Now this topic isn't for everyone. I thought I'd tackle a health topic today: taking progesterone and estrogen after you've gone through menopause.
Mind you, my journey through menopause was pretty easy. I stayed on the pill until I was 52. I didn’t really notice any of your typical menopausal symptoms like hot flashes, mood swings or night sweats. My OB/GYM took me off the pill at 52. My last period ever was 3 months later in April that year. It’s really nice not having a period anymore. That said…
Things I’ve been struggling with: minor aches and pains, inflammation, and weight gain. Which I understand is fairly typical after you’ve gone through menopause. The biology of it: my hormones are low.
In my research so far, exercise is important. Even the little stuff. A walk helps your cardio vascular system. Doing light weights will help your muscles keep tone and keep your blood moving.
One struggle is with weight and inflammation. For inflammation, I use bromelain and quercetin, organic, natural based anti-inflammatories. Bromelain is usually found in pineapples and quercetin in plants like onions, green tea, apples, and berries. I do think they help. I can get pretty stiff if I’m inflamed and I can feel pretty bloated as well.
What I’ve found that works really well is natural based progesterone and estrogen. If you haven’t heard about it, it’s out there and it’s working wonders for me.
Progesterone plays a vital role in regulating female hormones. Its main job is to regulate a woman’s menstruation and prepare the uterus for pregnancy. It’s produced by the corpus luteum (which is formed when an egg starts to ovulate) It can help elevate post menopausal symptoms from aches and pains, to hot flashes. When you’re post menopausal, you don’t produce a corpus luteum and so the hormone level becomes low.
Here's a little more about progesterone:
Estrogen’s main function is the support of the female reproductive system, but it has other functions such as keeping cardiovascular tissue healthy, fights inflammation, prevents brain fog, boosts your mood, protects muscle mass and brain density. Estrogen is great.
To help keep the body less achy and inflamed, I started taking natural occurring progesterone and estrogen and it’s made a big difference. You can buy these over the counter and you don’t need a prescription.
Here’s my go-to progesterone:
and here’s my go-to estrogen:
Mind you, I’m just sharing what works for me. I’m not a doctor. Do your own research and if you think these might work for you, give them a try.
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