To those who came before us:
Β We would like to take a moment to honor and appreciate your dedication and service to the world. Among them, two very important people must be mentioned. These devoted men pioneered the study of womenβs health and the use of bio identical hormones.
First, our primary personal Mentor and Friend was Dr. John R. Lee, M.D.
Dr. Lee, was internationally acknowledged as a pioneer and expert in the study and use of the hormone progesterone, and on the subject of hormone replacement therapy for women. He used transdermal progesterone extensively in his clinical practice for 20 years, doing research which showed that it can reverse osteoporosis. Dr. Lee also famously coined the term βestrogen dominance,β meaning a relative lack of progesterone compared to estrogen, which causes a list of symptoms familiar to millions of women.
Dr. Lee had a distinguished medical career, including graduating fromΒ HarvardΒ and theΒ University of Minnesota Medical School. After he retired from a 30-year family practice in Northern California he began writing and traveling around the world speaking to doctors, scientists and lay people about progesterone. Dr. Lee also taught a very popular course on βOptimal Health,β at the College of Marin for 15 years, for which he wrote the bookΒ Optimal Health Guidelines. His second self-published book, written for doctors, wasΒ Natural Progesterone: The Multiple Roles of a Remarkable Hormone.Β He then teamed up with Virginia Hopkins and others to write the best-selling books:
WHAT YOUR DOCTOR MAY NOT TELL YOU ABOUT MENOPAUSE: The Breakthrough Book on Natural ProgesteroneΒ (Warner Books, 1996)
WHAT YOUR DOCTOR MAY NOT TELL YOU ABOUT PREMENOPAUSE: Balance Your Hormones and Your Life from Thirty to FiftyΒ (Warner Books, 1999)
WHAT YOUR DOCTOR MAY NOT TELL YOU ABOUT BREAST CANCER: How Hormone Balance Can Help Save Your Life,Β (Warner Books, 2002)
Second, weβd like to take a moment to thank Dr. Ray Peat PhD.
Dr Peat has a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Oregon, with specialization in physiology. The schools where he has taught include: the University of Oregon, Urbana College, Montana State University, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, Universidad Veracruzana, the Universidad AutΓ³noma del Estado de MΓ©xico, and Blake College. He also conducts private nutritional counseling.
Dr. Peat started his work with progesterone and related hormones in 1968. In his papers on Physiological Chemistry and Physics (1971 & 1972) and in his dissertation (University of Oregon, 1972), he outlined his findings regarding progesterone, and the hormones closely related to it, as protectors of the bodyβs structure and energy against the harmful effects of estrogen, radiation, stress, and lack of oxygen.
The key idea was that energy and structure are interdependent, at every level.
We resonate greatly with many of the statements Dr. Peat makes:
ββMarketingβ of these as products, without understanding just what they do and why they do it, seems to be adding confusion, rather than understanding, as hundreds of people sell their misconceptions with their products. The very concept of βmarketingβ is at odds with the real nature of these materials, which has to do with the protection and expansion of our nature and potential. A distorted idea of human nature is sold when people are treated as βthe market.β
It seems that all of the problems of development and degeneration can be alleviated by the appropriate use of the energy-protective materials. When we realize that our human nature is problematic, we can begin to explore our best potentials.β
We feel very privileged to have role models like Dr. Lee and Dr. Peat who pioneered the pathway of empowering the lives of women and beyond, with the safe use of bio identical progesterone. The education and research theyβve provided has been founded on integrity and a commitment to improving the lives of others. Weβve worked with and seen first hand for more than two decades, the value these men have brought to the lives of millions.
It is our Mission to continue the Legacy!
