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Mar 25 2021

Does Smoking Hasten the Onset of Menopause?

Does Smoking Cause Early Menopause? The adverse health effects of smoking are well documented. But women can now add one more reason to the list of why they should stop smoking. Researchers have found that women who smoke are more likely to experience an earlier onset of menopause. Let’s discuss how smoking contributes to earlier menopause, what menopausal symptoms you may encounter, and how to experience a smoother menopause transition. What is Menopause? Menopause is the point in a woman’s life when she stops having menstrual cycles or periods. A woman that has...

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Mar 11 2021

Do Hormones Play a Role in Preventing Osteoporosis?

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by Gina Pastore

How Can Hormone Replacement Therapy Help Osteoporosis? Osteoporosis is a health condition that causes the bones to be weak, resulting in painful fractures. The human bones are made up of ling cells and are continually broken down and replaced. However, in certain people, the rate at which new bones are created doesn't keep up with the pace at which old ones are broken down. This results in bone loss, which eventually leads to Osteoporosis, or “thinning bones.” A healthy bone has small spaces; however, Osteoporosis causes the spaces to enlarge. The bone...

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Feb 25 2021

Can Getting Adequate Sleep Benefit a Low-Calorie Diet?

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by Gina Pastore

How and Why Adequate Sleep Helps You Lose Weight Anyone who has tried to lose weight has probably been advised to follow a low-calorie diet and exercise regularly. What most people aren’t told is that sleep plays a critical role in weight loss. Quality sleep is one of the neglected lifestyle factors that has been shown in several studies to help with metabolism, food preference, and appetite. If you are working on your weight loss goals, there are a couple of things you should be doing already. Eating healthy, exercising, and getting quality sleep...

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Feb 14 2021

Does Menopause Affect Your Libido?

Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy

by Gina Pastore

Menopause and Libido and the Effects on Sex Drive As we age, our bodies undergo many natural changes. For women, menopause is a time when hormone levels are altered, which results in various effects on our bodies. One consequence is a change in libido and sexual function. For many women, libido is decreased. Women may find they are not as easily aroused and not as sexually responsive as they once were. Fortunately, with bioidentical hormone therapy, these effects can be reversed, restoring or even improving your prior level of sexual function...

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Jan 25 2021

What is the difference between synthetic vs bioidentical medications

Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy

by Gina Pastore

Synthetic Medications Vs. Bioidentical Medications Your body's hormones regulate most of your bodily functions. They serve as messengers, coordinating, and controlling various activities throughout the body. Hormones help regulate your body's processes like hunger, growth, brain function, blood pressure, libido, appetite, digestion, mood, and appetite. That's why hormonal imbalance can wreak havoc on your emotional, physical, and psychological well-being. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can help mitigate hormonal imbalance and ease symptoms. Synthetic and bioidentical medications are two of the most commonly used hormone therapy methods. This article examines the differences between synthetic...

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Jan 11 2021

How to Choose a Hormone Specialist

Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy

by Gina Pastore

Why Choose a Hormone Specialist Over a Health Care Provider Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT) is a personalized approach to addressing hormone imbalances. Finding the right healthcare provider is essential to ensure effective treatment tailored to your unique needs. While many people first turn to their primary care physician or gynecologist, these professionals may not always have the specialized training required to diagnose and treat complex hormone issues comprehensively. Have you felt fatigued, gained weight, experienced headaches, muscle or joint pain, lack of sex drive? These are just the tip of...

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Dec 21 2020

8 Strategies to Boost Your Immune System in a Pandemic

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by Gina Pastore

We are in unprecedented times. The global SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, coupled with the onset of seasonal cold and flu, has created the perfect storm. It is more important than ever to maximize efforts to boost your immune system and stay healthy. Protecting your immune system is paramount in fighting off and managing infections. You can take specific measures for yourself and your family to ensure you stay healthy throughout this season. Sleep Getting adequate sleep is one of the most critical self-care measures you can take to boost your natural immune system. During...

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Dec 10 2020

Benefits of Vitamin C Injections

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by Gina Pastore

Benefits of Vitamin C Injections and Proper Nutrition to Boost Your Immune System Vitamin C or ascorbic acid is an essential water-soluble vitamin found naturally in many fruits and vegetables such as oranges, kiwi fruit, broccoli, strawberries, bell peppers, spinach, as well as in dietary supplements. While it's commonly recommended to get your vitamin C intake from your diet, vitamin C injections are the fastest way to get this important vitamin into your body. Here're 4 scientifically proven ways vitamin C is boosting your immune system. Reduce Stress Vitamin C has a significant...

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Nov 18 2020

Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) and Metabolism

Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy

by Gina Pastore

Can TRT Rev Your Metabolism to Lose Weight? It can't be repeated enough: hormones are one of, if not the most, integral aspects of biology. There are whole fields of study and research that delve into learning, at a microbiological level, how hormones affect various biological processes, physiology, health, etc. Doctors commit themselves to specialize in endocrinology to solely tend to and care for patients affected by hormonal imbalances. Repeated ad nauseum in many other articles and topics we've addressed, hormones just can't be avoided. While they may feel intangible and...

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Nov 04 2020

6 Substances that Affect Thyroid Balance

Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy

by Gina Pastore

What substances affect thyroid balance? Meaning of Thyroid Balance As with everything in life, finding and maintaining balance is largely instrumental in achieving success, happiness, and health. Whether it's learning to moderate how much time you invest between work and social life, family and friends, fitness and rest, or any other dichotomy, striking a healthy balance between two ends of a spectrum prevents one from prioritizing and grossly neglecting one option over the other. Just as life throws a series of balancing and juggling acts your way, our physiology also undergoes and experiences...

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