BioIdentical Hormones Demystified

May 29th, 2009

Just as I was getting a  handle on hormones as relates to PCOS, bioidentical hormones are all over the Internet and other media. What exactly are they and how would  they affect me? What are the pros and cons of using them?

Fortunately, Dr. Rebecca Booth conveys the straight story in her May 27th Huffington Post blog entitled “Bioidentical Hormones – Marketing Hype of Medical Breakthrough?”

This respected OB/GYN and author of “The Venus Week: Discover the Powerful Secret of Your Cycle…At Any Age” lists many of the changes brought about by our sex hormones in adolescence up to our mid- 20’s (Breasts develop; the waistline is carved out).  Good!.  And with menopause (Breasts deflate (or worse, get enormous); Waist disappears). Not so good.

We urge you to read this article in full to better understand the nature of your hormones:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rebecca-booth/bioidentical-hormones-mar_b_208180.html

All the best, Catherine L, PCOS Support Blog Editor

Posted in Fertility, Hormone imbalance, Hormones

One Response to “BioIdentical Hormones Demystified”

  1. jeffrey dach md Says:
    October 13th, 2009 at 4:55 am

    Hormones fit onto their receptors just like a “lock and key”, so any slight alteration of their chemical structure creates a “monster hormone”. These resulting “monster hormones” are never found in the human body or anywhere else in nature. The reality is that these synthetically altered monster hormones should never have been approved for marketing and sale to the American People, and yet that is exactly what your mainstream medical doctor will offer you if you ask for hormones.

    Years ago, after the invention of synthetic monster hormones, an information war was launched by the drug industry creating confusion in the public and even among medical professionals about the difference between natural human hormones and synthetic monster hormones. Because of this information war, we must now use the terminology, “bioidentical” hormones which really means human hormones in order to different these from the monster altered hormones.

    How is a Synthetic Hormone Different from A Bioidentical Hormone? Bioidentical hormones are the hormones that exist in the human body naturally. Synthetic hormones are these very same human hormones that are chemically altered.

    For more…

    http://jeffreydach.com/2008/10/06/the-importance-of-bioidentical-hormones-by-jeffrey-dach-md.aspx

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