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Emily James: An Unexpected Shock
• A routine mammogram
and biopsy revealed
breast cancer.
• Emily followed the
counsel of her doctor
and had a mastectomy.
• She refused
chemotherapy and
tamoxophin.
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Emily James: An Unexpected Shock
Emily had a plan. She
believed that if she could
find out why she
developed breast cancer,
she could treat the root
of the problem—not just
attack the symptoms
with chemicals.
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Emily James: An Unexpected Shock
• Her search lead her to a
nationally known physician.
• On her first visit, he told
her why she had developed
breast cancer.
• She had low progesterone
levels but very high
estrogen levels.
• This was the first time she
had ever heard of estrogen
dominance.
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Do You Have Estrogen Overload?
Half of women over 35 struggle with hormone imbalance
 Osteoporosis
 Insomnia or Fatigue
 Allergies
 Bone Mass Depletion
 Thinning Hair
 Facial Hair
 PMS
 Migraines
 Mood Swings
 Cramps
 Uterine Fibroids
 Depression
If you have 3 or more of these symptoms you may have estrogen dominance.
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Do You Have Estrogen Overload?
Half of women over 35 struggle with hormone imbalance
 Memory Loss
 Breast Tenderness
 Fibrocystic Breasts
 Fluid Retention
 Hot Flashes
 Irregular Cycles
 Low Sex Drive
 Miscarriage
 Inflammation
 High Blood Pressure
 Acne
 Unexplained Weight Gain
If you have 3 or more of these symptoms you may have estrogen dominance.
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Untold Truth #1:
Despite the Dangers, Hormone
Therapy Continues
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Despite the Dangers, Hormone
Therapy Continues
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Despite the Dangers, Hormone
Therapy Continues
Recent studies have shown that HRT can:
1. Cause breast cancer, stroke, heart disease, pulmonary
embolism, blood clotting, high blood pressure, migraines,
dizziness, depression heart attacks, fatigue and insomnia.
2. Delay the detection of breast cancer by decreasing
mammogram sensitivity.
3. Stimulate abnormal growth of breast and prostate tissues
by stressing the liver with synthetic hormones.
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Who Wants to Take the
Risk of HRT?
• No one wants to, but many women don’t know what
to do.
• A recent article noted that a quarter of women who
quit taking hormones later resumed therapy to
relieve the drenching hot flashes, disabling fatigue,
depression and other menopausal symptoms.
• Women are returning to HRT, despite the risks,
because no one has shown them any other
alternatives!
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You Can Combat
Menopause Naturally
• Menopause is a natural part of life.
• It is not a disease or an ailment.
• Negative symptoms and suffering do not have
to be a part of menopause.
• The symptoms associated with menopause are
new to American women within the last 75 years.
• Japanese women don’t even have a term for hot
flash in their vocabulary, while 50-85% of
American women will suffer from them at some
point.
• The difference? Diet and lifestyle.
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Untold Truth #2:
You Don’t Need More Estrogen,
You Need More Progesterone
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You Don’t Need More Estrogen, You
Need More Progesterone
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You Don’t Need More Estrogen,
You Need More Progesterone
• Estrogen is produced in the ovaries and is
valuable in regulating the menstrual cycle.
• It guides development during puberty, and
helps with cell growth during the menstrual
cycle.
• Think of estrogen as “pro-growth.”
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You Don’t Need More Estrogen,
You Need More Progesterone
• The menstrual cycle requires a balance of
hormones.
• Estrogen must have a counter-balance.
• Progesterone, or “pro-gestation” is that counterbalance
• Progesterone supports the development of a
healthy fetus in the uterus
• When estrogen levels climb too high, progesterone
is overwhelmed.
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The Estrogen/Progesterone Balance
What Estrogen Does
How Progesterone Balances That
Action
Enhances salt and water
retention
Is a natural diuretic
Stimulates breast cysts
Protects against breast cysts
Restrains osteoclast function
Promotes osteoblast function,
leading to bone growth and
improved bone density
Increases blood clot risk
Normalizes blood clotting
Increases endometrial and
breast cancer risks
Prevents breast and
endometrial cancers
Increases body fat
Helps use fat for energy
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It’s Not Just a Problem with the
Middle Aged
• Today’s young girls are hitting puberty at a
younger age.
