We've had Dr Ray Peat on the podcast twice before and his episode with Emma Sgourakis - The Nutrition Coach is the most downloaded podcast episode of all time!
So Kate and I decided to get him back on to do a deep dive into hormones.
This is a 2-hour episode, so you’ll definitely want to grab a snack and maybe a pen and paper because you’re going to learn heaps. In this episode, we talk about:
➡️ The dangers of estrogen therapy
➡️ How the medical industry got is all wrong--and continues to get it wrong
➡️ Why even small amounts of added estrogen can be disruptive
➡️ The purpose of estrogen in women AND men
➡️ Where estrogen is produced in both men and women--it is produced in far more places than you have been told
➡️ Estrogen's effects on a woman's cycle
➡️ Estrogen's link to miscarriages
➡️ Why the progesterone to estrogen balance is so important
➡️ The effects of progesterone ON estrogen
➡️ Are menopausal women really LOW in estrogen?
➡️ Understanding the difference types of estrogen
➡️ Prostate cancer and estrogen
➡️ The estrogen - insulin connection
➡️ Estrogen's effect on sugar and fat metabolism
➡️ Insulin, estrogen and diabetes connection
➡️ How the fish oil industry got established
➡️ The PUFA - estrogen and vitamin E connection
➡️ What is really going on with "low" estrogen diagnosis
➡️ The thyroid - cholesterol connection
➡️ The gut cholesterol connection
➡️ Why super low cholesterol is not beneficial for health
➡️ The thyroid andrenaline connection
➡️ Why Magnesium is important in thyroid therapy
➡️ Using progesterone therapy for both women and men
➡️ The progesterone-cortisol connection
➡️ Understanding progesterone therapy
And so MUCH more..
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SHOW NOTES
00:00 - Introduction to Podcast Episode
01:26 - Podcast Topic Summary
02:55 - What are steroidal hormones and how do they work in the body?
04:44 - The dangers of estrogen therapy
12:36 - Why even small amounts of added estrogen can be disruptive
17:21 - What is the purpose of estrogen in the female and male body?
18:24 - When is estrogen at its highest in a woman's cycle and what is it doing?
20:55 - Where is estrogen produced in men and women?
25:43 - Are menopausal women really LOW in estrogen?
28:32 - The 3 different types of estrogen
21:12 - The effects of progesterone on estrogen
35:39 - The effects of fertility medications
37:20 - Prostate cancer and estrogen
41:38 - The connection between estrogen and insulin
45:36 - What insulin does
50:43 - How the fish oil industry was established
55:42 - Advice to women who are told they have estrogen deficiency
1:00:25 - What would cause someone to have low cholesterol and why is it not beneficial for health?
01:04:30 - Suggestions for those with low cholesterol
01:07:09 - The thyroid/cholesterol connection
01:09:26 - Thyroid/adrenaline connection
01:11:29 - The importance of Magnesium
01:16:06 - Symptoms of men having more estrogen
01:24:34 - Progesterone/cortisol connection
01:32:42 - Progesterone therapy
01:40:58 - Benefits of progesterone
01:43:55 - What is the difference between natural progesterone and the progesterone that the medical community prescribes?