Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary defines Insomnia as “prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep.” Interestingly, the National Sleep Foundation reports that “Forty-eight percent of Americans report insomnia occasionally, while 22 percent experience insomnia every or almost every night.” The market offers a wide variety of sleeping pills to help with insomnia, but these may Read More
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Progesterone and the Prostate
The alarming increase in prostate problems is now believed by some researchers to be due to the excessive quantities of environmental estrogens, particularly xeno-estrogens which cause men’s progesterone levels to drop especially as they age. Natural progesterone therapy can help to protect against prostate problems. It is safe with no toxic side effects. Pro-Male™ Hormone Read More
Do Xenoestrogens (from the environment) Affect men?
Men also make estrogen and edtradiol, but in much lower amounts than women. The male hormone, testosterone, is antagonist to estradiol. Testosterone prevents estradiol from causing prostate cancer by destroying the prostate cancer cells it stimulates. However, estrogen dominance caused by xenoestrogens is affecting men by raising their estrogen levels to dangerous levels which may Read More
What Are Xenoestrogens?
Xenoestrogens are a type of Xenohormones that imitates estrogen. They are widely used industrial compounds such as PCB, BPA, and Phthalates, that have estrogenic effects on a living organism even though they differ chemically from the naturally occurring estrogenic substances internally produced by the endocrine system of the organism. The word xenoestrogens is derived from Read More
What is Estrogen Dominance?
According to Dr. John Lee, the main causes of Estrogen Dominance are nutritional imbalances, effects of stress on the body, use of birth control pills, environmental toxins & synthetic chemicals, such as pesticides and plastics. The hormones of a women’s menstrual cycle begin to shift out of balance during the peri-menopausal years and become more Read More