RE: Re: Nestle+L'Oreal = cosmeceuticals

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> This is what I don't get - I'm only 30, but I have the

> skin of someone quite a bit older. My facial skin is

> dry, particularly my forehead (which is also greasey),

> my hands chap easily so they always have small cuts on

> them, my lips are permanently chapped, dry and

> peeling. My shins flake, as do my forearms. So, what

> am I doing wrong? I eat a pretty high fat diet, lots

> of stocks, fermented veg, kombucha.

how is your digestion? do you eat much gluten? do you have any food

allergies?

Suze Fisher

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[Guest guest]

--- Suze Fisher <s.fisher22@...> wrote: > >

> how is your digestion?

Pretty good I think. However, most of my stools float

(although they don't appear greasey). Sometimes they

are difficult to pass, even though they are very

small. but I don't have pain, and my tum hardly ever

" gurgles " anymore since eating the stock and

kraut/kimchi on a regular basis.

>do you eat much gluten?

Not even a smidgin - Heidi's influence! ;-)

>do

> you have any food

> allergies?

Plenty of intolerances over the last 2 years -

basically, since my diet has supposedly got a lot

healthier, my sensitivity to foods has increased

massively: dairy, fruit, bread, deli meats (probably

the nitrates), curries/chilli, beans. Most things I

eat make me bloat.

Re actual allergies though I would have to list just

mussels which make me throw up within a few hours.

Jo

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>> I didn't realise this could be hormonal. Do you have

any further information?

I have some quite considerable hormonal problems, but

no-one can tell me exactly what they are! I have

endometriosis, but my oestrogen levels, testosterone

levels etc have all been tested normal. However, I

just KNOW there is something not right. <<

The combination of dehydrated skin and excessive oil production is a pretty

common symptom of estrogen levels being too low. Now, I KNOW that most

pre-menopausal women think they have too MUCH estrogen. Certainly there is no

shortage of estrogen-like substances in our environment and in our bodies. But

your body does require its own natural estrogen, being used in correct ways, to

function properly. Substances that bind to our estrogen receptors can interefer

with the proper function of estrogen, so even if you do produce enough estrogen,

it doesn't mean your body is able to utilize it - and just as with insulin, mess

up one hormone, you've messed up all of them!

Estrogen supplementation wouldn't even necessarily fix the problem, although of

course, it could. But so could supplementing any number of other hormones. And

ideally you'd want to fix the imbalance so that your body's hormone systems

could balance themselves out. Easier said than done, even when eating NT!

Have you read any of Dr. Vliet's books? I don't fully agree with her

on all issues, especially diet (although she has gotten better recently on this

issue), and I think she tends to be a bit heavily into self-promotion (not so

much in her books as on her website), but she has a lot of insight into hormonal

problems and definitely got me thinking about this issue in a new way. She's

considered skeptically by both the holistic and the conventional med camps,

which tends to appeal to me. <G>

Her most recent book is called " It's My Ovaries, Stupid! " She also has one

called " Women, Weight, and Hormones. " Her most famous book has the title

" Screaming to be Heard: The Hormone Connections Women Suspect and Doctors Still

Ignore. " I believe she also has a book on thyroid problems. I would really

suggest that, if you haven't already done so, you read them. I think they are

much better than the usual " Progesterone will fix you " book that most holistic

authors write. Progesterone is of course essential, but it carries some

troubling effects and I worry about all the women I know who are self-treating

with protesterone creams. Hormones are very complicated.

