I’m joined by my colleague at The UltraWellness Center, Dr. Elizabeth Boham to discuss how we evaluate when to prescribe postmenopausal hormones and treating hormonal imbalances with diet.
It’s always important to figure out the “Why” – what is causing the symptoms and how can you treat the underlying problem. While sometimes this does include hormone replacement, the important thing is to find a way to replace them that most aligns with your body.
Elizabeth Boham is a physician and nutritionist who practices functional medicine at The UltraWellness Center in Lenox, MA. Through her practice and lecturing she has helped thousands of people achieve their goals of optimum health and wellness. She witnesses the power of nutrition every day in her practice and is committed to training other physicians to utilize nutrition in healing. Dr. Boham has contributed to many articles and wrote the latest chapter on Obesity for the Rankel Textbook of Family Medicine. She is part of the faculty of the Institute for Functional Medicine and has been featured on the Dr. Oz show and in a variety of publications and media including Huffington Post, The Chalkboard Magazine, and Experience Life. Her DVD Breast Wellness: Tools to Prevent and Heal from Breast Cancer explores the functional medicine approach to keeping your breasts and whole body well.
What’s the option for someone with autoimimmune clotting issues that cannot take hormones? Is there one? Are bio-identical hormones an option at all?
Probably would be bad idea to take any type of birth control. That could make problem worse, since it’s known to cause that sometimes in women. You should still be able to use topical progesterone creme. Talk to a good wholistic integrative functional MD who can help you with your individual needs and concerns. Check out the website acam.com to find some doctors in your area based on zip code I believe. Read up on the benefits of progesterone. It’s usually very beneficial for a woman from age 25 to 60. And beyond sometimes. A very balancing and supportive hormone…
And of course taking a liver detoxification and or liver support formula can be very beneficial to make sure you are processing your hormones efficiently and getting rid of excess estrogen, the bad type, and other excess hormones…
I had to have an endometrial ablation when I was 46 because of bleeding. I asked about hormones … guy doc. Said no. I am now 58. I guess I am doomed??