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I read your article on Early Menopause and Weak Heart Function and I am appalled at your stance against estrogen for menopausal women. You need to read the rebuttal to your position by Karen Brennan PHD. She completely demolishes your argument. You really are doing a disservice to women by pushing the misguided idea that estrogen is harmful.
Hi Kelsey, I used to feel that way too...until I took Kitty Martone's Detox class. She is known as "Healthy Gut Girl" with over 20,000 followers on FB and other platforms. These followers have all shared horrific experiences on 'estrogen replacement and or cancer due to high estrogen.
Kitty Martone doesn't fully 'demonize' estrogen but she provides the perspective that Estrogen is the LION...while Progesterone is the LION-TAMER. Without the Lion Tamer, estrogen can do extreme damage to the body. Cortisol levels also impact estrogen levels as well.
She shares that 'some' women actually benefit by taking estrogen but they must be VERY careful and beware of the 'types' of estrogen they are taking as well as the other hormones that must be taken in balance (and not the synthetics like progestin.)
I went to my OB/GYN MD and I was mortified that she does HRT without using a DUTCH test! How can you prescribe hormones when you aren't even clear about the pathways these hormones are taking...she was clueless about 2OH 4OH and 16OH (SMH)
Under all hormonal imbalances are digestion issues, detox issues (aka Liver phase 1 and phase 2 detox) and stress-induced issues. If you attack the problem at the source, the body takes care of the balancing.
At this point in time, unfortunately the entire world is estrogen dominant (in both male and female due to the foods and toxins we ingest and/or absorb from the environment.)
If you watch Giorgi Dinkov, or if you read in the Ray Peat Forum about the pro-metabolic life style, it's life changing (at least it was for me - I was estrogen dominant with huge fibroids, and weight I couldn't get rid of.
I switched to the pro-metabolic diet, removed all estrogenic foods from my diet - Now I am my ideal weight and fibroids have shrunk to fraction of what they were, and I have high energy.
The thing that really got me was that when breast tissue is tested at the site of cancer tumors, it's 'loaded' with estrogen. This data should definitely be taken into account when considering estrogen replacement of any kind.
I invite you to "Beware of the 'LION' - Unfortunately, ever since HRT became the 'rage' again, female cancers have shot through the roof. I believe these two are a direct correlation.
Symptoms can worsen during stress or emotional distress.
A study published in the journal Digestive Diseases and Sciences analyzed patients with celiac disease and revealed that 50% of these patients experienced an improvement in RLS symptoms after following a gluten-free diet.
According to clinical experience, a gluten-free diet low in processed foods can be very effective for restless legs syndrome. Restless leg syndrome (RLS) can occur more frequently in patients with:
1) Chronic kidney disease
2) Diabetes
3) Iron deficiency or excess
4) Parkinson's disease
5) Peripheral neuropathy
6) Pregnancy
7) Use of certain medications such as caffeine, calcium channel blockers, or neuroleptics.
The problem with A1 cow's milk is that it contains large amounts of a protein called casein, to which some people are intolerant. Sheep and goat milk contain very little or none. The reason for the problem with this protein remains a mystery. Check all food products. It is added to many packaged and canned foods. The link contains further comments and information on the A1 and A2 variants of cow's milk.
Interesting article exploring the possibility of more needs to be looked at when it comes to women's health, especially concerning what may surround menopause. A long time complaint has been with our medical system is so many studies do not address women's unique needs.
Mainly focus on what has been discovered for men. This article suggests for some women, maybe most women, the standard you are having hot flashes, your estrogen is low here is a script for estrogen is falling short.
The article also is looking at several body systems. All of them high on the lists of importance for women. The Reproductive, the Heart, The Brain and how they may all interact together in a mini whole system of its own within the complete system of a women's body. How especially in light of better understanding how if our power plant production system isn't properly fed and maintained affects every and all systems, men or women and how those systems interact. Along with feeding our Mitochondrial Power Plants, these studies suggests your estrogen is low, here is a pill is a One Size that May Not Fit All. May work fine for some, may well stop the curse of hot flashes, but, for overall long term health for the Reproductive System, Heart and Brains for some women may need a more nuanced approach. Monitoring to maintain any estrogen used by some women to be kept in balance with the Progesterone. If needed probably adjusted until the Size to Fit Her can be found.
The human body it seems has very few either or the current dominant Medical System promotes. Digging deeper into what enhances the quality of life for the women in our lives is a welcomed trend.
