Does “Bioidentical Hormones” mean Natural?

The hormones estrogen and progesterone are important to the overall health of women. Hormones are chemicals that are released by your body’s cells, which enable messages to be delivered to different parts of the body. Bioidentical refers to the chemical structure of hormones. Hormones that your body produces and bioidentical hormones have the exact same chemical and molecular structure. Natural implies the source of the hormones. Natural hormones are not necessarily bioidentical. For example, plant derived hormones or phytoestrogens are natural estrogens found in soy products like soy milk, tofu and tempeh. The plant derived estrogens are not exactly the same as the hormones that your body produces. Hormones which are used in BHT have a similar structure to hormones that your body produces and come from soy and yams. They need to be processed in order to become bio