Jackie Marlin on Pure Health Trends Network

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2008-04-17T09:21:00.000-07:00

Anxiety, Panic Attacks caused by Hormonal Imbalance

2008-04-17T08:51:00.001-07:00

Brain Fog and Memory Loss are Symptoms of Hormonal Imbalance

2008-04-17T08:48:00.000-07:00

Do you experience fatigue, weight gain and brain fog?

2008-04-17T08:45:00.000-07:00

Fibromyalgia is merely a SYMPTOM of Hypothyroidism

2008-04-17T08:41:00.000-07:00

Progesterone and Cardio

2008-01-16T12:20:00.000-08:00

I have shared with you many of the health benefits of natural progesterone that I have experienced using the Balanced Woman formula for over 10 years. Plus you may have read the many testimonials on my blog of other women who have had the same great experiences I have had. It is rewarding for me to see how many women the Balanced Woman has benefited.

I was rather surprised, as I was doing some additional research just yesterday, that natural progesterone is also good for your cardio vascular system. After seeing the research I have no doubt, my faithful use of progesterone cream is the reason I do not have high blood pressure. I am in my mid 50’s. I have weight issues and I am a diabetic. I can’t count the times my doctor has remarked that it’s a miracle I don’t have high pressure or high cholesterol considering my age and other health issues.

Ok let me share with you what I learned just yesterday.

New research shows how natural progesterone protects the heart.

One of the first doctors to study progesterone’s effect on the heart among women using natural progesterone was Kenna Stephenson, M.D. of the University of Texas at Tyler. An abstract of her study was published in the journal Blood a few years back. In short it found “…no markers for inflammation or clotting indicators for most of the serious diseases related to the use of traditional hormone replacement therapy.” In layman’s terms, progesterone didn’t increase biomarkers for stroke or heart attack like Hormone Replacement Therapy does. Stephenson’s research along these lines is ongoing, and her group continues to find that progesterone’s effects on cardiovascular function are beneficial or neutral.

Progesterone’s effect on cardiovascular health has become an important topic of interest among researchers, who are beginning to realize that the effects of the synthetic progestins on heart function are dramatically different from those of natural progesterone. The research indicates, while progestins can cause heart spasms and cardiac disease, progesterone can help protect the heart.

In "What Your Doctor May Not Tell You about Menopause", Dr. John Lee described the research done with monkeys and humans showing that certain progestins caused spasms in the heart. However, at that time, research showing the beneficial effects of natural progesterone on the heart was sparse. As I have said in earlier articles I had the privilege of traveling all over California hosting women health seminars. Dr Lee was our guest speaker at each of the seminars. No matter how many times I heard him speak it was never boring and there was always something new to learn. I credit his passion for natural progesterone for the continued research that is happening now all over the world.

A more recent study of endogenous (made in the body) progesterone levels was published in the Oct 2007 Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. According to the lead author Emily Szmuilowicz, M.D. of Brigham and Women Hospital, “Our study shows that in post menopausal women, higher blood levels of progesterone are associated with less of an increase in blood pressure and less blood vessel constriction in response to angiotensin II, one of the naturally occurring substances in the body which causes the blood vessels to constrict. Constriction of the blood vessels can lead to increased blood pressure, which can contribute to problems such as heart attack and stroke.”

In Japan a study done by Nakamura et al, and published in the Dec 18, 2007 issue of the journal Circulation, researchers found that progesterone protected the heart from rhythm disturbances, or arrhythmias.

In yet another rodent study done in India and published in Life Sciences journal in June 2007, researchers gave different groups of rats a heart attack and studied the extent of the damage done. The groups included males, females, females without ovaries, and then each of those groups treated with progesterone. They found that the females with ovaries that were also treated with progesterone had significantly less heart damage. They also came out better on most of the biomarkers used to measure heart damage. The fact that the female rats without ovaries didn’t do as well on the progesterone is most likely an indicator that progesterone and estrogen benefit the heart the most when they work together.

I am on a mission in 2008 to share with women all across the world the importance of using natural progesterone cream. All creams on the market are not created equally. I highly recommend using a cream made to the specifications of Dr. John Lee.

