Natural Anti Aging

You may have come across the terms “Biomimetic Hormones” or “using bioidentical hormones biomimetically” in your reading on the subjects of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) , menopause, perimenopause, andropause, etc., and wondered what exactly this means.  Is the word “biomimetic” related to the word bioidentical?  Most definitely these words are related.  The following will explain more clearly the term “biomimetic hormones” and “biomimetic hormone replacement therapy”.

So what are biomimetic hormones?

Biomimetic hormones are natural bioidentical hormones used as hormone replacement therapy in a manner or “protocol” created by T.S. Wiley of Wiley Systems, Inc.  This protocol is known as “The Wiley Protocol”.

The Wiley Protocol is a natural bioidentical hormone therapy which restores declining hormone levels in a manner which more closely imitates the natural rise and fall of hormones in the body of a woman during the month.  Biomimetic hormone replacement uses the bioidentical hormones progesterone and estradiol and differs from the static dosing of bioidentical hormones in that the dosing more naturally replicates the 28 day cycle of the rise and fall of hormones.  Women using this “protocol” report an increased feeling of wellbeing, an end to hot flashes, greater quality of sleep, feel more energetic, happier and less moody.

Doctors who prescribe the Wiley Protocol and compounding pharmacists who fill prescriptions for women and men have all been certified and are qualified to provide the Wiley Protocol to their patients. The difficulty in obtaining the Wiley Protocol could be finding a doctor in Canada who is qualified in this system.  Currently, it is difficult for many, many women in Canada to even find a doctor who will prescribe bioidentical hormone replacement therapy.  There are some provinces in the country which do not even have a doctor to prescribe natural bioidentical hormones in the static dosing method. Hopefully, this scenario will change soon. Millions of baby boomer women are now in peri-menopause or menopause and need to find solutions to the symptoms they are suffering.  Some women are forced to travel to the United States to get the help they need and obtain natural bioidentical hormones.

Who is T.S. Wiley?

T.S. Wiley, the creator of the Wiley Protocol is the author of two books, “Sex, Lies & Menopause” and “Lights Out:  Sleep, Sugar and survival.”  She is also a researcher and lecturer on hormones and menopause and a medical theorist in environmental endocrinology and Darwinian medicine. She devised the Wiley Protocol which mimics the rise and fall of hormones using bioidentical hormones made from plant extracts after 12 years of research.

If you are interested in finding out more about natural hormone replacement therapy using the Wiley Protocol, you can visit the website at www.thewileyprotocol.com.

You may have arrived at the point in your life that your body is having difficulty achieving hormone balance on its own by the symptoms you are experiencing. We have listed here some steps you can follow to achieving hormone balance during menopause and andropause.

One of the first things you can do is to keep track on your symptoms by way of a diary or a chart recording what symptom you are experiencing, what day and time of day you experience these symptoms and possible causes of the symptom you are experiencing.

Book an appointment with a bioidentical doctor or even just a regular doctor to have a hormone panel done. The doctor can tell by your test results what hormones you are low in. It is also possible this test could reveal that you are estrogen dominant at the time which will also cause you to experience negative symptoms affecting your quality of life.

If your hormone levels are unbalanced, set up an appointment with a doctor who specializes in anti-aging and bioidentical hormone therapy.. You check check our bioidentical doctors in Canada page or our bioidentical doctors in the U.S. depending on where you live. These doctors will be able to help you achieve hormone balance and improve your health and wellbeing.

Evaluate your lifestyle. Determine if you are eating a healthy diet and getting all the nutrients you need. If you have never eaten healthily in your entire life, now is the time to begin eating properly. If you are still smoking, you must quit now. Smoking also causes hormone imbalance. Check to see whether you are drinking too much alcohol. You should not be drinking more than a glass of wine a day. Wine is good for you, but too much can have a very negative effect on your life.

Are you exercising? Just like eating healthy meals, exercise is vital for this stage in your life. A half an hour a day, whether it be a walk, a bike ride, pilates or yoga, get moving! The benefits to you are not just a matter of weight control, but it tones up your muscles, strengthens your muscles, your bones, your heart and your lungs. Additional benefits of exercise include the production of the feel good hormones in your body such as the endorphin hormones, among others. Exercising can help fight feelings of listlessness and sadness and even depression.