– Early puberty is a risk factor for breast cancer.
• A 1997 study of 17,000 girls showed that nearly
14% of Caucasian girls had developed
secondary sex characteristics (breast
development and pubic hair) by age 8.
• For African American girls that rate was 50%.
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It’s Not Just a Problem with the
Middle Aged
Average American Woman
in 1900
Average American Woman
in 2000
Started menses at 16
Starts menses at 12
Got pregnant earlier
Gets pregnant later
Had more children
Has fewer children
More time lactating
Seldom lactates
Between 100-200 menstrual
periods
Between 300-400 menstrual
periods
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It’s Not Just a Problem with the
Middle Aged
One hundred years ago, the average woman started
her menses at 16. She became pregnant earlier, had
more children, spent more time lactating, and had
between 100-200 menstrual periods in her lifetime.
Today, the average woman starts puberty at 12,
seldom lactates, has fewer children, but menstruates
about 300-400 times in her lifetime—
dramatically increasing the risk of
infertility, cancer, fibroids, anemia,
migraines, mood shifts and more. What a
difference a century makes!
—Michael Lam, M.D.
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How Do You Become
Estrogen-Dominant?
• Fat stores estrogen. As you gain weight, your body
naturally retains more estrogen.
• Chronic stress causes your body to produce excess
cortisol, which boosts your estrogen level.
• Our food is loaded with the estrogens from steroids
fed to animals. This includes chicken, beef and many
dairy products.
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How Do You Become
Estrogen-Dominant?
• Absence of menses or other menstrual irregularity
means you won’t produce progesterone. If you are
skipping periods, then your estrogen level is rising,
unchecked by its progesterone partner.
• Xenoestrogens are found in our drinking water,
household cleaners, pesticides, laundry detergent and
more.
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Get Balanced
• Reduce estrogens
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Lose weight
Overcome stress
Eat organic foods
Manage monthly cycles
Decrease xeno-estrogens
• Increase progesterone
– Add natural progesterone cream
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Untold Truth #3:
Harmful Estrogens Are
Found Everywhere
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Harmful Estrogens Are
Found Everywhere
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Harmful Estrogens Are
Found Everywhere
Foreign or xenoestrogens are found in:
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The plastic cup holding your morning coffee
The computer chips at your work desk
The PVC piping used in your homes and lawns
Soap, clothes, pharmaceuticals, detergents, cleaners,
pesticides, lawn fertilizers, meat, unfiltered water,
cosmetics and spermicides
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The Effect of Xenoestrogens on the
Animal Kingdom
• Male alligators showed gonad shrinkage
and a 90% drop in reproduction levels.
• Sperm counts in male panthers were
reduced by 90%.
• Researchers found seagulls’ eggs were
thinning; gonad shrinkage; overdeveloped
ovaries in females and feminization in
males.
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The Terrifying Next Level: The Effect of
Xenoestrogens on Humans
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The Terrifying Next Level: The Effect of
Xenoestrogens on Humans
• Human sperm counts have dropped
by 50% over the past 30 years due
to environmental xenoestrogens.
(Lancet)
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Untold Truth #4:
Your Diet Is Increasing Your
Estrogen Levels
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Your Diet Is Increasing Your
Estrogen Levels
• The food we eat is loaded with hormones
and steroids.
– It takes only six weeks to grow a chicken to
“market ready” size. In 1940, it took four
months.
• 25 million pounds of antibiotics are fed
to livestock each year.
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Your Diet Is Increasing Your
Estrogen Levels
• It takes 60 pounds of feed to produce
a single pound of beef.
– Feed is laden with hormones.
• Even fruits and vegetables aren’t
exempt.
– Pesticides are estrogenic compounds.
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How Can What You Don’t Eat
Increase Your Estrogen Levels?
• Estrogen receptors carry
hormone messages from
the blood to the cells.
• The stronger the estrogen
that plugs into the
receptor, the more
powerful the message sent
to the body.
• Xenoestrogens are the
strongest form of estrogen.
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How Can What You Don’t Eat
Increase Your Estrogen Levels?
