Functional Endocrinology Revisited:


What Women Need to Know About Hormone Replacement


1) Adrenal Glands (Adrenal Cortex), which secrete cortisol—to regulate blood sugar and inflammation—and aldosterone—to regulate sodium and potassium. 2) Thyroid Gland produces T4 and T3 (active hormone in the free form), which regulate the body’s metabolism at the cellular and tissue levels. 3) The Ovaries in women, which produce FSH (follicle stimu- lating hormone), which drives estrogen production, and LH (lutenizing hormone), which drives progesterone production in menstruating women. Functional Endocrinology is the study of the health of the


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hormonal systems, their inter-relationships, and what is needed to bring these systems into a healthy equilibrium. Many things need to be taken into consideration, including lab tests that measure all parameters of hormone function, illness, drugs, exposure to toxins, etc. Functional Endocrinology came about to integrate the last 25 years of scientific research on hormonal function in order to be able to understand and help the majority of women who are suffering with hormonal problems. HRT should be used in cases where a gland has been


removed or destroyed (such as when the ovaries are removed during a hysterectomy), and there is no other option than to use hormone replacement therapy (HRT). At that point, bio- identical hormones work best, because they are identical or similar to the body’s own, and are easy to measure by saliva or blood tests. When HRT is used with women who have their glands in


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ndocrinology is the study of the Endocrine (hormone se- creting) glands, in the human body. Some of the endocrine glands include:


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