For decades, we’ve been told menopause is just part of life—grin, bear it, and maybe take an antidepressant. Turns out, that’s complete garbage. Let’s talk about how bad press, horse hormones, and fearmongering left millions of women needlessly suffering.
Recently, I read a book that not only confirmed what I’ve always thought about post- menopausal states but also helped me understand why “the change” doesn’t have to be the end of life as we [females] know it. The author not only provides personal testimony but further delves into debunking the long-quoted gospel about hormones and cancer.
If you’re not familiar with what I’m referring to, there was a study called the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) that not only stopped early due to an uptick in invasive breast cancer but then one of the leading medical journals, the Journal of the American Medical Association, published a press release adding that the WHI was stopped due to an increased risk of coronary heart disease, stroke, and pulmonary embolisms.
Stop it all. Stop all the hormones. If an 8.5-year planned study with thousands of “healthy” menopausal women are dropping dead, then hormones are harmful, and we mustn’t ever consider them again.
That was in 2002. That is the gospel—the word.
For decades, we told kids to stay in school, don’t talk to strangers, and don’t do drugs.
For many years, we told menopausal women: Don’t do hormones, don’t talk about menopause, and exercise more. Have an antidepressant.
The Real Story Behind the WHI Study
What some providers don’t explain, differentiate, expand upon, or maybe even understand… The infamous WHI study? Participants received:
Conjugated equine estrogens (Premarin, 0.625 mg/day)
Medroxyprogesterone acetate (Progestin, 2.5 mg/day)
All in one tablet (n = 8,506), compared to placebo (n = 8,102)
These were your grandmother’s hormones. Manufactured with good intent, sure. But I assure you—your body doesn’t naturally produce horse estrogen or synthetic progestins.
And yet, without this crucial differentiation, bio-identical hormones—like progesterone, estradiol, testosterone, liothyronine, and levothyroxine—got unfairly lumped in as the domino that starts the contagion.
The Solution: Bio-Identical Hormones
Your health deserves better. Menopause? She can be tamed. We can return what she’s missing in a bio-identical formula and regain her lost libido, tolerance, patience, and temperature regulation.
-Sarah
