In 2002, the WHI study terrified doctors and women out of using hormone therapy.But here’s the truth..❌ They used Prempro….a combo of conjugated equine estrogens (from pregnant horse urine) and Provera, a synthetic progestin (not real progesterone)✅ They didn’t test bioidentical estradiol or micronized progesterone…the gold standard today.🚨 Overnight, HRT prescriptions dropped from 20% to 4% in the U.S.Doctors panicked. Women suffered. Now we have a generation left dealing with brain fog, belly

Dr. Gabrielle Lyon on Instagram: "The Women’s Health Initiative didn’t invalidate hormone therapy— but the way its findings were reported changed everything. - Headlines warned of breast cancer, heart attacks, and stroke. - Hormone therapy use plummeted. - And millions of women were left to suffer through menopausal symptoms—often without good guidance. But here’s what’s true: - The WHI was never designed to study symptom relief. It tested whether hormones could prevent chronic disease in older,