Hormone Harmony for breast cancer survivors

Hormone Harmony for breast cancer survivors

Goal: Balance your hormones

It seems as if every day, we hear more bad news about estrogen. Both medical
journals and the popular press warn us about its dangers. In fact, after derogatory
news about pharmaceutical hormone replacement emerged from the Women’s
Health Initiative in 2002, both the study and millions of women’s prescriptions were
abruptly halted (NIH 2002). Moving farther into the second decade of the century,
the subject of hormone replacement remains a source of intense controversy.

As we dig deeper, we find a more nuanced story: it is not estrogen itself that is
the problem; it’s the type of estrogen to which we’re exposed, how it is metabolized
by the body, and how it dances with progesterone and other hormones that matters
(Kabat et al. 2006). In this chapter we’ll look closely at the facts, not the hyperbole,
to help you sort through the evolving story surrounding this contentious hormone.