“The Menopause Power Webinar Series” by Diana Schwarzbein, M.D., is a true testimony of her stated mission to educate women. Listen to her series, and your life will change for the better.

Schwarzbein is the author of The Schwarzbein Principle and The Schwarzbein Principle II – The Transition.

Schwarzbein’s endocrinology perspective is a follows:

1. Menopause is the permanent loss of the sex hormone system.
2. Improperly treating or ignoring menopause increases a woman’s risk for diseases such as heart attacks, osteoporosis, cancer, and diabetes.
3. Treat the cause of menopause, not just treat the symptoms.
4. Menopause can be effectively and safely treated with Hormone Balancing Therapy^TM (HBTx).

The Schwarzbein Principle Program consists of:

Step One: Healthy Nutrition

Step Two: Stress Management Emphasizing Sleep

Step Three: Reduce or Completely Avoid Toxins

Step Four: Appropriate Amounts and Types of Exercise

Step Five: Restore Hormone Balance – HBTx

Last week’s articles discussed stress, which is demonstrated by both high and low cortisol. See http://rosiebrownrn.com/low-cortisol-also-indicates-stress/ and http://rosiebrownrn.com/this-anti-stress-formula-works/.

Schwarzbein’s Stress Management Program emphasizes:

1. Sleep—goal is 8 to 10 hours of uninterrupted sleep (not even to get up once to go to the bathroom).
2. Slow down your busy life.
3. Learn how to handle stresses better.

Notes that I took during this section of her webinar included:

• Emphasize sleep! Sleep is the time that your body rebuilds itself. Aging is all about allowing the body to rebuild.
• Sleep allows your body to lower adrenalin and cortisol.
• Melatonin is a hormone. Don’t take melatonin. The levels in the melatonin purchased over the counter are too high and has to be processed through the liver.
• Melatonin will down-regulate your body’s own production of serotonin. It can cause depression if you take it too long.
• Get your body to produce melatonin. If you must supplement with something, try tryptophan or 5-Hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP), which is a precursor to serotonin, which then converts to melatonin.
• The number one reason for insomnia in menopausal women is estradiol/progesterone balance.
• Just being busy is a stress and will break you down.
• Honor aging—slow down. Slow down the “using” process.

In the next upcoming articles, I will continue to share Dr. Schwarzbein’s gems of wisdom from her webinar series. We will all have a more wonderful life if we tune into the information she is teaching us.

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