Cancer Scare

2007-12-28T08:48:00.000-08:00

I had the biggest health scare of my life. I certainly feel it is a story I want to share with women all over the world. It is a story that could be life saving. I was 53 and NEVER had a mammogram. In November of 2006 I had my first mammogram. I left the office happy and care free totally expecting to receive a letter from the doctor's office in a few days saying the test was normal and to be retested in 2007.

Then later in that same day after I had the mammogram my phone ring and it was the doctor's office asking if I could be in their office @ 8:30 AM the next morning for a diagnostic mammogram and an ultra sound. They had found THREE tumors in my breast. I was SHOCKED and VERY AFRAID. The rest of the day was filled with lots of praying and wondering what IF.

I had lost my mother in law to cancer in 2002 and the memory was so fresh in my mind. My husband was also shaken by the news and insisted on going to the doctor with me. The doctor examined and examined the tumors through the ultra sound and it seems like I was on the table for an eternity. As she showed me the tumors on the screen and the longer I was on the table the more afraid I became, every negative thought I could think of was racing through my mind.

In conclusion the doctor said there was less than a 1% chance the tumors were malignant.... but she wanted to see me every 90 days. NOW ... my friends I say to you today ... IF I had NOT been using the natural progesterone Balanced Woman formula for the last 10 years ... would those tumors have been malignant? Well ... all I can say is my doctor said she would not say one way or the other BUT she went on to say "Do not ever stop using it"! That was enough for me.

During the last year I have rubbed Balanced Woman directly on the areas of the tumors and with each test through out the year the tumors were smaller at each visit. Last month I finished my series of having a diagnostic mammogram and ultra sound every 90 days in 2007. My last test gave me a clean bill of health and the tumors were TOTALLY GONE!!!

NO woman should take chances with their health. If you are one of those women that say “I don't have any hormonal issues”, then you should use Balanced Woman as a preventative for future health problems. You NEVER know what the future will bring.

Do Men Have PMS?

2007-12-28T08:31:00.000-08:00

Do men have PMS? My 8 years old granddaughter whispered to me the other day, why is Pop cranky today? I wanted to say … oh don’t pay any attention to him today he must have PMS but since she is only 8 I didn’t want explain what PMS was.

Seriously, years ago there is not a health care specialist anywhere that would come close to saying men suffer health challenges related to mid life changes in their hormone level. Now it is becoming apparent through medical research that men do suffer hormonal changes in their body starting at around 40 to 50 years of age.

New research by Brent Formby, Ph.D. at the Sansum Medical Research Institute in Santa Barbara, CA has uncovered evidence that progesterone may help men with prostate problems. His results showed that progesterone inhibits the growth of prostate cancer cells and that estradiol (estrogen) and dihdrotestosterone (DHT) (bad testosterone) accelerate prostate cancer cell growth.

Each year over 400,000 men in the United States alone undergo prostate surgery and over a billion dollars a year is spent on prostate treatment. Proscar, the leading drug is highly dangerous and according to the United States Veteran's Administration is no more effective than a sugar pill. On the opposite side there are no side effects to using natural progesterone. By the age of 50, 35% of men have cancer cells in their prostate. Odds are 2 to 1 a man will have prostate problems by the time they are 60.

In one of my earlier post I shared with you that our company sponsored many women health seminars all a crossed California with Dr. John Lee as our special guest speaker. Dr. Lee pioneered and blazed the trails for research on natural progesterone cream. I remember as a group of us ate lunch with Dr. Lee at one of our seminars he spent the entire lunch break talking to us about the importance of men using natural progesterone too. It was very interesting and was the beginning of my husband using Balanced Woman.

It should not be forgotten that men benefit from progesterone too. It is important to the functioning of the male counterpart of the uterus, called the prostate gland. The prostate gland can be affected by hormonal imbalance just as well as the uterus can. If men have low progesterone levels their estradiol levels can increase. This increase can lead to cancer of the prostate, just as it leads to breast and uterine cancer in women.

Dr. John Lee spoke about how he found men with elevated PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) levels having decreases of these levels when using progesterone cream daily. There were no progressions of their prostate lesions. Many men who were using their wives progesterone cream also reported that urinary frequency and urgency symptoms of prostate enlargement (BPH had decreased.