Get enough sleep. If you have having problems falling asleep or staying asleep, you will find that bioidentical progesterone will help. You should talk to your doctor about this issue. If you need assistance, try a natural solution such as melatonin. Read further about the benefits of melatonin in our article. Going to bed earlier will help. Don’t drink a lot of alcohol before bed and don’t exercise too close to bed time. Minimize your intake of caffeine and colas.

The above tips will help you to achieve hormone balance and increase your health and sense of wellbeing at this stage in your life. Life is changing for you and though the adjustment can be a bit rough, you can manage this stage in your life and achieve hormone balance. This, my friends, is a new beginning for you.

You’ve probably heard about Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, (the makers of the chemical hormones Premarin and Prempro), petition in the United States to request that the FDA prohibit compounding pharmacies from making bioidentical hormones for their patients. If not, a brief summary is to follow. You should be aware that the big pharmaceuticals – because they cannot profit by patenting bioidentical mixtures – are trying to deny your access to bioidentical hormones.

The history to all this is that the pharmaceutical companies saw a great cash cow in being able to provide pregnant mares’ urine (Premarin) and Prempro (chemical hormones) to treat the menopause symptoms of women. Think of all the female customers they would have because every woman eventually reaches menopause. The dollar signs were flashing in the great pharmaceutical companies’ eyes: Ca-ching! Ca-ching!

Lo and behold though. The Women’s Health Initiative came out with a study in 2002 which illustrated that chemical hormone replacement therapy caused heart attacks, strokes, an increase in breast cancer and blood clots in the lungs. Further research has again and again supported these findings.

Women stopped taking chemical HRT (hormone replacement therapy) and profits declined for the big pharmaceutical companies. For example, Wyeth’s profits from Premarin and related products fell a full 68% between 2002 and 2004 – from $2,072,000,000 in 2002 to $880,000,000 in 2004. Ouch!

So Wyeth filed a “citizen’s complaint” to end the competition from compounding pharmacies to stop the loss of profits by eliminating the competition from the compounding pharmacies. The problem for the pharmaceutical companies is that the mixtures of the natural plant based hormones cannot be patented; therefore, it is not financially rewarding to produce bioidenticals in various strengths to suit the needs of individual women.

Additionally, the FDA profits from drug user fees paid by the pharmaceutical companies, so it is in the interests of the FDA that they eliminate the competition from the compounding pharmacies. Compounding pharmacies are regulated by the individual States and not the federal government so the FDA is also losing drug user fee profits. They are all in bed together and never forget that.

Women in the US who use bioidentical mixtures have fought back by voicing their complaints against the Wyeth action.

Likewise in Canada, something strange is happening…. The government is trying to make natural supplements available only by prescription. What gives? It’s definitely all about profit and not about the rights and health of the patient. Want to take Vitamin C? – go to your doctor and get a prescription. Puleeeeze!

I find it even stranger that women in Europe have been using bioidentical hormones for over 50 years and governments and pharmaceutical companies are trying to outlaw them here in North America. One of the greatest arguments against bioidentical hormones over here on this continent is that there hasn’t been any research. Well, how about starting the research right now because the women are rebelling and using them because they WORK!

I contacted a doctor on his website after reading one of his articles which was vehemently opposed to bioidentical hormones. His article basically said, “they don’t work”. When I wrote back to this doctor stating they did work, they fixed all my symptoms – he never answered! Well, speak to the millions and millions of women who are using them and ask them if bioidenticals work. You are going to get a positively resounding answer “they work” and “don’t you dare take them away from me!”

So women are rebelling and will fight to use bioidentical hormones because – ask any woman who uses them – they work! The story with Wyeth trying to outlaw the compounding pharmacies rights to provide their patients with natural solutions continues. Stay tuned…

Become active. Ask yourself, if so many women (and men) are using bioidentical hormones why hasn’t the government funded research by now? If bioidentical hormones have been used in Europe and (estriol) is used in China with great success – why is the government trying to make them illegal here?

Think about it… if the cure for AIDs or Diabetes was found – do you really think the pharmaceutical companies would make it publicly available – of course not! They only profit when a disease is unsolved and continues on for a very lengthy period of time – more drugs – more time EQUAL MORE PROFIT.

As I said, the women are rebelling.  More and more women are now using bioidentical hormones.