| Women Awakening from Hormone Disruption |
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WOMEN AWAKENING TO HORMONE DISRUPTION Remember the popular old song by Roberta Flack: Killing Me Softly...? There is a new epidemic in our midst that is doing exactly that. It is not directly killing people so much as it is draining our life force, leaving us feeling that we're living half a life. This epidemic is gland disruption to due environmental pollution; that's right, it's a slowdown in production and proper utilization of our bodies hormones due to toxic chemicals, often closely related to hormones in their chemical makeup, that confuse our endocrine systems, causing hormone havoc. You may know the feeling - milllions of women constantly say "something's wrong with my hormones". But if you go to see a doctor, they often do a few simple blood tests then happily proclaim "your tests came back normal; you're fine!" The problem is, you're not feeling fine, and you know something isn't right. You may be tired all the time, depressed, sluggish mentally, gaining weight despite eating very little, or have one or more of hundreds of annoying little symptoms (like nails breaking, hair loss, excess hair on face, hoarseness of the voice, low - or no- libido, even lots of problems with PMS, fertility issues, or menopause). So what's a woman to do? 80% of hormone problems occur in women, due to our complex biology. There are various stages in our lives, often puberty, childbirth, menopause, or when we have excess stress or crisis, when our hormones tend to easily go off balance. The good news is - however - that we can learn to re-balance them ourselves, with simple home testing and natural products. As a doctor-nurse team in practice for 30 years, we have worked with thousands of women who have been told by their doctors "it's all in your head". Many have been given estrogen compounds, sadly, when they are actually estrogen dominant (doctors often do not test estrogen levels, even gynecolologists, yet they prescribe this heavy hormone readily, despite serious repercussions that led to stopping the famous study "The Women's Health Initiative"!). So what can you do to protect your health and restore hormone balance? Our program is as simple as 1 - 2 - 3. 1. Determine your "endo-type" 2. Jumpstart Your Glands. 3. LIve Right for Your Endo-Type Part of our collective "awakening" as women is to reclaim our full self. The "Fat-Fuzzy-Frazzled" program allows you to do this, quickly and reasonably, by following specific suggestions and by following your heart. And - if your heart leads you to take an activist role in reducing toxic chemicals in the environment, our book will give you enough information to get you started. Be sure to join the Canary Club, a consumer advocacy group to help create a powerful voice for a healthy environment. There are many ways you can work to reduce the toxic load by minimizing exposure in your home, workplace, and world. We wish you wellness, now and always! Karilee Shames PhD, RN, Advance Practice Certified Holistic Nurse
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