Hormonal Balance with Essential Oils

Essential Oils and Hormonal Balance

When discussing hormones, it is critical to remember that each individual is unique.  There is no "one-size-fits-all" approach. When looking at lab results, be cautious of the result of    "normal".  The real issue is, "How do you feel?"

Menopause mindset?

Contrary to the medical mindset, menopause is not a hormone deficiency disease.

The current problems associated with hormone havoc ad menopause are the result of industrialization and the chemicals (xeno-estrogens) in our environment, as well as an unhealthy lifestyle, including changes in our diet associated with modern life.

Most of the symptoms associated with the result of estrogen dominance.  This imbalance of estrogen to progesterone can cause problems like:

• decreased sex drive
• irregular or abnormal periods
• mood swings or depression
• weight gain (since estrogen turns energy into fat)
• osteoporosis (because progesterone is needed for osteoclast formation)

Common phenomena today, and the result of xeno-estrogens in our environment. There are cases of women as young as their mid-30s entering menopause.  Internally, this is a primary toxicity-induced issue.  This same toxicity is progressing young girls   into womanhood as young of the age of 8.

Xeno-estrogens are synthetic estrogens or estrogen-like compounds

Caution to: Dairy products, chickens and meats, soy-based products and personal care products.  They leach from plastics we store our foods in, the Teflon we cook in and even the cans processed foods come in.  They are also plentiful in the chemicals we put on our lawns, those used in farming, which have contaminated our air, water and soil.

Avoiding these xeno-estrogens to balance hormones:

* Reduce stress

* Reduce chemical-laden personal care products

* Reduce toxicity from synthetic estrogens

* Increase progesterone levels

* Treat symptoms

* Lymphatic massage

Reduce Toxicity

There are two vital phases of this detoxification:

* Phase 1: Fat-soluble toxins are converted to water-soluble substances.  If this is process is not adequately accomplished, it leads to free radical production in the body.

* Phase 2: Conjugation is the combining of water-soluble substances with another compound to be released through the kidneys (as with chelation).  This must be accomplished quickly, and requires adequate fuel: antioxidants, vitamins and minerals.

Cleansing and Hormonal Support Nutritional Supplements

For a correct approach and program to detoxification, Medical Foods by Metagenics will give the body what it needs in a balanced source of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants that will allow the body to ease through these two phases.

Break it down! Proper supplementation can be an enormous help.  For this, Meta I 3 C is a naturally occurring compound found in cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, brussel sprouts, and cabbage. Through its ability to promote the breakdown of estrogen to its beneficial, protective metabolite—2-hydroxyestrone—indole-3-carbinol may be safe and effective way to help achieve beneficial balance in estrogen metabolism.

Indole-3 Carbinol

(I3C) over Diindolylmethane (DIM)?

Both I3C and DIM do the exact same thing, converting estrogen into beneficial metabolites, with clinical evidence to support them. DIM, however, is poorly absorbed, making it necessary to use special forms available on the market that enhance its bioavailability.

Assistance with Protandim Raises Glutathione 300% which  is most powerful and a very simple molecule that is produced naturally all the time in your body.  It is a combination of three simple building blocks of protein

Normally glutathione is recycled in the body -- except when the toxic load becomes too great.  And that explains why we are in such trouble.

Glutathione is also the most critical and integral part of your detoxification system. All the toxins stick onto glutathione, which then carries them into the bile and the stool -- and out of your body.

Essential oils that help with detoxification:

Limonene is a compound found in particularly high levels in citrus oils; and limonene increases glutathione levels in the body, making citrus oils great detoxifiers, especially for petrochemicals (which are loaded with xeno-estrogens).

It has also been found that the aroma of citrus oils will balance hormones.  Their fragrance has a direct effect on the endocrine system, especially the hypothalamus (which has a role in governing hormone balance).

- EVB PURIFYING BLEND -

Therapeutic Benefits: A great detoxifying blend.

• Balances emotional and physical excesses such as resentment, jealousy, overeating, and alcohol and drug addictions.
• Cleanses the blood, lymph, and emotions of toxins.

Ingredients: Juniper, Grapefruit, Angelica Root, Lemongrass, Lemon, Rosemary, Cypress, and Fennel in a Jojoba oil base.

Essentials Oils to promote Progesterone

Thyme, as well as oregano oil will also support progesterone production.

Directions:   place 1-2 drops of the oil on the bottom of the feet.  Do not over-use oregano. Use 10 days, and then give your system a rest.

Managing Menopause Symptoms:

For hot flashes, peppermint oil can be massaged into the bottom of the feet or the back of the neck.  You can also mix it with water and spritz with it.

Other oils to consider are geranium, citrus oils, like wild orange, grapefruit and lemon, as well as clary sage.

