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Edible Hormones Health Support for Women by Sayer Ji and Tania Melkonian
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n addition to relieving symptoms of menopause and andropause and helping maintain a normal, balanced hormone system, healthy eating can yield many other benefits. According to U.S. National Library of Medicine research reports, these include weight management, bone health and fertility and natural defenses against breast and prostate cancers and osteo- arthritis symptoms.
Despite drug-free approaches to hor- mone health that predate synthesized 20th- century hormone replacement therapy, the pharmaceutical industry has all but vanquished eating appropriately nutritious foods as a means to balancing hormones. Why do people em- brace external sourcing when natural internal functioning is the better, less costly and more permanent so- lution? Even the current bio-identical upgrade of hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) may lead to some biological dependency on these substances. Appropriate BHRT should
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include an analysis of how the individual uniquely metabo- lizes hormones and functional foods that can help. An edible approach to hormone health provides deep nourishment for glands, enabling increased production of what they lack due to changes associated with age or illness. Healthy eating likewise reduces the activity of excess hor- mones already in the body, beneficially mimicking their previous function without the unwanted side effects. Here are some leading food aids to get us there.
Pomegranate The resemblance of the inner topog-
raphy of a pomegranate to an ovary is more than poetic homage. Pre- Renaissance Western herbalists commonly held that a plant food’s visual similarity to a human organ indicated a positive health correlation. Research published in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology on pome-
granates by Japanese scientists revealed that the seeds and fleshy capsules within which they are suspended, called arils, contain estrogens structur- ally similar to those found in mammals. Preclinical results published in Phytochemistry may
explain why extracts of these plant-derived bio-identical hormones mimicking estradiol, estriol and estrone are ca- pable of replacing the function of an ovary. A Japanese study published in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology reported that female mice whose ovaries had been removed and were later fed pomegranate juice and pomegranate seed extract for two weeks showed reversals in bone loss, uterine weight loss and anxiety.
Broccoli Cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli and Brussels sprouts, collard and mustard greens and the root vegetables kohlrabi and rutabaga contain glucosinolates, which help protect DNA from damage, according to a study published in Current Science. Also, ever-increasing preclinical and clinical evidence shows that consuming cruci- ferous vegetables reduces the risk of more than 100 health problems, including a wide range of can- cers, like those affecting the bladder and breasts.
Flax
Unwelcome symptoms of perimenopause (which can last years before the completion of menopause) can be offset through daily ingestion of ground flax, which can be added to cereals, salads and other foods. Ground flaxseed mixed with dried berries is particularly palatable. As the ovarian reserve of naturally manufactured hor- mones exhausts itself and prompts an imbalance, flaxseed is particularly effective in rebalancing levels of desirable estro-
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