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laurawd · 12-26-2007, 07:28 AM

"As far as not having any estrogen show up on blood tests.... remember that the blood tests we can get from our doctors only measure ONE TYPE of estrogen (like Roland said). They don't consider all the other forms, which can have the same effects as the one form that is measured. For example, I was amenorrheic for 5 years and during that time my estrogen (measured by the doctor) and LH with FSH were almost non-existant. Recently though for the past year, I've been completely regular and that was without any exogenous estrogen (i.e., BC). On subsequent blood tests I figured these female hormones would have been right back in the normal range, but to my surprise, they were EXACTELY the same. Estrogen was still below the sensitivity of the analysis, and the other hormones were still in the range of a post-menopausal woman. SO.... I spoke with professors in my Univ plus other female professors that specialize in female hormone measurement, and they told me that estrogen is still low because it's the other forms of estrogen that are elevated compared to earlier - not the one that can be measured by your doctor."

Hi Cassandra,

What you write above implies that estrogen could be high even if it's not "high" on blood tests. (I.e., one might have the dreaded estrogen dominance thing going on but not be able to detect it w/ blood tests). How would you know if you're estrogen dominant, in this case?

(IT is possible to test ALL estrogens via a 24-hour urine sample, but it's a bit of a nuisance.)

Oh - and on the protein powder thing: hemp protein powder and pea protein powder - both of which are in Vega - are very good alternative sources. Doesn't just have to be soy.

12-26-2007, 07:28 AM	#9 (permalink)
laurawd Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 40	estrogen "As far as not having any estrogen show up on blood tests.... remember that the blood tests we can get from our doctors only measure ONE TYPE of estrogen (like Roland said). They don't consider all the other forms, which can have the same effects as the one form that is measured. For example, I was amenorrheic for 5 years and during that time my estrogen (measured by the doctor) and LH with FSH were almost non-existant. Recently though for the past year, I've been completely regular and that was without any exogenous estrogen (i.e., BC). On subsequent blood tests I figured these female hormones would have been right back in the normal range, but to my surprise, they were EXACTELY the same. Estrogen was still below the sensitivity of the analysis, and the other hormones were still in the range of a post-menopausal woman. SO.... I spoke with professors in my Univ plus other female professors that specialize in female hormone measurement, and they told me that estrogen is still low because it's the other forms of estrogen that are elevated compared to earlier - not the one that can be measured by your doctor." Hi Cassandra, What you write above implies that estrogen could be high even if it's not "high" on blood tests. (I.e., one might have the dreaded estrogen dominance thing going on but not be able to detect it w/ blood tests). How would you know if you're estrogen dominant, in this case? (IT is possible to test ALL estrogens via a 24-hour urine sample, but it's a bit of a nuisance.) Oh - and on the protein powder thing: hemp protein powder and pea protein powder - both of which are in Vega - are very good alternative sources. Doesn't just have to be soy.