Journal of Natural Health Apr 00 v6#1 6019.8

Whitewing Labs, Inc.

Journal of Natural Health, April 2000

Perimenopause and Its Effect on Baby Boomers

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By Megan Shields, M.D.

Stop Singing

the Non-Ovulatory, Mood-Swing Blues

We women know what we want and what we don’t want—and we don’t want to be singing the non-ovulatory, mood-swing, hot flash blues!
  We’re part of the boomer generation—the forty-million women between the ages of 35 and 55 who want it all but who may feel that as they are getting older they are losing their magic and youthful glow.
     Many of my women patients are on their second marriage or divorced and too many of them have experienced infidelity by husbands seeking younger women. They feel they are no longer attractive to men. They do not feel pretty inside or out.
     They may be a few pounds overweight, suffering from sagging skin and wrinkles or worried about their mood swings and how these are affecting their relationship with their husband. Unfortunately, many women associate their self-esteem with how men perceive them.
     The problem isn’t just from the chin-up. A little make-up won’t solve the problem. The problem is also from the neck-down, inside and out.
     My female patients may be experiencing perimenopause (which often occurs in a woman’s mid-forties) or frank menopause. But, in either case, they are going through so many changes that actually start from within: vaginal loss of lubrication; leathering of skin; loss of their beautiful shapely legs; cellulite; weight gain.
    Many of my patients have mothers in their seventies and eighties. But when they look at their mothers, they are scared to death that they are becoming just like them. “I don't want to look like my mother,” is an exclamation of sheer terror that I often hear from my women patients. I know they mean no harm by what they say. I understand. These women are afraid. Perhaps their mothers have dowager’s hump or suffer other forms of bone loss, wrinkling or require a walker—and they are afraid that they will end up the same way. I don't blame them. Do you have those “I’m-becoming-my-mother” nightmares, too?
     Well, I can help you. As a medical doctor and member of the boomer generation, I’m here to say that together we're revolutionizing concepts of aging and beauty.
   Wouldn’t it be great to feel like you were thirty-something forever? Wouldn’t you love to look at your reflection in the mirror and, no matter what your chronological age is—whether thirty-five, forty, fifty, seventy

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or beyond—see your youthful self, a warm glow, skin without wrinkles, firm and tight with a supple feel?
And wouldn’t you love to know you are doing everything possible to protect your body from cancer, heart disease, bone loss, arthritis, or simply the wearing of time? That varicose veins, cellulite, excess wrinkling or flabby thighs are other women's problems, not yours? That when it is time for romance your vaginal tissues are as youthful, moist and sensitive as when you were thirtysomething? That you have energy to spare and a glow of health and happiness no one can deny is alluring?
Along with a balanced diet and proper exercise, it is possible to improve your quality of life. The answer may be in two formulas, Propause^® and ProTrans^™Cream from Whitewing Labs.

Thirtysomething
Forever Formula
One of the most important endless beauty strategies women can start using immediately is a well-designed phytoestrogen formula. For my patients, Propause and ProTransCream fit the bill perfectly.
   With its contingent of estrogenic herbs such as dong quai and black cohosh, Propause is able to provide women with a gentle estrogen surge without the risks of synthetic drugs. The effect is amplified with soy-based ProTrans Cream. Soy, we now know, is vital not only to easing women through menopause but for the years after the transition for keeping skin smooth and wrinkle-free, preventing bone loss, and reducing risk of heart disease.
  Along with black cohosh, Propause also provides vitamin E, magnesium, zinc and vitamin B-6. It works better than any other menopausal-support formula that many of my patients have ever used.
    So you see, you don’t need to wake up with fears that you are turning into your worst nightmare of what aging is like. But you do need to exercise and take the kind of supplements designed especially for women. If you do, you virtually may feel thirty-something forever!

Order Propause and Protrans Cream, alone or together with Osteosafe^® (see the article on page 9) in the Complete Women’s Health Package.