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On Tuesday October 23 rd the Wall Street Journal featured a front page news clip stating:
Women who gain a lot of weight at any stage of adulthood raise their breast cancer risk, researchers said.
What the Wall Street Journal didn’t say was why. Let me tell you.
Weight gain research shows that, as soon as age causes hormone production to shift and estrogen dominance results, the average person will add 1-2 pounds around their middle each year between ages 35 and 55. As long as the body’s cellular metabolism is compromised by untreated hormone imbalances, most particularly estrogen dominance which typically occurs in women over 35 and men over 40, those extra pounds around the middle will be next to impossible to lose.
The relationship between estrogen dominance and weight gain is a very real concern but the link with breast cancer is an even greater issue. E strogen fuels cell growth. Unchecked cell growth, or proliferation, is a precursor for cancer. In women, elevated estrogen levels have been linked to an increased risk for endometriosis and fibroids as well as breast and uterine hormone-dependent cancers. In men, estrogen dominance has been linked to an increased risk of hormone-dependent prostate cancer. In layman’s terms a hormone dependent cancerous tumor is a tumor that needs hormones, specifically estrogen, in order to grow and progress. The medical term for these types of tumors is estrogen receptor-positive.
A deficiency in progesterone production resulting in estrogen dominance compromises the body’s ability to metabolize calories and distribute fat. By treating your underlying condition of estrogen dominance via bio-identical progesterone replacement, you can jump start your weight loss at the cellular level while also decreasing your risk for developing hormone dependant breast cancers.
C.W. Randolph, Jr., M.D., R.Ph.
Note: we welcome your comments and questions.
* Please Note: Because legally we are unable to provide prescriptions for telephone consultation patients unless they have been previously seen in my office, should you require a prescription for a more comprehensive panel of bio-identical hormone replacement, my nurse practitioner will advise you how to locate a physician and compounding pharmacy in your area.
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