in this issue

• Dr. Randolph Offers the Missing Link between Belly Fat and an Increased Death Risk
• Are You A Walking PMS Nightmare? We Can Help!
• What Virgina Hopkins Health Watch is saying About "From Belly Fat to Belly Flat"
• What Others Are saying About From Belly Fat to Belly Fat on Amazon.com

Women with excess fat around their middle are at greater risk  to die from cancer and heart disease

Women who carry excess fat around their waists are at greater risk of dying early from cancer or heart disease than were women with smaller waistlines, according to a new study just released from the National Institute of Health.

C.W. Randolph, Jr. M.D, R.Ph. internationally recognized medical expert in the field of bio-identical hormone replacement and co-author of FROM BELLY FAT TO BELLY FLAT, believes "The results of this study validate my clinical experience in treating thousands of overweight patients for more than a decade. What is surprising is that this study fails to identify the underlying medical condition that predisposes women with belly fat to suffer from potentially lethal chronic diseases. The medical condition termed "estrogen dominance" is the missing link here."

Researchers followed more than 44,000 women over the course of 16 years to track their medical history and lifestyle. The majority of the women who took part in the study were white, the researchers do not know if their findings pertain to other groups of women or to men. All the women included in the study were registered nurses. At the beginning of the study the women were asked to measure their waists and hips. Every two years, the women completed questionnaires about their health, providing information about their age, activity level, smoking status, diet, blood pressure and cholesterol levels.

The researchers examined the cause of death for all women who died over the course of the study. In total, 3,507 deaths occurred---of these, 1,748 were due to cancer and 751 were due to heart disease.

The researchers discovered that women with greater waist circumferences were more likely to die prematurely, particularly from heart disease, when compared to women with smaller waists. For example, women with waist size equal to or greater than 35 inches were approximately twice as likely to die of heart disease as were women with a waist size less than 28 inches, regardless of their body mass index. Similarly, women with a waist size equal to or greater than 35 inches also were twice as likely to die of cancer as were women with a waist size less than 28 inches.

According to Dr. Randolph, "Medical research shows that the average woman will gain one to two pounds around her middle between the ages of 35 and 55. The reason is that age causes a shift in hormonal production resulting in the body becoming 'estrogen dominant' at a cellular level. This condition of estrogen dominance predisposes women over 30 to pack those pounds around their waist. Also, belly fat actually produces even more estrogen therein compounding the problem."

"The good news," says Randolph, "is that women do not need to accept that it is inevitable that as they age they will gain weight, get sick and die early. In my book FROM BELLY FAT TO BELLY FLAT I outline a 3 Step Program to safely and naturally eliminate estrogen dominance via bio-identical hormone replacement, a nutritional program of specific foods and supplements that eliminate extra estrogen through the bowel and life style recommendations to keep stress and sleeplessness from sabotaging hormone balance. "

Dr. Randolph says "More research in this field is definitely warranted. My question to the NIH is why the links between estrogen dominance, weight gain, chronic disease and death risk have not been investigated before now?"

For more information on estrogen dominance, go to www.hormonewell.com

To your health, 

C.W. Randolph, Jr., M.D. and Genie James, M.M.Sc.
Medical Director                    Executive Director
The Natural Hormone Institute of America

Dr. Randolph is a practicing gynecologist and an internationally recognized expert in the field of in bio-identical hormone replacement. He is the Medical Director for the The Natural Hormone Institute of America and is also the author of From Hormone Hell to Hormone Well as well as From Belly Fat to Belly Flat.

* 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.

Dr. Randolph’s Reply:

Dear Wendi,

Unfortunately, I hear similar menstrual complaints/issues from the female patients I see every day.  Symptoms such as the ones you described – heavy bleeding or changes in menstrual flow, mood swings, irrepressible anger and near despair – are common symptoms of PMS.  And, though you didn’t mention your age, I can tell you that in most women the symptoms you described tend to worsen through their mid to late thirties and into their forties.


The good news is that you don’t have to continue to suffer.  I can offer you both hope and a solution.  A respected friend and medical colleague of mine, Joel Hargrove, M.D. , former Chief of Vanderbilt Medical Center’s Center for Reproductive Endocrinology, once told me:  “Randy, the cause of PMS is estrogen dominance, e.g. the imbalance of estrogen to progesterone levels that occurs with age and the shift in hormone production. To effectively treat PMS, you must eliminate the patients underlying condition of estrogen dominance.” 

The first, and most important step in effectively treating PMS, is to balance out the aging body’s overabundance of estrogen with bio-identical progesterone cream.  I have many patients who, after just a few weeks on my Natural Balance Cream, report that their menstrual bleeding is lighter and their mood swings and irritability around and during their periods just went away.  I have had husband personally write me thank you notes and send me gift bags!  The first book Genie and I wrote together, FROM HORMONE HELL TO HORMONE HELL, outlines the medical science behind how bio-identical progesterone can treat estrogen dominance and eliminate PMS symptoms in simple terms every woman – and man -can understand.

In addition, you can accelerate your body’s return to optimal hormone balance via foods and supplements that will help you eliminate extra estrogen naturally through the feces.  I call this my 3-Step Belly Flat program(TM) which Genie (my wife, co-author and co-founder of The Natural Hormone Institute of America) and I outline in detail in our new bestselling book FROM BELLY FAT TO BELLY FLAT.

Wendi, I am confident that if you follow our 3-Step Belly Flat plan(TM) you will replace that “inbred hillbilly with knives” with your own version of “Gone with the Wind’s sweet and calm Miss Melanie”.

We Wish You WELL!
C.W. Randolph, Jr., M.D. and Genie James

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