Benefits and Functions of Estrogen
( hundreds of functions -- here are just a
few of the most important )
- Helps maintain memory
- Increases sexual interest and joy
- Improves mood and happiness
- Improves sleep quality
- Relieves hot flashes
- Increases vaginal secretions
- Increases concentration and cognitive abilities
- Enhances energy
- Increases reasoning and ideation -- richer
language
- Prevents joint pains in the fingers, hands and
large joints associated with aging
- Increases eye (lacrimal) secretions that
otherwise lead to dry, itchy eye syndrome
- Decreases wrinkles
- Stops those tell-tale aging lines of the upper
lip
- Maintains the amount of collagen and elasticity in the skin
- Maintains bone density along with progesterone
and testosterone
- Increases the water content of skin and is responsible for its thickness and softness
- Reduces the overall risk of heart disease by 40 to 50%
- Helps with fine motor skills
- Helps maintain muscle
- Decreases blood pressure -- natural vasodilator
- Increases metabolic rate
- Reduces risk of cataracts
- Protects against macular degeneration
- Increases HDL by 10 to 15%
- Decreases LDL and prevents its oxidation
- Decreases lipoprotein(a) -- Lp(a) -- a highly
atherogenic substance
- Improves insulin sensitivity -- thereby
preventing type II diabetes
- Decreases the accumulation of plaque on arteries
- Regulates body temperature
- Stimulates the production of choline acetyltransferase, an enzyme which prevents Alzheimer's Disease
- Improves serotonin formation, a anti-depressant
brain neurotransmitter, which decreases depression, irritability, anxiety, and pain sensitivity
- Helps maintain the elasticity of arteries
- Dilates small arteries
- Inhibits platelet adhesiveness -- preventing
heart attacks and strokes
- Enhances magnesium uptake and utilization
- Enhances the production of nerve-growth factor
- Acts as a natural calcium channel blocker to keep arteries open
- Reduces homocysteine
- Decreases risk of colon cancer
- Helps prevent tooth loss
last updated:
04/21/2007
