Authors: John R. Lee, Virginia Hopkins
Women considering hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for menopause symptoms and health benefits should read this controversial, provocative book first. "Advertising and research dollars are spent trying to convince women that estrogen will cure everything from heart disease to Alzheimer's, " writes John R. Lee, M.D., "but there is scant evidence for any of these
claims and reams of evidence that synthetic estrogens are highly toxic and carcinogenic." Lee has studied the research and concludes that estrogen is not the magic bullet for protection against heart disease and osteoporosis, nor does it retard aging. Natural progesterone, instead, puts
postmenopausal women's hormones in balance, says
Thank you, Dr. Lee for your book! I was on a calculated plan of natural progesterone for approximately 8 months which corrected many of the issues brought on by synthetic progestogens. Contrary to
As a professional health specialist I have read extensively about
natural progesterone cream and hormones since my diagnosis of breast cancer in 2001 and have been using it since that time instead of