>>Sharon said: >>You know, a friend gave me Dr. Lee's book year ago, and maybe I >>should >>read it! But I know he is anti-estrogen, and in the meantime >>I have >>doctors who say you should start replacing estrogen at the >>first hot >>flash to stave off heart disease and the ravages of aging! >Rachel said: >It's total BS!!! They're selling you a pile of hot steaming corn >grits---and making money from it. Your body can produce the estrogen >it >needs from body fat or cholesterol. Women have lived for eons >without >hormone replacement therapy. They are playing MOTHER NATURE >or GOD with >no right! HRT is dangerous. HRT is ~potentially~ dangerous. When implemented correctly, a good HRT therapy program promotes longevity, boosts immune function, increases libido, reduces depression, and improves emotional well being. When HRT is done wrong, for example, prescribing premarine (a synthetic, foreign estrogen), there are many side effects and long term health risks. Older women who desire a hormonal boost respond well to a progesterones such as nandrolone decanoate (brand name: Deca Durabolin). At a typical dosage of 50mg injected intramuscularly every 5th or 6th day women experience increased lean body mass, fat loss, increase in appetite, improved immune function, increased libido, and all sorts of things. The reason HRT is dangerous is b/c mainstream medicine is currently doing it wrong. The same goes for thyroid replacment therapy. I posted my views on thyroid replacement earlier. I explained where thyroid replacment can be done to damage health (an incorrect Synthroid dose for example), and I explained where it can be used to improve health (a correct Armour dose for example). Once women become menopausal, they almost always (although there are a few exceptions which I don't have time to get into right now) respond better to a form of progesterone than estrogen (especially if it's a synthetic estrogen). Not only do they respond better physically, but they feel much better emotionally. My advice to women considering hormone replacement therapy is this: don't believe myself or Rachel. Try both methods for yourself. First try not using any form of HRT. Then try using a little nandrolone. Make sure your doctor is knowledgable with HRT and can watch for potential sides and manipulate your dosaging schedule accordingly. And you'll also want to make sure he does the bloodwork correctly. But more important than the bloodwork is the communication between patient and doctor of find an optimum dosage. How the patient feels is far more important than anything on a blood test, IMO. HRT has many benefits, but only when done correctly. For wasting diseases such as Aids it is a god send. For menopausal women and andropausal men it is also a god send. Justin Hasselman