Angel Eyed Estrogen - As it can protect a woman's heart from any kind of an attack or disease it can also give her more lean shape around the waist, keep her metabolic rate high, along with androgens keeps her sexual arousal going, and her appetite for food and sex steady. It helps in skin care, prevents the bones to lose calcium into the blood stream. It does however increase fat stores but not allow obesity. It also helps in protein synthesis and especially those that are binding proteins helpful to connect or prohibit excess of hormones or enzymes or cellular agents.It is also responsible to increase your immunity to diseases, increase coagulation agents and decrease antithrombin agent. Estrogen protects your heart in a way that it maintains vascular tissue and increases HDL cholesterol (good) and helps keep under control the LDL cholesterol (bad) and thus you never see a woman suffering from heart problems except for a heartbreaks until menopause hits. Estrogen also helps the female body balance fluid retention and electrolytes thereby you see swollen ankles and hands when there is slight change in the estrogen levels even in younger females. It maintains gastric health by reducing motility and allowing the food to be absorbed well and increasing the cholesterol in bile, the enzyme that breaks down fat in the food we consume.
The most important effect of estrogen is the one that prevents all hell to break loose in the brain and thereby outside. Estrogen is the key factor in the brain function of a woman. It is part of the brain’s signaling system. Studies have shown that estrogen helps direct blood to parts of the brain that are more active. The idea that female hormones are needed for the brain to work well is backed up by reports that some have more memory problems after menopause. Apart from all these it also helps in lung function support its units.
Demons of estrogen dwindling in Menopause - If estrogen is responsible for more than half the female's body function the fact that it is taken away after 45 - 50 years just because reproductive mechanism stops as the ovary stops ovulating. But so much for not ovulating the world around each menopausal woman suffers this estrogen withdrawal and how. Firstly the thermostat of the body is shaky and there are gushes of heat inside that makes the woman feel irritated. Add to that is the misery that tops all miseries the brain gets anxious, obsessive, compulsive and is troubled with fears, doubts, non existent crisis which leads to bouts of depression and agitation. These of course are mildly termed as mood swings but the real life terrors are something we all go through once our mothers or wives or sisters or girlfriends are even near this phase of life. Withdrawals to estrogen was also seen as OCD in some research studies which may exhaust them into mild to severe depression or unprovoked arguments and agitations with loved ones. Aromatase deficiency is ultimately suspected which is involved in the synthesis of estrogen in humans and has therapeutic implications in humans having obsessive-compulsive disorder. Beyond the mental illness women suffer heart disease post 55 years, they lose great amount of bone calcium resulting in osteoporosis and multiple bone fractures of hip, spine and legs. This is very debilitating physically than the mental health. The withdrawal also leads to fat deposition around abdomen and further loss of strength and zest due to slowing down of metabolism. Lethargy is very common in menopausal women and so is water retention and sodium imbalance, vaginal dryness and irritation. Sexual drive is lost and so is uterine muscular tissue.
What can be done to reduce this mess in life ? Firstly all females from the age of 20 should be a great fan of resistance training as it is the only way they can achieve happiness hormonally by endorphin and balance in other hormones plus weight maintainance. Secondly in their 30's females should consume a hormonal balance formula which contains wild oats, netties, ginseng, saw palmetto but from a authorized store only under prescription. These formulas are made up of herbs and have shown great impact in men and women to balance hormones in 30's to lead a normal and healthy life. When menopause is nearing around mid 40's I urge all females to get your estrogen levels checked and get either estrogen replacement therapy or medication for same to replace it. Unless you intend to wreck a havoc in your personal life for no apparent reason or inflame an already sensitive situation which does cause a lot of irrevocable hurt in your loved one's life please get yourself diet and exercise therapy and medical help.
A woman is best known for her smile and her sensibilities why challenge that theory and make a mess of your 10 years in life when you can control it. Make life as easy as it should be to be happy because you deserve it. For menopause & osteoporosis management you can take a free trial consultation by registering your appointment.
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2 comments:
This was an excellent post, Neha! It is a big eye opener for women of all ages (: thanks for posting it.
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