Grow Your Own HRT Articles

  • If you don’t know about Sprouting for Menopause start here

    If you don’t know about Sprouting for Menopause start here

    You’ve probably heard of bioidentical HRT which are hormones synthesised from plants. Did you know you can cut out the middleman and grow plant hormones yourself and simply eat them! Grow Your Own HRT explains that sprouted beans and seeds are…..

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  • Men, sprouted foods and prostate cancer

    Men, sprouted foods and prostate cancer

    Prostate cancer is the second biggest killer of men in the UK. Many older men have prostate cancer and don’t know it because it’s dormant and they have no symptoms. So why does it stay dormant in some men but yet it kills others?…..

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  • The difference between synthetic hormones and plant hormones (it’s all about the molecules)

    The difference between synthetic hormones and plant hormones (it’s all about the molecules)

    There are lots of different types of hormones, such as plant hormones, synthetic hormones, chemical and industrially produced hormones. So what’s the difference between them, why are some good and others bad? Well it’s all about the molecules… Ready? Here we go…..

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  • So how did an ex stand up comic end up writing a menopause book? (2025)

    So how did an ex stand up comic end up writing a menopause book? (2025)

    Basically bean sprouting, was a bit of a hobby, a great way of indoor gardening for flat dwellers such as myself. I was excited when growing red clover (as opposed to taking red clover pills) cured my hot flushes and thought I’d write a small pamphlet about it…..

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  • It worked for five years (2020)

    It worked for five years (2020)

    It’s a while since I’ve written but I’m still growing my own HRT, eating mung, red clover, fenugreek, cress or broccoli. I eat them as part of my salad for lunch and I add them to a big old juice or smoothie in the evening before dinner…..

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  • Menopause week on womans hour (2018)

    Menopause week on womans hour (2018)

    Last week they had menopause week on Women’s Hour, (radio 4), I listened avidly everyday, sent them a couple of emails explaining that there was new science on the subject and they really should include it. I managed to speak to a researcher after they peddled the old myth…..

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  • Red clover can help hormone dependent breast cancer

    Red clover can help hormone dependent breast cancer

    It’s bad enough for a woman to get hormone dependent breast cancer, but to add to it, if you get menopause symptoms you are not allowed any kind of hormonal help, not HRT, not even plant hormone supplements. When women ask me if sprouting red clover can help…..

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  • Fenugreek boosts libido – oh yes, yes, yes!

    Fenugreek boosts libido – oh yes, yes, yes!

    I promised to update you all on my experiments with fenugreek and luscious libido, but have been reluctant to commit it to print. This is because while I genuinely think it makes a difference – and so do some of my readers …..

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  • You CAN sprout Broccoli in bags

    You CAN sprout Broccoli in bags

    Both my sprouting books say that Broccoli can be a sensitive sprout to grow. They love growing in trays because they like to root through the slats, but only want to be the top tray (spoilt!!) and sometimes need extra water(very spoilt!)………

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  • Article published in She Who Knows 2018

    Article published in She Who Knows 2018

    Imagine a world where the young don’t get acne, infertility is unheard of and the only sign of menopause is that our periods cease.This is the world we evolved from. Stepping bravely into cities, we modernised, industrialised, denatured our food and lost something along the way……

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