We support women
through every phase of their lives at the Health Medicine Center. This is done safely
and naturally, focusing on a healthy lifestyle as the foundation for
good health. And, of course, we treat the whole person, and do it
collaboratively. Our patients have enjoyed great results in guiding
them through a wide range of conditions such as PMS, menopause,
fibrocystic disease, osteoporosis, heart disease, and many cancers
through the use of both high-tech and high-touch strategies.
Our style of practice goes far beyond wellness. High-tech tools such
as infrared light therapy and complex nutritional therapies are
powerful strategies that relieve most types of pain and accelerate
healing naturally. Hormonal balancing is another priority in our
approach. By using salivary hormone testing and natural hormone
therapies, we provide laboratory-based recommendations to determine
estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, DHEA, cortisol, and thyroid
therapies.
In today’s world,
it is challenging to maintain a healthy hormone balance. We live in
a sea of synthetic chemicals, our food is laced with hormones and
pesticides (many of which are converted in the body into powerful
estrogen-like compounds called xeno-estrogens), and many people have
been prescribed synthetic estrogens and progesterones for a variety
of reasons. HRT is no longer recommended in mainstream practice.
More and more soy products, which are loaded with plant estrogens
and progesterones, are being consumed. And, we are under a great
deal of stress in our everyday lives. All these factors can have a
significant detrimental impact on hormone balance. Conditions such
as PMS, menopause, fibrocystic breast conditions, osteoporosis,
heart disease, and even some cancers, such as those from the breast,
ovary, and uterus, are strongly related to estrogen and other
hormone levels.
Rather than simply
masking the symptoms of PMS, the menopause syndrome, and other
female disorders by using synthetic compounds that have problems of
their own, it is now possible to look at the precise biochemistry of
hormone metabolism, and balance it in a way that was not readily
available even a decade ago. Strategies that can make you feel
better, take into account the disruption of hormone levels that
occur in our toxic environment, and bring you back into the balance
that’s right for you are readily available, and also cost-effective.
We pay attention to
how our bodies detoxify hormones and to nutritional approaches that
can manipulate their levels. For example, by consuming vegetables
such as broccoli, kale, cauliflower, and cabbage (cruciferous
vegetables), it is possible to reduce the level of toxic forms of
estrogen in the body and increase the level of cancer-preventing
estrogen. It is also possible to enhance the beneficial flora in the
GI tract to reduce the absorption of estrogen-like compounds.
While we are highly
focused on strategies related to wellness and prevention, we also
believe in the early detection of disease. Many of our programs have
been designed to measure risk assessment for heart disease, cancer,
osteoporosis, as well as hormonal imbalance. The quality and length
of many lives can be ensured by using these approaches. |
