Episode 26: Hormones and Your Health

During this episode you’ll learn about:

1. Hormones [2:10]
   • How your hormones work together {2:32]
   • Treating hormone problems requires an understanding of how each hormone works with the rest [3:04]
2. Reproductive hormones, glandular hormones, adrenal hormones [3:47]
3. Diagnosing hormone issues [4:55]
   • Aging and hormones [5:29]
4. Low testosterone [6:18]
   • Important to understand the source of Low T [7:01]
   • Testosterone converting into estrogen [7:20]
5. Inflammatory disorders and hormone problems [8:50]
6. Obesity and hormone problems [9:18]
7. Raising the body’s testosterone levels naturally [9:58]
   • Exercise [10:10]
8. Low progesterone / high estrogen [11:33]
9. Endocrine disruptors in our environment [12:04]
10. Detoxing endocrine disruptors [12:57]
11. Supplements for regulating women’s hormones [13:54]
12. Sugar’s impact on hormones [15:03]
13. Supplementing maca root [15:53]
    • Uses of maca root [17:12]
14. Hormone replacement therapy [17:42]
    • Estrogen patch [19:00]
15. Questions from the community [22:36]
    • What causes low testosterone, but normal estrogen levels? [22:45]
      • activated aromatase enzyme could be converting testosterone [22:50]
    • How do you raise testosterone naturally? [23:18]
      • Supplements that support optimal testosterone levels [23:33]
    • Does low progesterone always mean estrogen dominant? [24:06]
      • Testing can be difficult [24:35]
    • Does high testosterone always mean PCOS? 
      • every woman with high testosterone doesn't always have PCOS [25:57]
      • Other symptoms of PCOS [26:16]
      • Intermittent Fasting for PCOS [28:12] 
    • After taking an estrogen block, why are my muscles sore? [28:22] 
      • Solutions for sore muscles [28:55]

Resources to topics mentioned in this episode:

1. Estrogen Dominance – What it is, how to recognize it, and what you can do about it
2. Meet the Sex Hormones and Their Role in Your Health
3. What Are the Health Effects and Symptoms of Having an Underactive Thyroid?
4. Symptoms, Causes, and Consequences of an Overactive Thyroid

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