BIOIDENTICAL HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY
(Hormone Testing & Therapy available starting at $250)
Our goal is to support our clients in being the best version of themselves! As travel along our journey throughout life, it is inevitable that our hormones change. These changes sometimes even make us feel as if we are going crazy! You are NOT crazy sweet friend! Before you reach for a quick fix be sure to first assess what may be going on with your hormones! At Arabella’s we cover hormone testing and thorough review and consultation to help you along this journey to be your best self. Give us a call to find out more about how we can support you!
What is BHRT?
Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy is a safe and natural treatment that is effective in treating hormone imbalances in women as they age. The hormones used for treatment mirror the bio identity of hormones in the human body. When you use bioidentical hormones, the cells of your body recognize them as familiar and know how to put them to the best use. Bioidentical hormones are safe because, like your own hormones, they fit perfectly into the hormone receptor “locks” of the cells in the body where they do their work. The hormones are produced from plants (specifically a plant molecule called “diosgenin”, that is found in wild yams). This specific molecule does not trigger any of the negative side effects associated with synthetic hormones.
Why Prescribe BHRT for Women?
BHRT is prescribed to women suffering from symptoms of hormone imbalance, such as hot flashes, night sweats, weight gain, brain fog, moodiness, worsened PMS, bloating, headaches, depression, fatigue, low libido and decreased sexual pleasure. Although BHRT has been available for many years, not everyone is aware of how safe and effective this type of treatment is!
What BHRT Can Help:
Treat Throughout a woman’s life, your production of certain hormones will ebb and flow. These hormones act as a “remote control” and use chemical messengers to communicate with tissues throughout your body. As women age and enter different stages of life, there are red flags that indicate there might be a hormone imbalance in the body. Estrogen dominance is typically the kind of hormone imbalance that women experience, but it varies from person to person.
Estrogen Dominance:
Typically beginning in your early to mid-30s, the ovaries begin to make more estrogen and less progesterone. This disruption of the ideal ratio between estrogen and progesterone triggers negative responses throughout your body and brain. The medical term for this phenomenon is “estrogen dominance”, which means that the ratio of estrogen to progesterone in the body is disproportionately high. To understand estrogen dominance, you have to understand the role of progesterone, as well. Estrogen and progesterone operate like sides of a seesaw, shifting up and down during a woman’s monthly cycle. When progesterone gets low, that “side” of the seesaw hits the ground, and this effect causes negative symptoms to arise: poor sleep, fatigue, anxiety, heavy periods, weight gain, uterine fibroids, irritability, and even rage. When the progesterone side of the seesaw gets “stuck” on the ground, the estrogen side is “elevated,” relative to progesterone. It’s not (necessarily) that your estrogen is high — it’s that your progesterone level drops so low that estrogen effectively “dominates.” A contributing factor is xenoestrogens (man-made environmental estrogens) found in hormone-injected meats and poultry, certain pesticides, petrochemicals, herbicides, plastics, fuels, car exhausts, and drugs, as well as phthalates, or plastic-softening chemicals, which enter the body and add to the estrogen load. Lifestyle choices are also at fault: the wrong foods, too little exercise, too little sleep, and too much stress can increase and accelerate estrogen load and dominance.
Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy for Men:
Guys, hormone balance is not just a problem among women, which also means hormone therapy can help you. Men who pursue bio-identical hormone therapy to treat hormonal imbalance may experience significant benefits, including more energy, increased muscle mass and strength, weight loss, and improved sexual function.
Symptoms of Hormone Imbalance in Men:
It’s a fact of life: hormone levels decline as you age. Hormone imbalance in men can occur at any point in the life cycle, but it is most commonly experienced around middle age when testosterone levels reach a peak point of decline. Though men can experience an imbalance of any number of hormones, low testosterone has the biggest impact on a man’s health and quality of life. Symptoms of hormone balance generally begin to occur with greater frequency and intensity when a man reaches middle age. This stage is often referred to as andropause, or more colloquially, “the male menopause.”
