(Part 5 of a 5-part series on hormones) Hypothryoidism affects 20% of people over the age of 60 with at least 25% of that number going undiagnosed. Symptoms are often misdiagnosed as depression, chronic fatigue, and psychosomatic. One of the problems is that our laboratory reference ranges are way too low. By the time an [...]
Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy: Adrenal Function and Adrenal Fatigue
(Part 4 of a 5 part series on hormones) Adrenal fatigue plays a role in chronic fatigue, hypothyroidism, fibromyalgia, depression, menopausal symptoms, PMS, Osteoporosis, Andropause (male menopause), insulin resistance, seasonal depression and any other endocrine imbalance you can name. Cortisol, one of the adrenal hormones that is released during states of stress is implicated in [...]
Adrenal Recovery…Ways to Recover Your Vitality Faster
(Part 3 of a 5 part series on Stress and the Adrenals) For the last 2 weeks I have talked about stress and the affect it has on your adrenal glands. Today I would like to reiterate that everyone has stress. Remember that the effect on the body of stress is directly related to how [...]
Bio-identical Hormone Replacement Therapy: Salivary Testing and Transdermal Creams
(Part 3 of a 5-part series) Steroid hormones work in the nucleus of the cell. Once they are absorbed, they do not leave the cell. This is called cell binding. Sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) is a glycoprotein that binds to sex hormones, specifically testosterone and estradiol (one of the three estrogens). SHBG is reduced by [...]
Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy: Testosterone
(Part 2 of a 5 part series) Last week I wrote the first of a five-part series on bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, or BHRT. I introduced the work, Functional Endocrinology, which is a term that I have come to love. It means that there is no hormone-producing organ or gland in the body that operates [...]
Bioidentical Hormone Therapy
(Part 1 of a 5-part series.) Functional Endocrinology is a term that I have come to love. It means that there is no hormone producing organ or gland in the body that operates in isolation. It means they all work together in the context of the environment the body and mind are functioning in. Anyone [...]
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