Bio Identical Hormones

There is a lot of controversy about bio-identical hormones and what it means to take them.
Today I will just provide you with a brief definition of what they are. Your body is always making hormones in the various glands such as the thyroid, adrenals, and ovaries or testes. The adrenal glands alone make over 20 different hormones.
In certain situations when your body isn't making enough hormones its a good idea to replace them. Most commonly, we think of menopause as one of those times, but there are other medical conditions that will do better with hormone replacement as well.
Bio Identical hormones are hormones made in a lab with an identical chemical structure to the ones in your body. For example, estradiol is a bio-identical hormone, but Premarin is not. Premarin is natural in that is comes from horse urine, but isn't biologically the same as your own natural estrogen.
The idea is that when you use bio-identical hormones, your system doesn't have to work hard to use them, and is less likely to have a negative reaction.
On my next post, I'll give you more details about how and why to use them.