• It’s important to plug as many of your
receptors as possible with weak, gentle
estrogens.
• Weaker estrogens prevent the stronger
xenoestrogens from attaching to the
receptor.
• Phytoestrogens are found in plants.
– Spinach, lettuce, beans and legumes, fruits,
soy products, etc.
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The Vicious Cycle of Estrogen
Overload and Nutrition
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You Have Now Learned the Untold
Truth about Estrogen Overload
• Untold Truth #1
– Despite the dangers, hormone replacement
therapy continues.
• Untold Truth #2
– You don’t need more estrogen, you need
more progesterone!
You Have Now Learned the Untold
Truth about Estrogen Overload
• Untold Truth #3
– Harmful estrogens are found everywhere.
• Untold Truth #4
– Your diet is increasing your estrogen levels.
Finally… The Answers!
You Can Beat Estrogen
Dominance the Natural Way
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You Can Beat Estrogen
Dominance the Natural Way
• Nutrition is essential in fighting
estrogen overload:
– High-fiber diets help eliminate estrogen.
– Phytoestrogens weaken the overall estrogen
load of the body.
– Vitamins A, C, B12, E
– Magnesium, selenium, calcium and
antioxidants
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Estrogen Overload Fighter #1:
Progesterone Cream
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Progesterone Cream
• 500 mg of natural progesterone
• Base of wild yam
• Chamomile and aloe vera for maximum
absorption
• Patented delivery system to ensure
continuous prolonged release
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Estrogen Overload Fighter #2:
Female Balance Combination
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Female Balance Combination
• Supports the overall female reproductive
system, young and old
• Regulates a woman’s cycle
• Reported to aid with the discomforts
associated with PMS
• Nutritional support for menopause
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Female Balance Combination
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Dong Quai
Ginger root
Red Raspberry
Licorice root
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Black Cohosh
Queen of the Meadow
Blessed Thistle
Marshmallow root
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Estrogen Overload Fighter #3:
Hot Flash Combination
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Hot Flash Combination
• Proven remedy for hot flashes
• 100% safe alternative to HRT
• 80 mg of Black Cohosh
– Time-release
– Concentrated and standardized
• 200 mg Dong Quai
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Estrogen Overload Fighter #4:
GLA
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GLA
• Contains evening primrose, black currant
and borage oils.
• Each capsule contains 130 mg of gammalinolenic acid.
• Provides nutritional support to the female
reproductive system.
• Is great for mood changes, breast
tenderness, cramps and swelling.
• Aids nerve development and function.
• Supports the circulatory system and liver.
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Estrogen Overload #5:
Menopause Support Combination
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Menopause Support Combination
• Balances hormones.
• Provides an even, constant supply of
nutrients to the female glandular
system.
• Addresses both immediate and longterm needs.
• Helps with mood swings.
• Strengthens the structural system,
including the bones.
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Menopause Support Combination
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C-X (two capsules)
Wild Yam & Chaste Tree (one capsule)
Flax Seed Oil (one softgel)
Skeletal Strength (one tablet)
Nutri-Calm (one tablet)
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Estrogen Overload Fighter #6:
DHEA
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DHEA
• Produced by the adrenal glands
• Called the Mother of Hormones
• It is not a hormone itself but is used to
create scores of other hormones.
• Helps the body produce hormones it is
lacking
• After age 25, DHEA production declines.
• In a base of wild yam, chaste tree and false
unicorn
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The Next Chapter for
Emily James…and You
• Emily’s doctor started her on
progesterone cream to counter
the load of estrogen.
• Emily says that she believes this
move was not only pivotal to her
cancer treatment, but that it
also helped “increase my bone
density, keep my skin young,
and even improve my libido—
what woman would refuse those
benefits?”
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The Next Chapter for
Emily James…and You
• Since that time, Emily has
begun a crusade to recover her
life—and the lives of other
women—through improved
nutrition, herbs and
supplementation. She faithfully
takes female hormone balance
combination, along with GLA
and DHEA to keep her estrogen
in check.
• Emily found the truth and she
believes it saved her life.
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You Can Make a Difference in the
Lives of Others!
• Who do I know that may be battling the
problem of estrogen overload?
• How can I best share this information with
them?