Frequently Asked Questions
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No, we advocate that you don’t stop your medications without medical supervision. When you make healthy lifestyle choices, you may be able to reverse some of your chronic diseases and you may not require medications that you have been using. Usually medications are gradually reduced and stopped under supervision while your condition is monitored. -
We are here to help you achieve good health. When you change your lifestyle and optimize nutrients, your disease may reverse. We can help you reduce and stop your medications under supervision while your condition is monitored.
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It depends upon how you are living currently and how willing or able you are to make the required changes. We will help you customize them to your need and readiness so that you don’t feel overwhelmed. You will be provided with the rationale and support needed for making the changes.
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A toxin is a chemical or substance that, when present in the body, can cause injury to body tissues or impair the functioning of the system.
A toxin can be exogenous – that you ingest in food, through skin or inhale in your breath, or endogenous- that our body produces through metabolic processes. -
A bio-identical hormone is identical on the molecular level (same structure) to an endogenous hormone (a hormone that is produced by the human body).
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A synthetic hormone is manufactured with a molecular structure that is slightly different to an endogenous hormone (a hormone that is produced by the human body).
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Since they have the same structure as what your body produces, they fit onto the receptors as your own hormones would. And when you use them, you know that they will give you a desirable (physiologically known) response. Bioidentical hormones have less undesirable side effects compared to synthetic hormones.
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Yes and this is where a lot of confusion arises. Some hormones made by pharmaceutical companies have the same molecular structure as your endogenous hormones. E.g. Utrogestan is a bio-identical progesterone, estradot is a bio-identical estradiol.