Dr. John Lee's Prevention Program

The late Dr. John Lee's Osteoporosis Prevention Program Using Natural Progesterone Cream

Nutritional supplements:

• Vitamin D (350-400 IU daily)
  Vitamin C (2,000 milligram daily)
  Beta-carotene (15 milligram day)
  Calcium (800-1000 milligram/day, by supplement or in diet)

Hormone supplements:

Transdermal progesterone, three percent cream applied daily during phasing out (last two weeks) of estrogen use. Dosage should be 1/2 to 1/3 ounces per month. Apply about 1/4 teaspoon of cream on the stomach, inner arm or thighs, any soft, fatty tissue areas of the body at bedtime for two to three weeks each month. You can also use progesterone cream inside the vagina for vaginal dryness. Stop for one week. Never use when menstruating. He used a cream like Wise Women Essentials Natural Progesterone Cream in his clinically studies.

Estrogen supplements:

If needed for vaginal dryness or excessive hot flashes, 0.3 to 0.625 milligrams daily of conjugated estrogen for the same three weeks progesterone is applied
Exercise: Twenty minutes daily
Diet: Vegetable based diet (limit meat to less than three times a week). Also avoid alcohol, cigarettes, or carbonated beverages

Different Risks-Different Treatments

Osteoporosis treatment is not the same for everyone. It all depends on your risk factors. Dr. Tori Hudson, N.D., a professor at the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon, first determines risk factors for osteoporosis and for heart disease before prescribing treatment. She evaluates a patient's risk on a scale of low, middle or high severity based on information she gathers from their medical history, lab tests, physical exam and a bone density test. She examines a women's body type, lifestyle and looks for the following osteoporosis danger signs: sedentary activity level, fair skin and blue eyes, high consumption of alcohol, cigarette smoking, insufficient calcium intake during pregnancy and breast feeding and certain medications or surgeries that encourage bone loss. Once these risk factors are determined, she uses the following stepladder chart to determine treatment.

For Low Risk Patients

• Diet, exercise and stress management
  Nutritional supplementation
  Botanicals For moderate risk patients, she adds
  Natural or semi-natural creams (including natural progesterone and estrogen compounds derived from soy or wild yam)

For High Risk Patients

• In addition to diet, nutritional supplements, she adds
  Friendly conventional hormone drugs (e.g. prescribed natural progesterone)
  Or, if needed, Unfriendly drugs (conventional hormonal replacement therapy)

Health care professionals have used natural progesterone cream since 1950's to help relieve the symptoms of menopause, hormone balance, bone support and PMS. It is a natural solution for women and an alternative to synthetic hormone replacement therapy, (HRT).

Please note that there can be other causes. This is for education only. It is not intended to treat, prevent or cure a medical disease. If you have a medical condition, please consult a health care professional.