Perimenopausal Symptoms


1. Good diet that’s heavy on organic foods and low in saturated fats


2. Vitex, or chasteberry, to increase progesterone naturally and help balance excess estrogen


3. Black cohosh extract, like that found in Remifemin, to control hot flashes and night sweats


4. Blood sugar stability


ting hormones into a toxic body is like putting gas into a dirty gas tank. We have to restore function first.” Bioidentical hormone replacement


therapy (BHRT) has been a boon for millions. Results of the Women’s Health Initiative, a national study of women’s health between 1991 and 2002, involv- ing more than 160,000 postmenopausal women ages 50 to 79, sparked more widespread use early in the 21st century, when research began to show the dire


5. Stress management, as well as adrenal support via an adrenal glandular supplement


6. Regular exercise


7. Bioidentical hormone replacement, if symptoms become too uncomfortable


Source: Creating and Maintaining Bal- ance: A Woman’s Guide to Safe, Natural, Hormone Health, by Dr. Holly Lucille


consequences of synthetic hormone re- placement. The Million Woman Study of British women also found that taking syn- thetic hormones at menopause doubled the risk of breast cancer for women. Northrup calls bioidenticals


“nature’s ideal design,” due to the prescription of individually tailored doses, custom-made by compounding pharmacies. Although these are rarely covered by insurance, estradiol-only patches may be; however, additional


Seven Steps to Address


progesterone and testosterone may still be necessary, depending on test results, according to Northrup.


Menopause If a woman has had no menstrual pe- riods for 12 months, she is considered to be in menopause. However, Lucille asserts, “Menopause is not a disease.” Northrup touts menopause as the most creative and precious time of a wom- an’s life; it is often a time of spiritual awakening and self-fulfillment. “When the female brain passes menopause, the brain changes,” advises Northrup. “In a sense, we move from alternating current to direct current; I believe that this is the way the brain encodes wisdom.” “Yet there are women in their 60s


that are still having hot flashes. What should they do?” queries Northrup. Natural alternatives exist that are safe and effective. “Many herbs have been used for millennia that have estrogen- like properties, but do not have es- trogen’s side effects,” Northrup says. “There is huge confusion about this: Plant hormones have different struc-


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