Prostate cancer has been treated by the use of hormone-suppressing drugs that reduce testosterone levels. Many times the treatment benefits last only a few years then the cancer progresses. If unopposed estrogen is known to cause endometrial cancer then why would it not be the cause of prostate cancer, since both these organs originate from the same embryonic cells? Also progesterone inhibits the enzyme that converts testosterone to (DHT), which is known to stimulate prostate cell growth.

Here is another very good reason men should used Balanced Woman. Most people consider osteoporosis to be a “women’s disease,” but according to the National Osteoporosis Foundation, twenty percent of those affected by osteoporosis are men. Many studies have shown that progesterone treatment helps replace the bone density that has been lost due to osteoporosis.

Benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH), the swelling of the prostate commonly known as prostatitis, affects 50 percent of men during their lifetimes. Progesterone treatment has been shown to shrink the prostate, alleviating the painful symptoms of BPH and allowing men to urinate more easily.

Yes, men really do go though menopause … Male Andropause (Male Menopause)

As I said earlier at about ages 40-50, starting even as early as their 30's, men go through a change. The realization hits them - they are aging. Their bodily changes are accompanied by changes in attitudes and moods. During this time men frequently begin to question their values, accomplishments, and life's direction. The entire pattern of these changes has led to the notion of the mid-life crisis.

Health research results show that a mid-life crisis is physical. It's a gradual and subtle shift in hormone production in the male body. Unlike a woman's body, there is no medically defined marker, like a woman's cessation of menstruation, which says a man is in male menopause - andropause. Science has known about andropause since the 1940's, but only recently have there been accessible and easy to administer hormone tests. Now, more than ever, there is interest in men's aging processes. Researchers are learning that letting this male hormone imbalance go untested and untreated can lead to some serious physical health risks. Emotional issues also occur with this imbalance that can add stress to a man's health and well being.

Some of the benefits of men using natural progesterone cream is it alleviates symptoms associated with enlarged prostate and it can enhance libido, improve energy, stamina and endurance.

I encourage anyone reading this information … tell all the men in your life about the importance of using Balanced Woman a natural progesterone cream formulated to the specifications of Dr. John R Lee.

Infertility and Hormones

2007-12-11T19:01:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone! Jackie Marlin here again. I want to share something with
you that’s as near to my heart as anything I’ve experienced.

Are you or is anyone you know suffering from female infertility? Natural
Progesterone Cream just may be the answer to your prayers. One of the
amazing results some women have experienced with Pure Health Trends
Network’s Balanced Woman is the ability to get pregnant when nothing
else seemed to help!

I’ve always felt sadness as I hear stories about otherwise happy couples
that could not conceive a child. The harder they tried the more
frustration they experienced.

It was not until my own daughter-in-law had trouble getting pregnant
that it really hit home. At the time they were living out of state, so
every month around the same time the phone lines would get hot. Not only
was I phoning her, so was my daughter, my sisters, her sister and Mom.
Month after month the answer was, “No, not this month”. After several
months, our deep compassion turned to worry.

I made a vow, when both my children got married I would not be a
meddling mother in law. But, the time had come that I was going to step
forward and offer a safe, effective and natural solution. Would it work?
I was certain it would but one thing for sure IF it didn't it wasn't
going to hurt anything.

I felt certain the Balanced Woman would work because we had already
received several testimonials from customers that had trouble getting
pregnant. The Balanced Woman was their miracle!

To make a long story short, my daughter-in-law agreed to give it a try.
I sent her a tube right away. After using Balanced Woman, which is now
an exclusive product for Pure Health Trends Network for just two months,
we received the news we had all been so anxiously awaiting. I was going
to be grandma again for the 5th time! My daughter already has 4 angels
(well really monsters on occasion).

I now have a beautiful new 5-month-old granddaughter thanks to the help
of Pure Health Trends Balanced Woman.

Could there be even more benefits to Pure Health Trends Balanced Woman?
I feel this is very important. My new granddaughter is an excellent
baby. She never cries and sleeps extremely well. I believe there are
many benefits that an unborn child receives in the womb of a mother with
high levels of natural progesterone. My daughter-in-law continued to use
Balanced Woman through out her pregnancy. As I mentioned earlier I
already had 4 grandkids and not one of them seemed as content as newest
little peanut My daughter (the one with 4 children) did not use progesterone
cream.

