Supporting the menopause naturally

While there is little doubt that the symptoms of menopause are triggered by hormone imbalances or deficiencies, there is great disagreement as to why these imbalances or deficiencies occur.

Modern Medicine of course, says they are part of Nature's plan. But, if that were true, every woman, in every culture, throughout all of history, would have suffered more or less equally at this time of life.

Indeed in many cultures today it is still relatively unknown, and some cultures, like Japan, do not even have a word for hot flushes. Japanese women who live in the West and adopt Western diet, however, suffer distress in the same way that we do.

In South America, for example, while 60% of upper class women experience midlife distress, lower class women who eat simpler foods are virtually symptom free.

Clearly, then, hormone imbalances do not just happen. Instead they are the logical outgrowth of poor diet, extreme stress and constant exposure to synthetic chemicals. In short, what we call the symptoms of menopause are really the symptoms of modern diet and lifestyle that appear around the menopause.

The world's great holistic traditions like Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tibetan Medicine and Ayurveda explain that modern lifestyle and diet impair the function of various organs and glands. One of the effects of this is that such organs and glands are prevented from producing and distributing hormones as they should. If we want to feel our very best, and to ensure the best possible health in the future, we must strengthen the organs and glands whose weakness caused the problem in the first place.

For many years, doctors have prescribed powerful hormone drugs to help women overcome hot flushes. The dangers of this approach have been highlighted recently with two major HRT trials being abandoned, reporting increased risk of various cancers as well as heart disease, blood clots and strokes - the very things they were claiming HRT gave protection against.

More and more women want to know how to handle midlife naturally. They are asking why it should be medicalised and treated with drugs that come with significant attendant risks, and they just do not think that the benefits outweigh those risks.

Profema is a complete natural support system for the body in midlife. It is really several formulations in one. It contains a full spectrum multivitamin and mineral specific to midlife. In addition Profema contains a formulation for osteoporosis; Isoflavones for hot flushes and mood swings; and a formulation to balance hormones and support the organs and glands. Finally it contains the equivalent of 5000mg of green Superfoods like spirulina in each day's usage.

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