The BioIdentical Hormone Replacement Therapy Racket...Lets Uncover The Fraud And Look For Better Solutions
First things first,
Women start perimenopause in their 30s to prepare for the long run from 40 to 50 when the official change starts to occur.
In essence your ovaries are shutting down.
Because this change is all hormonal, one hormone can be high, then drop off next month, only to rebound higher the 3rd month, and once one hormone starts waning, another hormone will also start going higher to adjust and compensate...And this will occur thru out the 10+ year perimenopausal cycle. So keep note of this.
Most women go on birth control pills to deal with the wild roller coaster ride of symptoms resulting from hormonal shifts. Birth Control is made of SYNTHETIC hormones.
But, Drs say Birth Control Pills can cause cancer etc. So people went about finding new healthier solutions.
About 2 decades ago we started hearing about BIOIDENTICAL NATURAL HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY.
Basically natural forms of Estrogen, Progesterone and Testosterone that are identical in chemical composition to those the human body makes.
This is the deal with menopause, that women must understand:
In a normal non menopausal female body of 25 yrs old, all your hormones fluctuate all year long.
So you will never get a test thats "NORMAL" even in your 20s...
So when you start moving into your 40s you are even less likely to have a "NORMAL" hormonal blood test. One month your testosterone might be high, next month low, so no Doctor can say for certain if someone needs to supplement with hormone creams or not.
Insulin is also a HORMONE.
If your testosterone is low one month, your blood sugar goes up and so will your insulin and cholesterol.
What you need to do is handle the SYMPTOMS
If they give you Progesterone, your body uses it to make Estrogen and Testosterone. So if you are low in testosterone or Estrogen one month your body only needs progesterone to make whichever hormone its low of.
So if the BIOIdentical HRT Dr gives you both Testosterone AND progesterone its WAY TOO MUCH TESTOSTERONE.
Got that?
So 7 yrs ago at age 44, I felt that I was exhibiting signs of perimenopause.
I went to my regular Dr and she ran blood tests and told me that my estrogen was 40 points lower than the year before.
After reading about BIOIDENTICAL hormone replacement therapy, I asked my Dr for a cheap low dose Birth Control pill to test myself to see if hormones made me feel better.
Next day I took one BC pill and WOW! I felt fantastic!
However, I wanted a more natural approach.
So, I called my local BIOIdentical HRT clinic and made an appointment.
So I made the BIO-HRT appointment and they sent me for extensive $500 blood tests and I walked into the appointment, sat down and was told I am prediabetic, and low in TESTOSTERONE and PROGESTERONE. And he told me he was prescribing Testosterone and Progesterone creams, a buttload of "supplements" and I needed to go on a LOW CARB diet and start exercising.
I didnt know any better, so I followed his plan.
I started using the hormone creams and taking the expensive supplements, I went on South Beach diet and joined a Gym.
I felt like a million bucks.
BUT
Then my hair started thinning and other weird shit.
And all the original symptoms were still there.
The Dr moved far away and I found another one in the burbs, and I still had symptoms.
Stopped the Testosterone cream cause that was why my hair was thinning.
Found a 3rd Dr, now at age 51, and still having the same symptoms
Latest blood tests show HIGH testosterone and normal Estrogen.
HUH? how am I older and 7 yrs ago my testosterone was low?
I have come to the conclusion that the BIOidentical HRT Clinics are RACKETS. They are scams.
This is how they do it. This is the scam.
You make the appointment and get the blood tests.
At the clinic you are told you are low in testosterone and progesterone and you also have high cholesterol or pre diabetes or something, They tell you to exercise and go on low carb diet and take these supplements.
You go home start the creams and the TESTOSTERONE cream is the GIMMICK that gets you addicted to the program and makes you think the supplements are working.
Your hair starts thinning as testosterone cream does that and you have to stop.
You then spend 6 years on the supplements and progesterone cause you cant understand why you felt so great that first year and you no longer can get there.
Again,
THE TESTOSTERONE CREAM IS THE GIMMICK!!!
Lets see what Testosterone cream does to a woman within the first week.
Lowers Blood Sugar
Gives you energy
Ups the libido
Lowers Cholesterol
Gives you stamina and builds muscles
Easier Weight Loss
ALL THE SAME SYMPTOMS THEY ARE SELLING YOU $200 OF SUPPLEMENTS A MONTH FOR.
When women realize the Testosterone Cream is making their hair fall out and causing greasy skin and acne and making them anxious, they then stop using it and since it takes about 2 months for the effects of the T to leave their bodies and the original symptoms to return, they dont realize that its cause of the cessation of the T cream. So they go back in for more blood tests and the clinic sells them new tests, then they sell you MORE supplements and up your progesterone.
Its the old bait and switch!
The only thing working is the low carb diet and the T cream.
NOT the $200-$600 worth of supplements.
If you chose to go for BIOIdentical HRT, pay attention.
I am predicting that these are the supplements they will sell you.
