On Thu, 31 Aug 2000 06:34:04 -0700 Sharon <[log in to unmask]>
writes:

> A comment and a question.  First, didn't the original writer say she
> was only 37?  I'm now 46 and still haven't
> experienced menopausal symptoms, so to blame problems at age 37 on
> menopause seems to be pushing it a bit.  Breast tenderness could be
> caused by many things.

Ardeith writes:
Yep.....many things........and the original writer realized she's
been using many herbs that are supposed to affect the
breast........says she's going to stop with the herbs and
see if that makes any changes..........but as for what age
menopause starts..........that can depend on so many
things..........genetic ancestry being one of them, as
well as general health........

Sharon wrote:
> But I do have a question about the estrogen in proportion to body
> fat
> ... which proportion is that?  If you have more body fat is more of
> the
> androgen converted to estrogen or less?

Ardeith writes:
My understanding is that more body fat means more
androgen can be converted to estrogen.........I seriously
recommend Christine Northrup's book to every woman
from the age of 30 on...........as someone else wrote,
some women enter full-blown menopause as early as
34 or 35......others have been known to hit 50 or more
before "enjoying" the experience..........

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