Listen "Why Hormones Aren’t Enough: Dr. Paschal’s Holistic Roadmap through Perimenopause and Menopause that Every Woman Deserves"
Episode Synopsis
Thank you so much for spending your time with us. I am so grateful to be part of this growing community with you. A big thank you to Dr. Paschal for sharing her knowledge, experience and wisdom with us. Here are some nuggets I am taking away from our conversation. To Dr. Paschal, HRT is simply giving back the body the hormones (most often we speak of estrogen) that stop being produced with menopause. Dr. Paschal’s thirst for knowledge was a critical catalyst throughout her career. It compelled her to keep training, get more certifications and developing her professional experience. She saw that some women were still feeling badly, even while taking the hormones, she wanted to see just why the hormones themselves weren’t enough. She focused on the importance of taking a holistic approach to the perimenopause and menopausal journey. She saw that not only were women not getting the optimum dose of hormones they required, but they were also not being counselled in a holistic manner.Dr. Paschal is not just talking to individual women, she is training and sharing her knowledge and experience with service providers. The optimal window for people to start taking HRT is within 10 years of starting menopause. The medical community says that during those 10 years without estrogen therapy, your blood vessels have slightly changed, the elasticity has changed. And then when you add back in estrogen therapy after 10 years without it, especially after 20 years without, it can cause an increase, a slight increased risk of cardiovascular events. So potentially a heart attack.Taking hormones can also help improve cognitive decline – so helps decrease the risk of Alzheimer’s and dementia. Conducting a risk vs benefit analysis is an important exercise for women trying to decide what path they want to travel during menopause. The bottom line is that a decline in estrogen increases women’s risk of cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, cognitive decline and certain cancers. The risk of breast cancer drastically increases after menopause.Dr. Paschal believes that women who are 18 need to understand their menstrual cycle. They need tounderstand how...
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