In a later post I will share with you some of the research that will
back up my statement.

If you are skeptical with what I have just shared…read on:

Jerome Check, M.D., an infertility specialist and professor of
obstetrics and gynecology at Thomas Jefferson University and Hahnemann
University, says that "too often physicians will treat the infertility
problem with strong medication or even surgery without checking
progesterone levels first...But for many women, progesterone therapy has
been very effective in helping them to become pregnant and to carry the
child to term. Only after this treatment is tried should more drastic
procedures be considered."

An adequate amount of progesterone is crucial to a woman who is trying
to become pregnant. It actually prepares the uterine wall for
implantation of the fertilized egg. Without sufficient progesterone, the
egg will be expelled. Progesterone treatment can also be used to induce
fertility when there appears to be ovulatory dysfunction. A study was
performed involving fifty women who had lived with infertility for a
minimum of one-and-a-half years. Seventy percent of the women conceived
within six months while exclusively using progesterone therapy, reports
Dr. Check. The Efficacy of Progesterone in Achieving Successful
Pregnancy describes this group.

My belief that progesterone helps with infertility doesn't come from
something I have read, it comes from experience and the joy of having my
5th soft cuddly granddaughter.

Women Take Control Of Your Hormones!

2007-12-08T19:36:00.000-08:00

Hi Ladies,

My name is Jackie Marlin. I am Media Specialist for a company called
Pure Health Trends Network. I've also had a lot of hands on experience
with product formulations. This particular product, Pure Health Trends
Balanced Women is dear to my heart and I wanted to share my experiences
with you.

I was first introduced to nutritional supplements over a decade ago
through network marketing. At first I had a very negative opinion of the
industry. I felt that the only reason I was hearing so many fabulous
testimonials was for one simple reason ... MONEY. In other words the
person telling the story about how great the product worked was only
motivated by money and not really by results.

You have all heard the stories..... I had arthritis so bad ... I
couldn't walk and after drinking the miracle juice for just 3 days ... I
could run.... I was blind but now I can see. These kind of stories went
on and on. This was very offensive to me. I wanted to help others, not
fill them full of false hope all for the sake of making a dollar.

Then in 1996 things begin to change. I was given an audio tape by the
chief of surgery at one of the largest hospitals in Indianapolis
Indiana. The audio tape was of a live seminar given by Dr. John R. Lee.
The information on this tape was short of a miracle for women. The chief
of surgery said, "Jackie, IF you can find this formula, I will endorse
it." Our product development team went to work and within one month we
had found the source to private label the natural progesterone formula made to
the specifications of Dr. John R. Lee. Introducing Balanced Woman

I was only 42 at the time ... and I suffered with severe cramps so bad I
had to take prescription pain medication. Then I would be in bed for two
days. Not only that I had severe PMS and horrible mood swings. After
using the Balanced Woman formula for one month.... I NEVER took another
prescription pain pill and the PMS and mood swings were totally GONE!!!
Can you believe that? Now I had the type of testimonial that used to be
offensive to me! But there is still more.

I was so impressed with the results I was receiving I wanted to share it
with women all over America. From 1996-1998 we hosted live health
seminars on the benefits of the Balanced Women formula throughout the
state of California with Dr. John R. Lee as our guest speaker. Later we
produced a natural progesterone cream TV Infomercials so we could
reach women everywhere. The information and knowledge Dr. Lee
shared with our audience was unbelievable. Dr. Lee died several years
go but still, to this day, women depend on his books and information
to help them balance their hormones and their struggles with menopause.

I am 54 now and have been using the Balanced Woman formula for 12 years
... I have gone through menopause without ONE.... hot flash ... night
sweat or mood swing all thanks to the Pure Health Trends Network
Balanced Woman. Plus ladies your husband's will LOVE it ... Balanced
Woman saves your libido.... no loss of sex drive.

We have many faithful Pure Health Trends Network customers using the
Balanced Woman formula for over 12 years ... for me that says it all ..
IT WORKS!!!