I found Dr. Mercola’s article on HRT very interesting but also very hard to understand. I guess I’ll go thru it again but the gist of what I read seemed to imply estrogen was a great healing hormone that would go crazy if used in the wrong way. I started HRT over a year ago at the advice of my doctor and I’m concerned now that I shouldn’t be doing it.
Haidut.me is Dinkov’s website. Put estrogen into the search bar and quite a few articles come up. If I get a chance to read them and comment here I will.
I found that the interview still left many unanswered questions. He appeared to be saying that adding in estrogen after menopause is not a good thing and could be a cancer contributor. Someone please correct me if I interpreted the interview wrong as I had some difficulty understanding him. But he did not discuss the types of estrogen and the estrogen pathways. When on BHRT, the doctor will require an annual hormone test and hopefully will review your estrogen pathways. Therefore you as an individual may still need support to support estrogen going down the non cancerous pathways. I would go back and look at your most recent hormone profile.
Personally, not giving advice to anyone, I discontinued my BHRT as I’ve been researching more on what I can do without a prescription. I am happy to say I now offer the DUTCH test so I will Re-test at my annual mark to see what has happened to my estrogen without the hormone replacement.
With breast cancer in my family, I always thought I needed estrogens to help balance it out and reduce my risk but I felt he was saying adding it in increases your risk. It is quite perplexing when doctors tout the benefits of BHRT. Who is right?
In the interview he seemed more focused on DHEA and progesterone as the two hormones that may need exogenous support not estrogens.
I found Dr. Mercola’s article on HRT very interesting but also very hard to understand. I guess I’ll go thru it again but the gist of what I read seemed to imply estrogen was a great healing hormone that would go crazy if used in the wrong way. I started HRT over a year ago at the advice of my doctor and I’m concerned now that I shouldn’t be doing it.
Haidut.me is Dinkov’s website. Put estrogen into the search bar and quite a few articles come up. If I get a chance to read them and comment here I will.
I found that the interview still left many unanswered questions. He appeared to be saying that adding in estrogen after menopause is not a good thing and could be a cancer contributor. Someone please correct me if I interpreted the interview wrong as I had some difficulty understanding him. But he did not discuss the types of estrogen and the estrogen pathways. When on BHRT, the doctor will require an annual hormone test and hopefully will review your estrogen pathways. Therefore you as an individual may still need support to support estrogen going down the non cancerous pathways. I would go back and look at your most recent hormone profile.
Personally, not giving advice to anyone, I discontinued my BHRT as I’ve been researching more on what I can do without a prescription. I am happy to say I now offer the DUTCH test so I will Re-test at my annual mark to see what has happened to my estrogen without the hormone replacement.
With breast cancer in my family, I always thought I needed estrogens to help balance it out and reduce my risk but I felt he was saying adding it in increases your risk. It is quite perplexing when doctors tout the benefits of BHRT. Who is right?
In the interview he seemed more focused on DHEA and progesterone as the two hormones that may need exogenous support not estrogens.