Can natural or bioidentical hormones help perimenopause symptoms?

Naturopathic Doctor and Licensed Acupuncturist Pina LoGiudice, Lac, ND, explains how natural or bioidentical hormones can help ease perimenopause symptoms.

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So the aging process doesn't have to be a horror. And you could use these natural bioidenticals with a peace of mind and help them alleviate any of the symptoms.

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Most women, when they're going through a perimenopausal phase, which most women don't even understand that perimenopause can even start at the age of 35 and all the way up,

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so some of those menstrual irregularities or mood changes or sleep changes can be because of perimenopause. And so usually at that time, the first line of therapy

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I always try to do more natural, less invasive in terms of diet changes, lifestyle changes, exercise.

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All those things can help the liver metabolize your hormones and elevate them naturally. And then another course would be, then, the phytonutrients, using, again,

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some other botanicals that, again, can help balance your hormones. And then on top of that, again, the upper tier on that

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would be the bioidentical hormones. And absolutely, as a naturopath, I do prefer them over the synthetic hormones because bioidenticals are exactly what your body is

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producing. And so it has the same chemical constituents. So it's not cancer inducing. And it helps regulate your body's hormones

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as you would want them to. So the aging process doesn't have to be a horror. And you could use these natural biochemicals with a peace of mind and help them alleviate

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any of the symptoms, especially osteoporosis, hot flashes, sleep disturbances, and mood changes. So I definitely would recommend them to my patients.