What Is Natural Estrogen?
Women going through menopause, the period of life when the menstrual cycle ends, produce the reproductive hormone estrogen at much lower levels than during their fertile period. Because the decline in estrogen and other reproductive hormones causes changes in the body, some women choose to take estrogen supplements to alleviate the symptoms associated with menopause. Unfortunately, traditional estrogen supplements are synthetic, processed in a laboratory from substances foreign to the human body, and are associated with a number of dangerous side effects, notably breast cancer. Natural estrogen replacement therapy is a newer option that many women and physicians consider to be safer and gentler on the body. It is important to note that menopause is a natural stage of life, not an illness, and not every woman requires hormone replacement therapy during menopause.
