mykind Organics Women's Multi 40+ - 60 Tabs

WOMEN'S HEALTH:

Health concerns like PMS and menopause can sometimes make a woman wish they were a man. But by balancing hormones with the right nutritional supplements, you can feel energetic and stress free...

PMS, menopause, pregnancy, stress, breast health, sexual health and emotional well-being are all major health concerns for women. Some are frustrating, like PMS, while others like pregnancy can be wonderful. What each has in common is a large hormonal component. Hormones can fluctuate drastically depending on diet, nutritional status, toxicity level, and other factors such as job and family stress.

Hormone Balance
It's important to each of these health concerns (and many others) that hormones be maintained at a healthy level. This optimizes production, but also ensures the breakdown or detoxification of excess or un-necessary hormones. The body is a delicate balance; too much of any hormone is just as harmful as too little.

Hormonal Effects in the Body
The human body is a complex network of cells that communicate via hormone messengers. These messengers are responsible for telling cells what to do and when to do it. In the female body the sex hormones: estrogen, progesterone, follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), and testosterone, all play important roles in the maintenance of health and fertility. High or low levels of these hormones can cause different complaints, depending on the age of the affected woman. In addition, normal hormone levels protect other body systems from breaking down, for example the cardiovascular and skeletal systems.

Hormonal Detox
The liver and bowels are important organs for women's health because they are responsible both for processing hormones and for excreting those hormones after processing.

Performing liver and bowel detoxification will help to reduce most women's health concerns by ensuring proper function in these organs and thereby regulating hormone levels. Sexual function is regulated by a team made up of the thyroid, adrenal glands and ovaries. Imbalance in one member of the team will force the others to overcompensate to maintain balance and then those organs become strained. This explains why other medical concerns such as hypothyroidism, stress, depression and malnourishment can lead to infertility.

Improving Hormone Balance
A diet high in animal products inhibits the excretion of excess estrogens from the body. Animal protein also slows intestinal transit time allowing the resorption of hormones. Toxins must be processed by the liver and takes away from the liver's ability to process substances like hormones. Stress leads to a build up of acidity in the body. When the body's pH is acidic detoxification processes do not run as quickly as they could. Stress also depletes vitamins, such as the B complex, which are needed by the liver.

Optimizing Hormonal Balance

• decreasing your consumption of animal products


• limiting exposure to environmental toxins


• reducing stress and implementing a stress-management program


• using appropriate supplements for detoxification and stress management

Hormonal Imbalance
Some conditions associated with female hormonal imbalances are:

INFERTILITY
Infertility is defined as the inability to conceive after one year of regular intercourse without using any form of contraception. It occurs in 15% of all couples and the chances of having a baby decreases by 3% to 5% per year after the age of 30. Many cases of infertility can be attributed to a particular underlying cause, but in 20% of couples no known cause can be found.

MENOPAUSE SYMPTOMS
Clinically, menopause is complete when one year has passed since the cessation of menstruation. The perimenopausal period can last for several years. During this time women experience gradual cycle changes like more or less bleeding and variations in cycle length. Anemia can occur due to heavy menstrual bleeding. Another way to experience menopause is through the removal of the ovaries. Hormonal shifts during perimenopause or after ovary removal cause hot flashes, night sweats, vaginal dryness, low libido, urinary incontinence, dizziness, heart palpitations, headaches and mood swings.

PMS (PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME)
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) affects women during the last two weeks of the menstrual cycle and usually subsides when the menstrual flow begins. Many women think of these symptoms as normal but they are in fact caused by extreme or unbalanced hormonal changes. Fluctuations in serotonin (a brain chemical) is thought trigger PMS symptoms.

ESTROGEN BALANCE IN THE BODY
Estrogen is a sex hormone present in all humans. In women, estrogen levels fluctuate during the menstrual cycle and alternate with progesterone. In general, estrogen is responsible for everything associated with the first half of the menstrual cycle, including building up the lining of the uterus and preparing for ovulation. Estrogen levels are balanced in the body by progesterone, the hormone responsible for maintaining the uterine lining, and holding the body in a pregnancy-ready state.

Supplementation for Hormonal Health
Supplemental programs for detoxification and stress management include B vitamins, lipotropic factors, liver supportive herbs, like milk thistle, and adrenal supportive herbs, like Siberian ginseng and licorice.

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP BALANCE YOUR HORMONES
- ENSURE THAT YOU ARE GETTING ENOUGH ESSENTIAL FATS WITH A GOOD 3-6-9 COMBINATION WITH GLA FROM BORAGE OR PRIMROSE
- DETOXIFY AND SUPPORT LIVER FUNCTION; IT BREAKS DOWN EXCESS HORMONES
- EAT PLENTY OF VEGETABLES
- DO NOT DRINK COFFEE; IT DEPLETES IMPORTANT NUTRIENTS
- TAKE ST. JOHN'S WORT, 5HTP, OR MELATONIN FOR EMOTIONAL SYMPTOMS OF PMS & MENOPAUSE
- REDUCE YOUR INTAKE OF RED MEAT
- MAINTAIN A REGULAR SLEEP CYCLE
- CONTROL STRESS WITH EXERCISES LIKE YOGA AND TAI CHI

DID YOU KNOW?
(HORMONE HEALTH FACTS)
- POLLUTANTS FROM THE ENVIRONMENT CAN ACT LIKE ESTROGEN IN THE BODY.
- THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF ESTROGENS
- PROGESTERONE IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS ESTROGEN