Since October 18th, the Food and
Drug Administration requires that
every estrogen prescription be
accompanied by a warning listing
some 40 side effects,
the most serious risk is cancer.
While the medical community is
divided, some doctors are becoming
more cautious in prescribing
estrogens.
Dr. Gideon Seamon minces no
words.
He says Estrogen's should not be
taken at all.
For 20 years, Dr. Seeman and his
wife, Barbara Seeman, have
researched artificial hormones and
have published their results in this
book, Women and the Crisis in Sex
Hormones.
As an alternative to Estrogen's
for menopausal problems, Dr.
Siemon says E and B vitamins,
as well as ginseng root, take
care of hot flashes in 90 percent
of women for birth control.
Dr. Siemon favors the diaphragm
or condom with foam, saying
that when properly used, they are as
effective as the pill and infinitely
safer.
But Dr. Siemon says an even safer
method is in the future.
And other methods such as,
um, natural organic
methods.
If a woman can pinpoint
the time of her ovulation
by a urine test, a saliva
test or cervical mucus test,
then she need only
abstain or use some
other method for two or three days
out of the month.
And no method of birth control for
the rest of the month.
I personally think that this is the
ultimate method of birth control.
And there are
on the horizon in the next couple
of years going to be very simple
ways for women to determine whether
at precisely what point they're
ovulating.
Meanwhile, women of childbearing
ages and menopausal women may
want to study the FDA warnings
regarding estrogens and discuss
the potential risks with their
doctors.
Bobbie Wygant The Texas News