Women in menopause are becoming more informed and looking for answers to their hot flashes and other distressing symptoms. In Mission and Abbotsford they need look no further than Jackie Harvey. An international speaker on women's health issues, Harvey has offered seminars locally and traveled extensively, teaching women how to make their own health care choices on hormonal issues.

"Women these days are making more educated choices, and they want alternatives to HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy)," says Harvey.

Her program not only teaches women about their health and the trend of estrogen dominance, its links to reproductive cancers, depression, migraines, and weight gain, but also teaches them how to use natural hormones, available through compounding pharmacies to turn this trend around.

"Women can lower their estrogen levels using food, supplements and natural hormones," she says.

Harvey is the woman to help make it happen. Not only does she offer saliva testing to women through a US lab, which is crucial for determining hormone levels, she also has her own company which has formulated a specific supplement program geared to hormonal issues and regulation. Working with the "hormonally challenged" has its mountains but nonetheless has proved rewarding for Harvey. She has sold over 700 saliva tests and worked with as many women in need of counsel. 

Wading through the extensive research surrounding hormones can be challenging for anyone, but Harvey has done her homework.  Consulting with the late Dr. Lee, author of What Your Doctor Won't Tell You About Menopause, she has spent years making the connection between hormones and women's health, giving an informative and educated evening and providing interested listeners with her DVD.

Harvey will be speaking at Cedarbrooke Chateau in Mission along with holistic nurse Susan Krautter and nutritionist Emily Isaacson Oct. 21 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased online at www.emilyisaacson.org