Fish Oil ($100 a month)
DHEA
D
Adrenal extract
Vessel care
Probiotics
Turmeric
Everything will be Metagenics and Pure Encapsulations and Douglas Laboratories and KLAIRE
And all their hormone creams come from the same place in Erie, Pa
They will inform you that you need an estrogen saliva test and when it comes back positive for a bad form of estrogen they will prescribe the Metagenics Vessel Care for $70.00, but Vessel Care contains nothing that detoxes you from a type of estrogen. Vessel Care is for blood vessels,
Eventually you will need Metagenics SPECIAL Vitamin E for $75.00
So basically they are an expensive test and supplement dealer
"TRAP HOUSE"
A Racket.
A Fraud akin to an MLM...
So what should you do?
Start an exercise program
Reduce stress
Look into marijuana
Eat healthy
Buy natural progesterone cream at the healthfood store.
Accept that you are aging....
LOVE YOURSELF
Postscript to this post
Because I am a HIGH T woman, when I starting using testosterone cream and lifting weights at the gym, I developed HUGE forearms. This persisted after stopping the cream 3 yrs ago. Only when I quit the gym did they start to shrink back to normal.
So be careful with testosterone creams.
I went to my regular Dr and she ran blood tests and told me that my estrogen was 40 points lower than the year before.
After reading about BIOIDENTICAL hormone replacement therapy, I asked my Dr for a cheap low dose Birth Control pill to test myself to see if hormones made me feel better.
Next day I took one BC pill and WOW! I felt fantastic!
However, I wanted a more natural approach.
So, I called my local BIOIdentical HRT clinic and made an appointment.
So I made the BIO-HRT appointment and they sent me for extensive $500 blood tests and I walked into the appointment, sat down and was told I am prediabetic, and low in TESTOSTERONE and PROGESTERONE. And he told me he was prescribing Testosterone and Progesterone creams, a buttload of "supplements" and I needed to go on a LOW CARB diet and start exercising.
I didnt know any better, so I followed his plan.
I started using the hormone creams and taking the expensive supplements, I went on South Beach diet and joined a Gym.
I felt like a million bucks.
BUT
Then my hair started thinning and other weird shit.
And all the original symptoms were still there.
The Dr moved far away and I found another one in the burbs, and I still had symptoms.
Stopped the Testosterone cream cause that was why my hair was thinning.
Found a 3rd Dr, now at age 51, and still having the same symptoms
Latest blood tests show HIGH testosterone and normal Estrogen.
HUH? how am I older and 7 yrs ago my testosterone was low?
I have come to the conclusion that the BIOidentical HRT Clinics are RACKETS. They are scams.
This is how they do it. This is the scam.
You make the appointment and get the blood tests.
At the clinic you are told you are low in testosterone and progesterone and you also have high cholesterol or pre diabetes or something, They tell you to exercise and go on low carb diet and take these supplements.
You go home start the creams and the TESTOSTERONE cream is the GIMMICK that gets you addicted to the program and makes you think the supplements are working.
Your hair starts thinning as testosterone cream does that and you have to stop.
You then spend 6 years on the supplements and progesterone cause you cant understand why you felt so great that first year and you no longer can get there.
Again,
THE TESTOSTERONE CREAM IS THE GIMMICK!!!
Lets see what Testosterone cream does to a woman within the first week.
Lowers Blood Sugar
Gives you energy
Ups the libido
Lowers Cholesterol
Gives you stamina and builds muscles
Easier Weight Loss
ALL THE SAME SYMPTOMS THEY ARE SELLING YOU $200 OF SUPPLEMENTS A MONTH FOR.
When women realize the Testosterone Cream is making their hair fall out and causing greasy skin and acne and making them anxious, they then stop using it and since it takes about 2 months for the effects of the T to leave their bodies and the original symptoms to return, they dont realize that its cause of the cessation of the T cream. So they go back in for more blood tests and the clinic sells them new tests, then they sell you MORE supplements and up your progesterone.
Its the old bait and switch!
The only thing working is the low carb diet and the T cream.
NOT the $200-$600 worth of supplements.
If you chose to go for BIOIdentical HRT, pay attention.
I am predicting that these are the supplements they will sell you.
Fish Oil ($100 a month)
DHEA
D
Adrenal extract
Vessel care
Probiotics
Turmeric
Everything will be Metagenics and Pure Encapsulations and Douglas Laboratories and KLAIRE
And all their hormone creams come from the same place in Erie, Pa
They will inform you that you need an estrogen saliva test and when it comes back positive for a bad form of estrogen they will prescribe the Metagenics Vessel Care for $70.00, but Vessel Care contains nothing that detoxes you from a type of estrogen. Vessel Care is for blood vessels,
Eventually you will need Metagenics SPECIAL Vitamin E for $75.00
So basically they are an expensive test and supplement dealer
"TRAP HOUSE"
A Racket.
A Fraud akin to an MLM...
So what should you do?
Start an exercise program
Reduce stress
Look into marijuana
Eat healthy
Buy natural progesterone cream at the healthfood store.
Accept that you are aging....
LOVE YOURSELF
Postscript to this post
Because I am a HIGH T woman, when I starting using testosterone cream and lifting weights at the gym, I developed HUGE forearms. This persisted after stopping the cream 3 yrs ago. Only when I quit the gym did they start to shrink back to normal.
So be careful with testosterone creams.
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