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

04 Jan 2021 Ep. 41: Benefits of Progesterone and How to Restore Hormonal Health (Women’s Hormonal Health Part 2)

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The deleterious health effects of most forms of contraception (including hormonal contraceptives and even non-hormonal IUDs)
Why hormonal supplements are often misused and when it makes the most sense to use them
The potential benefits and drawbacks of progesterone supplementation
Which foods help to lower estrogen (and why nuts, seeds, beans, and legumes are not supportive of hormonal health)
Why hormonal blood tests can be misleading
The best supplements for balancing hormones

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

Inflammatory response to copper IUD is toxic to sperm and ova and is responsible for its contraceptive effects (1, 2)
Copper IUD increases the estrogen to progesterone ratio (1)
Progesterone supports mitochondrial function (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
Progesterone protects against brain injury (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
Fasting is estrogenic (1)