Synthetic hormone replacement therapy doubles your risk of breast cancer
Added 24.02.2009
In the last few years scientific studies are proving time and again that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can have have a negative impact on your health. Now, researchers are concluding that HRT can double the risk of breast cancer in menopausal women.
What is HRT?
As a woman enters menopause, her ovaries gradually decrease their production of hormones (estrogen and progesterone). This reduction in hormone production gives rise to the typical symptoms of menopause that include hot flushes, mood swings and lowered libido. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) consists of a group of pharmaceutical treatments intended to synthetically enhance hormone levels and thus counteract menopause symptoms. HRT normally involves the administration of estrogen alone or combined therapy with progestin, a chemical version of progesterone.Breast cancer risk doubled with HRT
The latest study from Georgetown University's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center has found that women who take HRT pharmaceutical drugs for three or more years are twice as likely to develop breast cancer. The good news is that when HRT is stopped, the risk of breast cancer can fall back to normal levels within five years. Dr. Claudine Isaacs, a study researcher says, "It's an excellent message for women: you can still diminish risk (by quitting), even if you've been on hormones for a long time. It's not like smoking where you have to wait 10 or 15 years for the risk to come down."A decline in HRT use has resulted in less breast cancer cases
The link between HRT drugs and breast cancer is made more evident by the fact that new breast cancer cases have dropped significantly in the past years since many women have stopped or refrained from starting HRT. In the UK alone, there are one million less users of HRT since 2003; in the U.S.A. HRT use has dropped 70 percent.A growing number of women are seeking natural alternatives to HRT
More and more women are resorting to natural methods of dealing with menopause symptoms. Phyto-estrogens are revolutionary plant-based substances that have estrogen-like effects, are just as effective as HRT and are completely side effect-free. The most researched and used phyto-estrogens today are isoflavones.Phyto-estrogens provide so many health benefits; not only can they prevent cancer but also strengthen bones, slow down the aging process and have heart-supporting properties.
References:
Chiarelli, A.M. & all. "Influence of patterns of hormone replacement therapy use and mammographic density on breast cancer detection. Cancer Epidemial Prev. October 1, 2006. 15(10): 1856-1862.
Dr. Bo Nielsen's comments:
These new studies show that taking synthetic hormone replacement therapy (HRT) over a long period of time doubles your risk of developing breast cancer. These are rather scary results, but there is another way of reducing menopause symptoms without the risk of developing cancer. The combination of specific 100% natural herbs can reduce your symptoms as effectively as synthetic hormones and they are proven not to cause cancer. If I were a woman I would not hesitate to choose natural ingredients instead of synthetic hormones. Remember though that the right ingredients need to be in an effective dose and in a biochemical form the body can use to achieve these effects.
Ask a qualified medical profession or call Doctor's Natural experts to find out exactly what you should take for the best effect.
