Expert: Imran R. - 10/18/2006

Question
My 24 year old daughter has been experiencing increasing daily episodes of anxiety includes shortness of breath and constant yawning. She says there are 5 days a month that she is free of the plaguing thoughts and feelings. We attribute it to a hormone imbalance and would like your recommendations. She has tried St John's Wort and Kava but they aggrevate her symptoms. Her two grown sisters also seem to suffer from hormone related issues. These girls are wonderful, responsible, sensitive women who want their lives to get on an even keel. Can you offer suggestions? Thank you so much!

Answer
Dear Fran,

Thank you for your question.

I understand your concern and know what your daughter is going through is not at all easy to deal with. It does indeed sound like a hormonal imbalance. Specifically an estrogen positive state, where there is a lack of progesterone production.

Milk is one of the culprits in increasing estrogen mimicking chemicals in the body, thereby raising the total amount of estrogen in the body. Regular milk not only contains abnormal amounts of harmful hormones that have been fed to cows, but antibiotic residues as well. Please ask you daughter to stop taking milk and replace it with either rice milk, almond milk or organic cows milk. Raw organic cows milk is actually very healthy. It must be certified organic though to ensure farming practices are moral.

Now in order to balance out her hormones, both the estrogen and progesterone levels i suggest she takes the nutritional super-food found at these websites:

www.tryfrutavida.com/main
www.frutavidastories.com     

This is will more than solve her problem as the support provided by the nutrition contained in each serving targets hormonal, immune, nervous and colon function to name a few.

The product is liquid, i advise she takes 2 ounces per day for the first month, then drop down to 1 ounce per day. Taken on an empty stomach is most effective, allowing the nutrients to be absorbed. When taking 2 ounces, divide the doses; 1 ounce twice daily. This will solve the problem.

Further dietary recommendations:

Cut out all soy products except fermented soy. Miso, tempeh and soy sauce are healthy. [fermented]

Soy contains goitrogens, which depress thyroid functions. It also contains phytic acid, which hinders the body's ability to absorb proteins, calcium, magnesium, iron and zinc. In general, it is an enzyme inhibitor.

Make sure to avoid all artificial sweeteners:
splenda, sucralose, aspartame, nutra-sweet, equal, acesulfame potassium.

Splenda/sucralose has become very popular these days and is just as bad, if not worse than aspartame. These sweeteners are all very toxic and are found in store bought vitamins, protein powders, anything sugar-free, gum, chocolate, soda... etc.

Please read labels carefully and cut out all artificial sweeteners. This is very important.

Both soy and artificial sweeteners weaken the immune system. The immune system is one of the keys to healing illness. Therefore, the more we can support immune related health the better.

Cut out all margarine and hydrogenated fats. Cut out canola, rapeseed and soybean oils. These are very unhealthy. Replace with butter, ghee, unrefined coconut oil, sesame oil, and virgin olive oil.  

7 glasses of water per day is a good idea to help flush out toxins from the body. Warm or room temperature water, never cold. Never drink tap water. It must be filtered.

Avoid drinking distilled water. It leads to mineral depletion and hair loss.

Vaccines:

This is a subject that most do not pay enough attention to. It is a fact that not one single vaccine ever created has been safe for the human body; this has been proven time and time again by doctors of natural science, and now even by medical doctors and physicians, stating that vaccines actually do much more harm to the body than good.

It is a large subject and too much to get into through this response, but i ask that you do some research on Google: "dangers of vaccinations". You can search for vaccine information at this site also:  www.mercola.com

Medical comments on vaccines are found here:
http://www.deepdownwellness.com/althealth/vaccination.html

Please email me if you have any further questions.

Best wishes,

Imran