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Who Needs Hormones?OESTROGEN AND YOUR BRAINWe start with oestrogen. Multiple recent studies show that oestrogen enhances a woman's sexual and emotional arousal by sensitizing her vision, hearing, smell, taste and touch. Now we are discovering that oestrogen's influence extends even to your most secret thought. OESTROGEN REPLACEMENT MAINTAINS BRAINSIf I'm right that oestrogen maintains your ability to think, then oestrogen replacement therapy should not only help maintain female sexual potency, but should also help protect female brains. NUTRIENT BRAIN BOOSTERSIf your oestrogen supply has already been interfered with by the medicine men, or if tests show it is declining, or you are already past menopause, acetyl-l-carnitine is a potent nutritional strategy to preserve both brain and sexuality. This nutrient amino acid is used by your brain every day to help maintain acetylcholine metabolism. In amounts of 1000-2000 mg per day, acetyl-l-carnitine is non-toxic. This level is probably more than sufficient to prevent acetylcholine decline. The second nutrient brain booster is ginkgo biloba. Since the '70s controlled research has consistently confirmed, that the active substances extracted form this herb improve brain function, by dilating arteries and increasing the supply of oxygen-rich and nutrient-rich blood to the brain. HORMONE BRAIN BOOSTERSThe second strategy for you to maintain both hormonal potency and cognition, depends on whether you have menstrual cycles. If you are producing your own oestrogen, then don't allow any medicine man to mess with it. And don't use the contraceptive pill. A woman's immunity varies directly with her oestrogen. The higher her oestrogen levels the stronger her immune response. Prior to ovulation every month, oestrogen rises to strengthen immunity, increasing her store of lymphocytes so she can resist bacteria and viruses. The high level of oestrogen also affects her brain, revving both acetylcholine and dopamine systems to the point of overactivity in many women. This excess causes the classic symptoms of anxiety, irritability and hypersensitivity of the senses, which constitute the cognitive component of the pre-menstrual-syndrome. The high oestrogen before ovulation primes the immune system for essential house-cleaning of the uterus and reproductive tract, to protect the descending egg from stray viruses and bacteria, and to clean the womb of debris in preparation for fertilization and implantation. But at ovulation, oestrogen levels drop sharply. Progesterone also increase to further depress immunity. Otherwise the immune system would kill incoming sperm. Even if one sperm did survive, and oestrogen-spiked immune system would kill and expel the fertilized egg as a foreign body. To prevent the immune system killing the fetus, oestrogen levels remain suppressed, and progesterone levels remain high, throughout pregnancy. Then, at birth, oestrogen levels rebound and progesterone drops dramatically in most women. Immunity rises to its highest level. This miracle of design occurs, so that the mother can resist infection at a critical time of nurture, and can also pass strong immune factors to the immune-weak newborn through her milk. Fill out the form below and subscribe to a FREE NEWSLETTER on how nutritional supplements can help overcome any symptoms of pre-menstrual-syndrome.
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