How Phyto-Adapt Works

The transition from perimenopause through menopause amounts to a large physiologic stressor to your body that requires a lot of adaptation, everywhere from your nervous system, to your gut, and adrenals. Your immune system signals will tend to shift to a state of higher inflammation and the metabolic processes of your cells begins to change.

Phyto-Adapt addresses not only the hormonal shifts happening, but supports all of these other body system changes that are typically ignored in menopause care.

Two key herbal categories in Phyto-Adapt are:

Adaptogens

These herbal medicines have been used for hundreds, and in some cases thousands, of years to support overall health and longevity. By definition, adaptogens don’t help do just one, two, or even three things in the body. They positively impact numerous vital body processes that creates the end result of an overall tonifying, or strengthening, of the entire person - mental, emotional, and physical.

Some key areas adaptogenic herbs help strengthen are:

  • Immune system balance and inflammation
  • Blood sugar regulation
  • Adrenal/Cortisol response
  • Normal physical and mental/emotional stress response
  • Cellular metabolism

Phytoestrogens

The prefix phyto- means plant. Phytoestrogens are compounds in plants that closely mimic human estrogen in chemical structure. Due to this resemblance, these plant compounds can attach to and activate the same receptors in the female body as naturally produced estrogen from the ovaries. The primary difference is that phytoestrogens activate estrogen pathways in the female body much less potently. The result of supplementing with phytoestrogens is somewhat like putting a band-aid on the estrogen receptors that are starving for estrogen during it’s natural decline during the menopausal transition. This soothes symptoms associated with what I call “estrogen withdrawal”, such as hot flashes.In addition to adaptogens and phytoestrogens, Phyto-Adapt contains herbal medicines that have been used for hundreds of years to support women through menopause.