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Sugar Shock: The Path to Disease and More

August 31, 2010 – 9:48 am
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

The Huffington Post
Connie Bennett
Connie Bennett is author of SUGAR SHOCK! and BEYOND SUGAR SHOCK (upcoming/Hay House).
Posted: August 31, 2010 12:17 PM

Whenever journalists, radio hosts or TV reporters interview me, they ask me what I mean by the phrase “Sugar Shock.”

I’ve given this considerable thought, because I spent years researching and writing my book “Sugar Shock!.”

Here’s how I define Sugar Shock:
SUGAR SHOCK™ is a mood-damaging, personality-bending, health-destroying, confusion-creating constellation of symptoms affecting millions of people worldwide, who often turn to processed sweets and much-like-sugar carbs, which send their blood sugar levels wildly soaring and plummeting. These people are suffering from what they may call sugar addiction or carbohydrate addiction.

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Symptoms of Low Progesterone

August 11, 2010 – 7:12 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

Ezine Articles

August 2010

By Kum Martin

Progesterone is an important female hormone and plays a vital role during pregnancy. This hormone is produced by the ovaries and facilitates the changes that occur in the uterus during the menstrual period. It is the responsibility of progesterone to prepare the uterus for implantation after the egg is fertilized. It also maintains the uterus after the implantation process. However, sometimes, the levels of this hormone can become low causing a whole lot of physical problems.

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By Leslie Carol Botha | Also posted in Depression, Hormone Cycles, Hormones, Memory Loss, Menstrual Cycle, Menstruation, PMS, Pregnancy, Premenstrual Syndrome, Progesterone, Sexual Health, Women's Health | Comments (0)

FDA Rejects Another Weight Loss Drug

July 22, 2010 – 3:41 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

Trading Markets

Jul 22, 2010 (PRWeb.com via COMTEX) —

“The problem is that as most people age, they experience sleep disturbances,” continued Randolph. “Frequently an underlying age-related imbalance between the sex hormones estrogen and progesterone is the culprit causing persons to wake up several times a night or experience ongoing insomnia.

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By Leslie Carol Botha | Also posted in Aging, Bioidentical Hormones, Estrogen, Hormones, Men, Menopause, Mothers & Daughters, Natural Cycles, Progesterone, Weight, Women's Health | Comments (0)

What Every Woman Needs to Know About Hormone Replacement Therapy

July 19, 2010 – 8:47 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

Philadelphia Magazine’s
Be Well Philly

Daniel A. Monti, director of the Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, answers five confusing questions

July 19, 2010

If you conduct an internet search for Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), you’ll see reams of information that is supposedly intended to help women determine if HRT is “right” for them.

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By Leslie Carol Botha | Also posted in HRT, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Hot Flashes, Menopause, Peri-Menopause | Comments (0)

Hot Flash- Progesterone is an Effective Alternative to Estrogen

July 19, 2010 – 7:43 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

Society for Menstrual Cycle Research

re:Cycling

July 19th, 2010

Guest post by Jerilynn Prior, Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research

It’s been two weeks since Chris Hitchcock and I returned from San Diego’s recent Endocrine Society meetings. We are feeling incredibly happy with the success of our protracted, intense commitments to a controlled trial of oral micronized progesterone (marketed in the USA and Canada as Prometrium®) for night sweats and hot flushes/flashes. At the Endocrine Society we presented the first-ever trial showing that the molecularly identical progesterone by mouth is effective treatment for vasomotor symptoms (VMS = hot flushes/flashes and night sweats)(1). We were also invited to present our data at an Endocrine Society-sponsored press conference.

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By Leslie Carol Botha | Also posted in Estrogen, Hormone Cycles, Hormone Imbalance, Hormones, Hot Flashes, Menopause, Natural Progesterone, Peri-Menopause, Society for Menstrual Cycle Research | Comments (0)

Men get menopause too, suffer from hot flashes, low libido, fatigue and more: study

July 12, 2010 – 11:28 am
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

NY DailyNews.com

BY Rosemary Black
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Wednesday, July 7th 2010, 1:31 PM

If you ever think that guys have it easier, here’s some news that may comfort you: Guys may get hot flashes, too.

Some men experience a decrease in hormones when they hit middle age, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine that was reported in the Daily Mail. And reduced levels of testosterone can cause everything from lowered libido to fatigue, just like menopause does.

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By Leslie Carol Botha | Also posted in Depression, Hormone Imbalance, Hormones, Hot Flashes, Men, Menopause, Sexual Health, Testosterone | Comments (0)

Hot flashes in postmenopausal women may be eased by Progesterone

July 11, 2010 – 3:43 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

Top News

June 27, 2010

Canadian researchers have said that Oral, micronized progesterone may help ease hot flashes in postmenopausal women.

Progesterone, manufactured from a steroid found in yams, provided significant improvement in symptoms in postmenopausal women experiencing hot flashes or night sweats severe enough to disturb sleep. The only other effective treatment has been estrogen, researchers at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver have said.

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By Leslie Carol Botha | Also posted in Estrogen, Hormone Cycles, Hormone Imbalance, Hormones, Hot Flashes, Menopause, Natural Progesterone, Post Menopausal Women | Comments (0)

Menopause can be managed

June 22, 2010 – 3:21 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

Hormone changes can make change of life challenging

Las Vegas Review-Journal

June 22, 2010
By SHARON CHAYRA

So well-known are the changes surrounding menopause that there is even a hit Strip show called “Menopause the Musical.” It does quite well, not surprisingly, with both women and men. As the lead characters sing and dance about everything from incontinence to insomnia. And the “Sex in the City” franchise highlights the struggle of its most libidinous character, Samantha, as she contends with hot flashes and moodiness during the change of life.

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By Leslie Carol Botha | Also posted in Estrogen, Hormone Cycles, Hormone Imbalance, Hormones, Hot Flashes, Menopause, Progesterone | Comments (0)

British women ’suffer symptoms of menopause more than those in other countries’

June 14, 2010 – 7:02 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

Telegraph.co.uk
June 8, 2010

British women suffer the effects of the menopause more severely than those in other countries around the world due to stress, a new study suggests.

By Kate Devlin, Medical Correspondent
Published: 7:30AM BST 08 Jun 2010

They were more likely to say they experienced a range of symptoms than those in America, Canada, China and Japan.

The researchers behind the findings say that stress could be one of the key factors exacerbating the condition in British women.

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By Leslie Carol Botha | Also posted in Hormone Cycles, Hormone Imbalance, Hot Flashes, Menopause, Menstruation, Women's Health | Comments (0)

Menopause Survival Guide: 7 TIPS to Keep Your Sanity Intact

May 4, 2010 – 4:50 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

The Huffington Post

Debbie Robins
Author, “Shovel It!”
Posted: May 4, 2010 04:02 PM

I am, unfortunately, a woman who went into menopause early (hello hysterectomy). Although I believe that everything happens in life for our advancement/learning, I’d really like to give the Almighty a piece of my mind for the challenges of the big “M.”

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By Leslie Carol Botha | Also posted in Bioidentical Hormones, Estrogen, Hormone Cycles, Hormone Imbalance, Hormones, Hot Flashes, Menopause, Peri-Menopause, Progesterone | Comments (0)
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