re: Delaying menopause now possible, but at what cost?

Healthy.Fit — 8/13/2019 12:07:49 PM

I wonder who wrote this article since it includes at least one absolute fiction that any gynecologist would recognize immediately: "If you have your ovaries OR UTERUS removed, you'll skip the "peri" part and advance straight to full-blown menopause." NOT TRUE for the uterus alone. It is common for surgeons to leave healthy ovaries intact when doing a hysterectomy (especially in women in their 30's and 40's) for the exact reason that the ovaries will continue to operate and produce their hormones. Women whose uterus is removed, BUT ovaries retained, transition through menopause in a normal and time frame appropriate fashion.

The article also seems to conflate peri-menopause and menopause itself. First of all, as a woman you never want to reduce your own natural estrogen. When you leave those estrogen receptors empty, what do you think rushes in- toxic Xenoestrogens from plastics, pesticides, chemicals, and water systems. (It's the same principle operating in your thyroid with iodine versus toxic bromide, which Dr. Mercola has discussed elsewhere.) Running out a woman's estrogen in peri-menopause when she may be making enough to handle a little less is one thing-doing it in menopause when she is already deficient hurts skin, hair, joints, bones, digestion and cognitive function. You do not want to "lower estrogen levels" in women at menopause. The idea is to raise beneficial hormones later in life, not to lower them. Just look at some of the side effects of aromatase inhibitors (estrogen lowering drugs:) bone loss (osteoporosis and bone fracture), joint and muscle pain, hot flashes and night sweats, and sexual effects. It's frustrating to see the lack of knowledge and careful analysis in this article.