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A Primal woman\\u2019s first reaction to the prospect of taking synthetic hormone replacements for menopause? Probably a healthy dose of skepticism. We in the ancestral health community, after all, tend to view pharmaceuticals as a last resort\\u2014interventions that are overprescribed by vested interests, create their own set of side effects, and may even do more harm than good. To suggest that we \\u201cneed\\u201d this or that prescription raises our hackles.

Besides, it\\u2019s not like menopause is a product of modernity or an aberration our ancestors never experienced; it\\u2019s a physiological stage that evolution has protected and selected in humans. It\\u2019s perfectly natural. Rather than the debilitating, miserable experience many women report having, menopause should be easier. Graceful, even. But it often isn\\u2019t.

(This Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Mark Sisson, and is narrated by Tina Leaman)