It is important to me to know that I am providing the best available resources to you, the patient. For that reason, I only work with companies that show their willingness to test raw materials before and after compounding, guarantee purity and potency, and ship with careful attention to detail. Please don't waste your money on anything less.
Product regulation is a controversial topic right now. While I support the right to choose our preferred methods of health support and maintenance, I also must feel confident that products are clean and fresh, with no additives. There are many products sold at grocery stores, health food stores, and even doctors who aren’t aware of the problem that contain additives, fillers and other unknown and possibly toxic substances. If the manufacturer doesn’t test raw materials from vendors, carefully maintain sterile environments when packaging (all unregulated right now), let the product sit too long on a shelf without being utilized, or is shipped in unsuitable packaging for the climate, the product may not produce the results that it should.
Be especially careful when purchasing liquid vitamins, such as vitamin E or flax oils. As with any oil, it can easily become rancid in poor conditions. Ensure that it was packaged freshly, in a cool environment, and shipped properly.
And please let me remind you, all the supplements in the world cannot combat negative thoughts, unhealthy lifestyles and overly stressful environments. One of the most vital steps in creating health is your diet. Drinking ample clean water, exercising 3 times weekly, having a committed form of spiritual practice, and observing conscious and subconscious thoughts that need attention or surrender will create more bliss and health in your body than any doctor could ever offer.
For the last 50 years, many women have unknowingly placed their trust in HRT. Many disillusioned women are now searching for a safe, reliable means of achieving hormone balance and a way to reverse the potential damage from previous use of HRT. Fortunately, 100% natural hormone support as well as elegant nutraceutical products for cellular repair is available.
Studies show that delivering progesterone through the skin can dramatically increase the usable amounts of hormones that enter the body. Secondly, avoiding the digestive tract greatly enhances its effects on your hormonal glands. If you take 100mg of Progesterone, even natural Progesterone, and you have a perfectly working GI Tract (which most of us don't have), you will absorb no more than 5 mg of the product. Use that same 100mg in a topical cream rubbed into smooth skin and you can absorb 90 mg! Results with creams are faster and more effective.
For the best balance of the body's hormone production, enjoy a diet rich in fresh organic vegetables (5-6 servings) and fresh fruits (1-2 servings) every day. Have 2-3 servings of clean protein daily, avoiding meats from animals that were fed hormones (which of course is all beef and many fish, unless they are specifically labeled as “hormone and antibiotic free”). Avoid refined carbohydrates such as white bread, rice, pasta (avoid any “white” food!) corn syrup, white potatoes, processed foods, aspartame and sugar. Please do eat good fats; use Extra Virgin Olive Oil or Grapeseed Oil, and incorporate essential fatty acids in your diet. Pure coconut oil is another great source of good fat. Healthy fats should comprise 30% of your diet daily. Eat tuna and salmon at least once a week (NOT Atlantic farm-raised salmon, which is more commonly found in your local grocery store and cheaper. It does not contain the fatty acids at levels needed by the body, as does wild salmon). Stay away from the hormone destroyers: soft drinks, foods grown with pesticides, coffee, foods which contain refined carbs, trans fats, junk food, fried food, hydrogenated oil or canola oil (which is mostly hydrogenated).