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The Link between Hormones and Heart Health
February is American Heart Month. This annual observance is meant to raise awareness of the risk factors for developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) and the importance of adopting a heart healthy...
Why Natural Progesterone Is Crucial to Healthy HRT
A woman loses virtually all of her estradiol, testosterone and progesterone when menopause takes place. Her endocrine system becomes permanently imbalanced and out of sync when this happens. The...
Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Can Pump Up Your Exercise Routine
Hormones support good health. These vital chemical substances exist in every system, organ and gland you have and work in unison to help your body function properly. When levels are depleted, as...
The Benefits of Yoga – Hormones, Memory, Aging, Stress & Pain
By Payge McMahon The practice of meditation and yoga, a mind-body therapy, slows down the aging process and can help those suffering from traumatic brain injuries, post-traumatic stress disorder,...
A New Year – A New You
"And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been."- Rainer Maria Rilke Have you resolved to make a fresh beginning in the new year? A lot of us focus on physical issues like...
A New Year’s Invitation to Meditation
After weeks of holiday festivities and gatherings, why not reward yourself with a relaxing evening of quiet reflection and peaceful New Years meditation? New Year’s Eve is the perfect night to stay...
Hormone Havoc During the Holidays
Are You Hormone Deficient? It’s amazing how many aspects of your life are affected when your hormones are out of balance. Hot flashes, night sweats, sleep disturbances, and depression are just some...
Hormones for Holiday Curmudgeons
Jerry was 49 when he finally realized he had to do something to get his vitality back. He used to really enjoy the holidays—spending extra time with his kids, getting together with friends and...
Some Key Advice for Boosting Your Immune System over the Holidays
The incidence of colds and flu generally peaks between December and March. Air travel and shopping in the crowds make the holidays an especially vulnerable time. Those with weak immune systems, the...
Living a Balanced Life during the Holidays
The holidays are just about here. It’s a time for family and friends, giving and sharing, favorite foods, time-honored traditions, and worship. On the flip side, it’s also hectic. The shopping, the...
Does Hormone Replacement Cause Weight Gain?
The answer is no. In fact, it is hormone deficiency not hormone replacement that causes weight gain in menopausal women. A study published in 2012 stated that it is a myth to blame HRT (especially...
The Mammogram Debate
The screening mammogram has been a staple of preventive care for women for more than 3 decades. In recent years there have been questions as to the benefits of these mammograms and whether they...
Why the SottoPelle® Hormone Method?
Fits Like A Glove
Finding your “fit.” Some things we just have to live with. Luckily, the symptoms of hormone imbalance are not one of them. Still, hundreds of thousands of women and men are suffering through...
Five more Myths about Testosterone and Women
Five more Myths about Testosterone and Women We’ve already posted our Top 5 Myths about testosterone use in women, but, believe it or not, there is even more misinformation out there! Let’s dispel a...
Top 5 Myths About Testosterone Use In Women
Think testosterone is just for guys? Think again. Testosterone plays a crucial role in women’s health, too, and it’s not what you think. Women across the globe are discovering, with the help of...
It’s time.
How to tell your partner, spouse, friend... “IT’S TIME” for SottoPelle® A person with a hormone balance can be difficult to live with. Irritability, anxiety, moodiness, and fatigue can all take a...
A Day in the Life – Part 2
Kendra stood with her Skechers glued to the step and tried to breathe and not burst into flame (the hot flashes were worse when she was outside). By nature of the app, none of her would-be suitors...
Methods to Maintain Sexual Health
We’ll get straight to the point: Let’s talk about sex. There’s a notion that older adults have no business in any sort of sexual activity. However, as we’ve previously shared in our post on how to...
A Day in the Life – Part One
It was 7:30PM and Kendra still had 1000 steps to go. Even though it was the last thing she wanted to do, and even though there was a half-full bottle of pinot grigio in the fridge, Kendra pulled on...
Hormone Replacement Therapy – Are You Man Enough?
As a man, sometimes seeking help for a problem can be overwhelmingly difficult. Men are taught and expected to be self-sufficient, strong, problem solvers. They are supposed to do the heavy lifting,...
The Power of Pellets -Getting off the “medical merry-go-round” & the “hormone roller coaster”
You can't put your finger on it, but you know you don't feel like you used to. You lack energy. Your digestion is... off. You feel moody and sometimes even anxious. You get overheated for no reason....
Featured Provider – Joy Keeton, FNP-C
SottoPelle is proud to showcase one of our providers in our “Featured Provider Series.” Joy Keeton, FNP-C practices in Godley, Texas and has been a SottoPelle Trained Provider since July 2019....
Pellet Therapy – Truly customized HRT for Women and Men
Pellet Therapy - Truly customized HRT for Women and Men Imagine this. You order a monogrammed set of pillows for your living room. You are so excited when the box arrives that you immediately rip it...
Featured Provider – Leita Harris, M.D.
Leita Harris, M.D. has been a SottoPelle® Trained Physician since May 2015 and has a thriving practice in Corona and Indian Wells, California. Her continued success treating Menopause, Andropause,...
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