Oestrogen is a hormone which is made from cholesterol. Typically, oestrogen promotes positive effects, supporting tissue growth and female development. This very important hormone has a limited half-life in the metabolism and after completion of its vital function, oestrogen must be removed.

The body has a specialised detoxification system for the removal of expired metabolites which includes Phase I and II detoxification reactions. The methylation of oestrogen changes it to an excretable product which is no longer active as a hormone. This crucial methylation step is however often hampered by depletion of essential co-factors and substrates.

There are 3 pathways regarding liver oestrogen metabolism of which two can lead to potentially carcinogenic products, while the other is protective.

What influences which pathway oestrogen takes?

 
High levels of oestrogen can lead to:

These higher than necessary levels of oestrogen is referred to as “oestrogen dominance.” Detoxing your body of excess oestrogen has many immediate and long term benefits.

FutureHealth’s Hormone Assist™ helps with oestrogen dominance and may lessen some of the above listed symptoms, but it may also have protective effects against more serious problems like fibroids, endometriosis and even cancer.