" From the article; "Menopause is manageable and can be treated with medications — The sad reality is that most women don't receive adequate support during menopause, not because they don't need it, but because they aren't offered enough options.
According to Dr. Mary Claire Haver, a board-certified ob-gyn and certified menopause specialist from Tulane University:17
> > >"The painful reality for many patients is that clinicians repeatedly fail to recognize their symptoms of menopause that extend beyond the classic vasomotor symptom of hot flashes ...< < <
Women frequently find themselves referred to numerous specialists to address the multitude of symptoms associated with menopause, with each symptom being tackled individually; clinicians unable to connect the dots, akin to playing a game of whack-a-mole with symptoms. How is this reality not the ultimate in over-medicalization?
... And in the series, alternative pharmaceuticals, such as anticholinergics, SSRIs, statin therapy, pain medications, osteoporosis drugs, neurokinin receptor agonists are painted as all benefit and little risk. Patients then are left with a cabinet full of prescription medications, costly medical bills and negligible relief."
Regarding restless leg syndrome and/or cramps/charlie horses at night, I get them VERY rarely and when I do, it's because I ate too late. Fastest way to resolve issue (in less than 5 min for me) is to take a tsp of baking soda in a half glass of water and drink it down, walk around for a minute or two and BAM...gone!
My understanding is that baking soda neutralizes mineral imbalances (it's also part of refeeding process after dry fasts).
Regarding minerals ferritin, copper, etc. - there are a set of very compelling posts in the Ray Peat forum under HG7 where several people have biohacked their health with a set of 8 key supplements that counter-balance each other as they remove decades of STORED toxic iron, copper, lead, retinol, and other toxins from the body.
The result is that their bodies actually reverse age. It takes upwards of 2 years to complete the full detox. It appears that aging and physical breakdown occurs as a slow build-up of toxins enter our bodies and get stored to keep us living only on average 100 years at best or most often, 70s and 80s.
I read your article on Early Menopause and Weak Heart Function and I am appalled at your stance against estrogen for menopausal women. You need to read the rebuttal to your position by Karen Brennan PHD. She completely demolishes your argument. You really are doing a disservice to women by pushing the misguided idea that estrogen is harmful.
Hi Kelsey, I used to feel that way too...until I took Kitty Martone's Detox class. She is known as "Healthy Gut Girl" with over 20,000 followers on FB and other platforms. These followers have all shared horrific experiences on 'estrogen replacement and or cancer due to high estrogen.
Kitty Martone doesn't fully 'demonize' estrogen but she provides the perspective that Estrogen is the LION...while Progesterone is the LION-TAMER. Without the Lion Tamer, estrogen can do extreme damage to the body. Cortisol levels also impact estrogen levels as well.
She shares that 'some' women actually benefit by taking estrogen but they must be VERY careful and beware of the 'types' of estrogen they are taking as well as the other hormones that must be taken in balance (and not the synthetics like progestin.)
I went to my OB/GYN MD and I was mortified that she does HRT without using a DUTCH test! How can you prescribe hormones when you aren't even clear about the pathways these hormones are taking...she was clueless about 2OH 4OH and 16OH (SMH)
Under all hormonal imbalances are digestion issues, detox issues (aka Liver phase 1 and phase 2 detox) and stress-induced issues. If you attack the problem at the source, the body takes care of the balancing.
At this point in time, unfortunately the entire world is estrogen dominant (in both male and female due to the foods and toxins we ingest and/or absorb from the environment.)
If you watch Giorgi Dinkov, or if you read in the Ray Peat Forum about the pro-metabolic life style, it's life changing (at least it was for me - I was estrogen dominant with huge fibroids, and weight I couldn't get rid of.
I switched to the pro-metabolic diet, removed all estrogenic foods from my diet - Now I am my ideal weight and fibroids have shrunk to fraction of what they were, and I have high energy.
The thing that really got me was that when breast tissue is tested at the site of cancer tumors, it's 'loaded' with estrogen. This data should definitely be taken into account when considering estrogen replacement of any kind.
I invite you to "Beware of the 'LION' - Unfortunately, ever since HRT became the 'rage' again, female cancers have shot through the roof. I believe these two are a direct correlation.
Excellent description - the Lion and the Lion Tamer. As most things in Creation some kind of cyclical balance.
