menopause Archives

What Is Bioidentical or Body-Identical Hormone Therapy?

May 18, 2024May 15, 2024 by Lara Briden

Bioidentical or body-identical hormones are estradiol and progesterone, which are molecularly identical to human hormones. Most (not all) modern menopause hormone therapy is bioidentical. Keep reading for a list of brands.

The difference between “bioidentical” and “body-identical” is that body-identical is the preferred conventional term, while bioidentical is the term traditionally applied to customised hormone formulas dispensed by a compounding pharmacist when compounding was the only way to obtain such hormones.

Taurine: 5 Benefits for Women’s Health

June 9, 2024March 1, 2024 by Lara Briden

Taurine is one of my favorite prescriptions for perimenopause, menopause, sleep, mood, insulin resistance, and migraine prevention.

Taurine is an amino acid, but unlike most amino acids, it doesn’t build protein. Instead, taurine has directly beneficial effects on the liver, brain, mitochondria, immune system, and nervous system. Taurine is so important that it makes up about 0.1 percent of total body weight.

What Estrogen Does in Your 40s (and How Progesterone Can Help)

September 8, 2023September 4, 2023 by Lara Briden

Night sweats, mood swings, and crazy heavy periods. Is this menopause already? And you’re only 42? No, menopause could still be a decade away. This is perimenopause or second puberty, which is up to twelve years before your final period.

Perimenopause is different from menopause (or post-menopause), which is the life phase that begins one year after your final period.

How to Increase Estrogen

May 18, 2023May 10, 2023 by Lara Briden

If you’re a woman of reproductive age, making sufficient estrogen is important for mood, bones, muscles, and metabolism.

Signs you’re making enough estrogen include the presence of cervical fluid and regular ovulation.

Signs you’re not making enough estrogen include a lack of periods and vaginal dryness.

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