimic in the body the
natural undulating or wavelike rhythms of the hormone blood
levels in a normal menstrual cycle in a healthy young
woman. It is this natural rhythm that is missing from all
other bio-identical and synthetic hormone replacement
therapies. It is the absence of this natural rhythm,
according to T.S. Wiley, the developer of the Wiley
Protocol, that is responsible for the vast side-effects in
both camps.
It is this natural rhythm that is missing from all other
bio-identical and synthetic hormone replacement therapies.
It is the absence of this natural rhythm, according to T.S.
Wiley, the developer of the Wiley Protocol, that is
responsible for the vast side-effects in both camps.
So what exactly is meant by "the rhythm"? The body has
rhythms that are governed by a master clock that works much
like a conductor. It strikes up one section of the body's
orchestra as another quiets down, taking its main cue from
light signals in the environment to stay in sync with the
24-hour day. Our body's hormones surge and ebb to this
maestro's baton, controlling all endocrine function,
predominantly a woman's health for reproduction.
It is the circadian clock in our cells that measures one 24
hour spin of the planet. For 28 days the moon adds its
light to create the menstrual rhythm for the body. The
Wiley Protocol uses these natural rhythms in nature to
establish the proper doses of estradiol and natural
progesterone that mimic the natural hormones which would be
produced by your body if you were young. The topical creams
and their amounts vary throughout the 28 day cycle to
restore the hormone levels of youth because young women,
for the most part, don't have heart attacks, breast cancer,
Alzheimer's, osteoporosis, or type 2 diabetes.
Uncertainty about any HRT began when The National Institute
of Health (NIH), sponsored the Women's Health Initiative
(WHI). This study of more than 161,000 women was designed
to identify the benefits and risks of using hormone
restoration therapy to prevent chronic diseases such as
heart disease, breast cancer and osteoporosis in
postmenopausal women. Many people, including doctors, did
not realize that the results of WHI Study dealt with only
women over 65 who were taking only synthetic hormone
replacement therapy which consisted of the drugs PremPro
and Premarin only. The study was ended mid-stream in 2002
when, WHI investigators found that the risks of this
approach using synthetic therapy exceeded the safety limits
established at the beginning of the study. They never
looked at compounded bio-identical hormones in static doses
because they are prescribed and dosed too many different
ways.
Women deserve something proven to be safe and reliable. A
new study, Bio-identical Hormones On Trial, or B.H.O.T.,
will soon begin at the College of Nursing and Health
Sciences at the University of Texas, Tyler. The principal
objective of the study will be to examine clinical outcomes
and quality of life indicators of patients receiving BHRT
at 10 to 12 primary care provider's practices. This study
will be the first of its kind to track and quantify
outcomes based on dosing and patterns of administration of
BHRT.
In 2030 there will be 57.8 million baby boomers living with
many of the health issues that we may suffer between the
ages of 66 and 84. There's a chance that those who choose
Biomimetic rhythmic replacement, could age to a healthier
more graceful tune. Think about it.
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Writer Kristin Gabriel works with T.S. Wiley who teaches
environmental endocrinlogy and is the author of "Lights
Out" and "Sex, Lies & Menopause." The Wiley Protocol®,
Biomimetic Hormone Restoration Therapy (BHRT), also known
as bio-identical hormone replacement therapy, is for any
doctor or woman seeking cutting edge therapies for
menopause and anti-aging. The multi-phasic rhythmic
variable dosing schedule of the Wiley Protocol is the only
Biomimetic HRT on the market. Visit
http://www.thewileyprotocol.com
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