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Symptoms can worsen during stress or emotional distress.
A study published in the journal Digestive Diseases and Sciences analyzed patients with celiac disease and revealed that 50% of these patients experienced an improvement in RLS symptoms after following a gluten-free diet.
According to clinical experience, a gluten-free diet low in processed foods can be very effective for restless legs syndrome. Restless leg syndrome (RLS) can occur more frequently in patients with:
1) Chronic kidney disease
2) Diabetes
3) Iron deficiency or excess
4) Parkinson's disease
5) Peripheral neuropathy
6) Pregnancy
7) Use of certain medications such as caffeine, calcium channel blockers, or neuroleptics.
https://chicagopainexperts.com/restless-leg-syndrome/#:~:text=It%20has%20been%20my%20clinical,is%20common%20in%20this%20population
The problem with A1 cow's milk is that it contains large amounts of a protein called casein, to which some people are intolerant. Sheep and goat milk contain very little or none. The reason for the problem with this protein remains a mystery. Check all food products. It is added to many packaged and canned foods. The link contains further comments and information on the A1 and A2 variants of cow's milk.
https://healthunlocked.com/rlsuk/posts/149041954/rls-and-dairy
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https://www.godairyfree.org/personal-stories/dairy-free-restless-leg-syndrome-rls
Interesting article exploring the possibility of more needs to be looked at when it comes to women's health, especially concerning what may surround menopause. A long time complaint has been with our medical system is so many studies do not address women's unique needs.
Mainly focus on what has been discovered for men. This article suggests for some women, maybe most women, the standard you are having hot flashes, your estrogen is low here is a script for estrogen is falling short.
The article also is looking at several body systems. All of them high on the lists of importance for women. The Reproductive, the Heart, The Brain and how they may all interact together in a mini whole system of its own within the complete system of a women's body. How especially in light of better understanding how if our power plant production system isn't properly fed and maintained affects every and all systems, men or women and how those systems interact. Along with feeding our Mitochondrial Power Plants, these studies suggests your estrogen is low, here is a pill is a One Size that May Not Fit All. May work fine for some, may well stop the curse of hot flashes, but, for overall long term health for the Reproductive System, Heart and Brains for some women may need a more nuanced approach. Monitoring to maintain any estrogen used by some women to be kept in balance with the Progesterone. If needed probably adjusted until the Size to Fit Her can be found.
The human body it seems has very few either or the current dominant Medical System promotes. Digging deeper into what enhances the quality of life for the women in our lives is a welcomed trend.
" From the article; "Menopause is manageable and can be treated with medications — The sad reality is that most women don't receive adequate support during menopause, not because they don't need it, but because they aren't offered enough options.
According to Dr. Mary Claire Haver, a board-certified ob-gyn and certified menopause specialist from Tulane University:17
> > >"The painful reality for many patients is that clinicians repeatedly fail to recognize their symptoms of menopause that extend beyond the classic vasomotor symptom of hot flashes ...< < <
Women frequently find themselves referred to numerous specialists to address the multitude of symptoms associated with menopause, with each symptom being tackled individually; clinicians unable to connect the dots, akin to playing a game of whack-a-mole with symptoms. How is this reality not the ultimate in over-medicalization?
... And in the series, alternative pharmaceuticals, such as anticholinergics, SSRIs, statin therapy, pain medications, osteoporosis drugs, neurokinin receptor agonists are painted as all benefit and little risk. Patients then are left with a cabinet full of prescription medications, costly medical bills and negligible relief."
Regarding restless leg syndrome and/or cramps/charlie horses at night, I get them VERY rarely and when I do, it's because I ate too late. Fastest way to resolve issue (in less than 5 min for me) is to take a tsp of baking soda in a half glass of water and drink it down, walk around for a minute or two and BAM...gone!
My understanding is that baking soda neutralizes mineral imbalances (it's also part of refeeding process after dry fasts).
Regarding minerals ferritin, copper, etc. - there are a set of very compelling posts in the Ray Peat forum under HG7 where several people have biohacked their health with a set of 8 key supplements that counter-balance each other as they remove decades of STORED toxic iron, copper, lead, retinol, and other toxins from the body.
The result is that their bodies actually reverse age. It takes upwards of 2 years to complete the full detox. It appears that aging and physical breakdown occurs as a slow build-up of toxins enter our bodies and get stored to keep us living only on average 100 years at best or most often, 70s and 80s.