27/06/2026
Why is there so much fear-mongering about the potential risks of hormone treatments, yet so little discussion about the very real risks of not being prescribed hormone treatments?
Low hormone levels adversely affect every cell, tissue and organ in the body, increasing the risk of osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, dementia, cancers, auto-immune diseases, Parkinson’s disease, motor neurone disease, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and an early death, while also impacting day-to-day quality of life due the numerous symptoms.
Yet too many women are still denied body identical hormone treatment because of outdated misconceptions rather than current evidence. Natural, bioidentical hormones are the same structure as our own hormones so are not associated with risks, unlike synthetic “hormones” in all contraceptives and in older types of HRT.
It’s time we changed the conversation and talked more about the risks to women who are not prescribed hormone treatments.