Christie

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--- Christie <christiekeith@...>

> The combination of dehydrated skin and excessive oil

> production is a pretty common symptom of estrogen

> levels being too low. Now, I KNOW that most

> pre-menopausal women think they have too MUCH

> estrogen. Certainly there is no shortage of

> estrogen-like substances in our environment and in

> our bodies. But your body does require its own

> natural estrogen, being used in correct ways, to

> function properly. Substances that bind to our

> estrogen receptors can interefer with the proper

> function of estrogen, so even if you do produce

> enough estrogen, it doesn't mean your body is able

> to utilize it -

Hmmm, definitely food for thought there. Women with

endometriosis generally have high oestrogen levels,

due to the endometriomas pumping out oestrogen of

their own. However, I believe oestrogen to be the

hormone responsible for libido, and I have absolutely

NO libido whatsoever (pity, cos I get married in may

and I would like to enjoy my honeymoon!)

and just as with insulin, mess up

So, what binds to oestrogen to prevent take up, and

what can I do to increase oestrogen take up? Wiling

to try anything to get some libido back! ;-)

> Have you read any of Dr. Vliet's books?

I've never heard of her.

> Her most recent book is called " It's My Ovaries,

> Stupid! " She also has one called " Women, Weight, and

> Hormones. " Her most famous book has the title

> " Screaming to be Heard: The Hormone Connections

> Women Suspect and Doctors Still Ignore. " I believe

> she also has a book on thyroid problems. I would

> really suggest that, if you haven't already done so,

> you read them.

If you had to pick one, which would it be? I have so

many books lying around that are unread because I

can't get past the first few chapters I am loathe to

continue buying health books.

I think they are much better than the

> usual " Progesterone will fix you " book that most

> holistic authors write. Progesterone is of course

> essential, but it carries some troubling effects and

> I worry about all the women I know who are

> self-treating with protesterone creams. Hormones are

> very complicated.

I agree about the progesterone treatment - I have been

tempted, but worried about side effects, not using hte

right type of cream, concerned that it just masks the

underlying problem.

JO

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[Guest guest]

>Her most recent book is called " It's My Ovaries, Stupid! " She also

>has one called " Women, Weight, and Hormones. " Her most famous book

>has the title " Screaming to be Heard: The Hormone Connections

>Women Suspect and Doctors Still Ignore. " I believe she also has a

>book on thyroid problems. I would really suggest that, if you

>haven't already done so, you read them. I think they are much

>better than the usual " Progesterone will fix you " book that most

>holistic authors write. Progesterone is of course essential, but

>it carries some troubling effects and I worry about all the women

>I know who are self-treating with protesterone creams. Hormones

>are very complicated.

hi christie, i'm more or less self-medicating with progesterone cream, but

think i have minor issues with dry skin/oily skin. of course i've ALWAYS had

oily skin, and having forced hot air in the winter time does tend to lead to

dry skin. but i'm interested in what dr vilet has to say. if i were to only

get one of her books, which would you recommend?

Suze Fisher

Lapdog Design, Inc.

Web Design & Development

http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg

Weston A. Price Foundation Chapter Leader, Mid Coast Maine

http://www.westonaprice.org

----------------------------

" The diet-heart idea (the idea that saturated fats and cholesterol cause

heart disease) is the greatest scientific deception of our times. " --

Mann, MD, former Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry at Vanderbilt

University, Tennessee; heart disease researcher.

The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics

<http://www.thincs.org>

----------------------------

[Guest guest]

>> If you had to pick one, which would it be? I have so

many books lying around that are unread because I

can't get past the first few chapters I am loathe to

continue buying health books. <<

I'd read " It's My Ovaries, Stupid! " The diet stuff is kind of Zone-y, but I

barely even read that part. I found the whole rundown on the endocrine system

the best part. And she does discuss libido, so that should be helpful!

I wish you lots of luck,

Christie

[Guest guest]

--- h2ocolor1937 <h2ocolor@...> wrote: >>

Get a stool analysis to check your digestion of

> foods. IMO stool

> analysis is often overlooked and can be a big help

> in diagnosing

> digestive difficulties more precisely.

Sheila

Somehow, I don't think the fact that I have floating

stools is going to convince my Doc to run a stool

test. I'd have to have proper diarrhea for 3 days on

the trot to get a stool test done!

JO

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