Recipe:

Hot Flashes

Avoid coffee and alcohol

11 drops Geranium

7 drops Lemon

To Warm Bath Water

To 1oz Jojoba Oil to massage onto body

Night Sweats

Add 10 drops Grapefruit

10 drops Geranium

For fatigue, apply peppermint oil over the liver and adrenals

To improve libido, try ylang ylang, ginger, peppermint, clary sage.

Essential Oils associated with Menopause:

Geranium Rose

Chamomile   Grapefruit Rosewood    Orange

Clary Sage      Thyme       Lavender

Fennel         Peppermint

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Glutathione, a Key Antioxidant and Anti-aging Factor

Did You Know?    Your Cells Can Produce Super Anti-Oxidant Enzymes

According to Dr Joe McCord, who has been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Medicine four times, our cells have the ability to produce super anti-oxidant enzymes that can each eliminate up to "one million free radicals per second, every second, 24 hours a day", without being depleted!  This makes all other plant based anti-oxidant products pale in comparison - because one molecule of a plant derived anti-oxidant only eliminates one free radical molecule and they are both eliminated in the process.

Everything that eats has to go to the bathroom, including our body cells, and every cell that lives on oxygen has the byproduct of free radicals.  Our cells have a gene that can be "switched on" again so they can produce the same levels of super anti-oxidant enzymes as a healthy 20 year old, which is the same levels as found at birth!

The single most important factor in this understanding and slowing down of aging, is in the area of free radicals. Free radicals are reactive molecules found in the body.  They are produced by cells every time food is metabolized, by the immune system to fight infection, and by various types of toxins that one can be exposed to in day to day life.  Free radicals are unstable and their goal is to become stable by acquiring an electron. This results in a deleterious chain reaction. As one free radical becomes stable, another free radical is formed. This can be a real problem and eventually lead to accelerated aging and disease when the electrons grabbed, to stabilize free radicals come from cell membranes, mitochondria, DNA, and so on...

Substances called antioxidants, neutralize free radicals by donating their own electrons. Antioxidants normally come from our diet, but if our diet does not provide the body with specific vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients we will have difficulty quenching free radicals and we will experience oxidative stress. In other words, free radicals start outnumbering the antioxidants and start doing damage to the body.

Just as oxidation causes an apple to turn brown when exposed to air and metal to rust, oxidation causes the body to age. And poor dietary choices aren't the only contributing factors of oxidative stress. The following is a list of factors that impact levels of free radicals and the ability to deactivate their destructiveness:

* pollution,

* drugs,

* radiation,

* stress,

* trauma,

* injury,

* burns,

* and infection by viruses and bacteria.

There are many antioxidants such as vitamins A, C, and E, minerals like selenium and zinc, but the most powerful antioxidant of all is glutathione. An endogenous or intracellular antioxidant, it is found in every cell of the body. Other antioxidants are exogenous, meaning they come from outside sources, ie the food we eat. Glutathione, however, is manufactured within the cell using specific building blocks or precursors from food. The reason the glutathion is the key cellular antioxidant is that when other antioxidants become imbalanced after the loss of one of their electrons, glutathione neutralizes the danger and recharges the antioxidants by donating an electron. These spent antioxidants can once again go about their job protecting the body.

Results of a new peer-reviewed study published online in the journal Free Radical Biology and Medicine clearly demonstrates that the synergistic impact of the active ingredients used in the formulation of Protandim(R) dramatically increases the body's production of glutathione, a key antioxidant and anti-aging factor, as well as increases important antioxidant enzymes

Dr. Joe McCord, a co-author of the study, commented, "The results of this study may change how we view aging and the factors that impact healthy aging. Notably, glutathione, which is of particular interest to many disease researchers, was increased more than 300 percent with Protandim. Glutathione plays a key role in the immune system and when glutathione levels drop, a person's ability to fight disease also decreases. In addition to the findings on glutathione, the study also shows that Protandim delivers an antioxidant benefit to the body that exceeds those provided by vitamins E and C."

McCord added, "Contrary to popular belief, our bodies don't actually rely upon the intake of vitamins, such as C and E, to maintain proper antioxidant balance; rather we utilize a complex network of antioxidant enzymes to maintain health and protect against oxidative stress. Oxidative stress is damaging to our bodies in that it is a major contributor to aging, weakened immune function, and over 200 diseases. In fact, the use of direct antioxidants, such as vitamins C and E, as an effective way to reduce oxidative stress has been largely discredited in the past few years. Under some circumstances, vitamins such as C and E can actually promote oxidative stress rather than relieve it. Protandim(R) reduces oxidative stress by enhancing the body's entire network of antioxidant enzymes."

The study was conducted by scientists at the University of Colorado Denver and Ochsner Medical Center and illustrates that all five of Protandim's active ingredients contribute synergistically to the composition's activity, allowing it to work at low, pharmacologically attainable doses of each. Even low doses of Protandim were shown to induce human cells to increase their production of many antioxidant enzymes, and other anti-aging factors.

Learn more here about Glutathione and Protandim!