female complaints

october 22 2007

Many female complaints, pre-, peri- and postmenopausal, are related to the level of hormones. Especially oestrogenes, progesterone, insulin (food) and cortisol (stress).
It's important to keep these hormonelevels in balance.

None of the hormones function without the others.
For good health in women of every age the balance between oestrogenes and progesterone is of utmost importance.

During pregnancy 10 to 30 times as much oestrogenes and progesterone is produced than during a normal menstrual cycle.

Oestrogenes are necessary for the growth of cells, progesterone finetunes and stabilises this growth. It regulates the genes in the cells, so the growth, differentiation and death of cells is carefully regulated.

That's why progesterone is necessary to counteract high oestrogenes levels.

Cancer isn't the abundant growth of a cell, but it's an abundace of cells that won't die.
A placenta is made to grow, but in time it stops doing so because of progesterone. Otherwise it would become cancerous.

Pregnancy at a young age protects against breastcancer, among others, because it created a large amount of elements that regulate the growth and dying of cells.
The more pregnancies, the younger and the longer the babies are breastfed..it all forms a good protection against breastcancer and ovarian cancer.