Ep. 41: Benefits of Progesterone and How to Restore Hormonal Health (Women’s Hormonal Health Part 2)

In this episode we discuss:

• Why estrogen dominance is one of the primary drivers of reproductive issues for women

• The cost of suppressing hormonal and reproductive symptoms with birth control

• Whether symptoms like breast soreness, bloating, cramps, heaviness, mood swings, migraines, PCOS, fibroids, and endometriosis can be resolved by correcting underlying dysfunction

• Why estrogen is not the “female hormone” and is instead better classified as a stress hormone

• The healthiest form of birth control/contraception

 

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Timestamps:

4:10 – the harmful effects of various forms of contraception and using menstrual cycles as indicators of health status

13:44 – the beneficial effects of progesterone and its roles outside of reproduction

16:54 – context for hormone supplementation (including estrogen or progesterone supplementation and hormone replacement therapy)

28:25 – the problems with hormone blood tests and how this has led to misconceptions surrounding the effects of estrogen on our health

33:16  – nutrition to rebalance hormones without hormonal supplementation

55:44  – supplements (vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, aspirin, progesterone, thyroid) to improve hormonal health