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Article: Natural hormones are powerful chemicals.
- Article from:
- Women's Health Activist
- Article date:
- May 1, 2008
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As more women have learned about the health risks of conventional hormone therapy drugs, many have started looking for natural alternatives, such as herbs or dietary supplements. One kind of alternative--natural hormones, also called bio-identical hormones--has attracted a lot of new interest. This has been driven, in large part, by unsubstantiated claims by the companies and pharmacies that make and distribute so-called "natural hormones" that their products are safer than conventional hormone therapy drugs.
Many of the claims made about these products are unproven, but most women don't know that and assume that natural products must be safer. The fact is, ...