Women's Well-Being - A Balancing Act

by: Dianne Farley-Jones, M.D.

Do any of the following sound familiar: PMS, migraines, mood swings, cramps, fibroids, irregular cycles, depression, insomnia, breast tenderness, endometriosis, infertility, the baby blues, cold hands and feet, miscarriages, water retention, falling hair, cysts, joint and muscle pain, chocolate cravings, weight gain, facial hair, hot flashes, and osteoporosis.

If you are dealing with some of these problems, you are not alone. Thousands of women are now struggling with over seventy different symptoms that seem to be linked to a common cause, an imbalance between their two main reproductive hormones, estrogen, and progesterone. These hormones are chemical messengers that play a major role in how well women feel and function. They seem to affect different things at various stages of life, but there is never a time when the body is not trying to establish a balance between the two. Both hormones, are critical to good health, but when estrogen becomes dominant for too long it can become toxic to the body, resulting in conditions that range anywhere from minor discomfort, to increased risk of developing cancer.

What I would like to do here is clarify how hormones are supposed to work, what should be happening in the body at various stages of life, what sometimes goes wrong, why it goes wrong, and what can be done about it.

First, of all it is estrogen that causes a young woman to mature physically, and begin her cycle. Many become estrogen dominant during this change, and experience weight gain, bloating, mood swings, and other frustrating symptoms. Getting hormones back in balance not only helps them feel better, but it can bring relief to those who care about them as well.

Once, women begin to understand the things we have just discussed, they often ask why their doctors don't seem to be more aware of some of this information. The truth is that our system usually looks at the need to make a profit first. Natural formulations, which often are the best treatment, cannot be patented, and since they cannot be patented, the drug companies cannot control them for maximum profitability. Therefore, these companies that the doctors often look to for ongoing education will not spend the money to research, develop or educate doctors, about natural products or natural solutions, such as Homer's cream.

The company that manufactures this product has over forty products that you might find helpful. We are often asked if they provide anything for men. They do make a very popular cream called; "Pro-Gain that is designed to naturally help men find relief from the symptoms associated with prostate enlargement. They also, manufacture good calcium, vitamin, trace mineral and anti-oxidant supplements, as well as many other products designed to help both men, and women, and they only use ingredients that are of the highest quality. For example: The yams used to develop the extract for the women's cream are all grown in the United States, so that the quality can be controlled, and verified. Homer Woolf; was very careful in selecting sources for product ingredients.