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Diva Mears, today we're going to talk about HRT. What's HRT?
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It's hormone repressment therapy. I think I knew that.
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Yes, I know you do. If anybody would know, you will be the one who consult me
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about everything about hormones. Oh, I know.
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I've been on them for a while. I know. You have.
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Well, you know, it's funny because HRT is in the news a lot more than it used
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to be. There was a lot of bad press a while ago with HRT for women as it,
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you know, if you don't do it right, you can have problems.
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Hormones can lead to other, you know, complications. So you really have to make
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sure you're doing the right level of hormones.
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Some medical doctors won't even prescribe them. Some doctors prefer to,
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like, functional doctors tend to be the ones or hormone specialists tend to
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be the ones that prescribe them nowadays.
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I thought it would be a good subject to dive into.
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I think so. do you really need to reach out to like
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for my my example my primary physician he
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will not take care of my hormones i have to actually seek out another clinic
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to reach out for my hormone and then again you have to like notice yourself
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what you used to have and all of a sudden you don't have and all of a sudden
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it disappears you know let's just drive into your vagina used to be nice and
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lubricated and now it's just dry like a desert
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Well, so we'll get into this a little bit further, but I actually went to the
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doctor because I'm having some problems.
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And it was one of the things that my doctor said that you should not be prescribed
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hormones based off of a number.
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You should be prescribed hormones based off of a symptom.
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Basically, no one's the same. So no one should be giving you advice regarding
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your hormones except for, you know, a professional that's used to it.
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And people start hormones as young as 16 years old if they want a gender-affirming
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hormone, and we're not going to go into it today.
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But women, between the age of 45 and 60 is when they tend to start.
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Did you know that? Yes, I do.
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I experience this myself. And men tend to start it in the early 40s. Is it really?
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Yeah, because men's testosterone starts to decline in their early 40s.
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You know, the funny thing is, I know it's how personal, but,
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you know, we talk about personal.
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My husband and I actually had a conversation about it. And he knows that he's
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ceased to strut around this low. But you know what he said?
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Once you be on, you have to be on for good, which is not always true, I don't think.
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Well, it depends because sometimes people's, you know, testosterone ebbs and flows.
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But here's the other thing, and we'll talk about this in more length.
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And I do mean length. If a man is not on testosterone, their penis size tends to become smaller.
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Definitely. And men don't realize that, that they lose size,
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width, and length as they get older because of a lack of testosterone.
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See, that's another thing.
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So talk to them about that one. Right. They don't realize it,
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and they don't understand. And then it's so hard.
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That's why another thing is, sometimes it's just a conversation.
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The conversation, like you and I talk about it, this is a part of girls' therapy.
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Yeah. Yeah, you know? So people always...
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The description of the word therapy wrong like
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you go out with your friend for the coffee also therapy you
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go out shopping also therapy so when it come up
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when the word therapy come up do not be scared that's
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another thing yes yes well let's talk about
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why men go on trt or trt
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is also known as testosterone replacement therapy why
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men go on it so let me know if your husband has any
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of these low energy is one of the reasons like they're
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just tired all the time or they fatigue their libido
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or sexual performance goes down now i know personally that
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if a guy's in their 50s and they're not
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on trt then they're on viagra because there's well
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some of the guys are okay i'm not saying all guys but it's common that if a
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man's in his 50s they're either going to be on viagra or they're going to be
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on testosterone replacement therapy the thing about testosterone replacement
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therapy It's going to help them maintain their muscle mass as well as their libido and size as well.
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Does your husband have any of that? Does that replace my echo?
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Well, not necessarily because there can be other issues related to erection
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besides just testosterone because there can be blood flow issues.
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And I'm not a medical professional, obviously, but there can be other things related to erections.
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The number one reason is blood flow. But testosterone also helps a man keep
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an erection longer. and harder. He has no problem with that one.
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That's good. You just told everybody.
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But he's fatigued all the time, but mainly I think because he's just overtired on himself.
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Well, you know, if he finds that he gets more tired than he used to,
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it's probably a hormone thing.
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And I was listening to a podcast the other day, and they said that we're living longer than we used to.
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The thing is, is our hormones, they don't just, they don't keep going.
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So it's one of those things that gives out For men, it's early 40s.
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For women, it's, you know, 45 to 60.
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Some women go through menopause and certain hormones trigger more so than others.
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Yes, it is. We have a friend that, they went through menopause at the age of
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43. Yeah. Yeah, she did. A lot of people don't accept,
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part. You know, they don't believe in hormone therapy. They don't.
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She says she's too young. She came out. She came a long way. Now she's 52.
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You know, in our community, you know, we don't talk openly about all this stuff.
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Oh, yeah. Yeah. So you probably don't even talk about testosterone.
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No, they don't know what it is. It's becoming more and more of a thing.
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And I know that a lot of men, if they want to maintain their muscle mass,
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are taking it all the way up until their 80s.
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So maybe even longer. I don't know. It's definitely becoming a hot,
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hot topic. I think it's going to grow into the future.
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And then there's the hormones that women are on.
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And women are on, well, men may be on other hormones as well.
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Men may be on DHEA, but there's different types of hormones that men can be on.
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But women, we got a whole slew of hormones.
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We've got estrogen replacement. We've got progesterone. We've got testosterone.
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We've got DHEA. And women take testosterone now, which is most people are like,
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what? Women are taking testosterone? Because yeah, it helps with your libido too.
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Yes, we do. We also take pregnenolone.
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There's just a slew of hormones.
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And again, you have to talk to your functional doctor to find out the right amount.
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You definitely see. So bottom line, do you think after, especially men at the
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age of 45, They need to start looking into this.
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They probably should. They probably should. And they probably.
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Especially if they don't feel well. Right.
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You know, exercise and diet helps too. So if somebody is physically fit,
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they're going to have, you know.
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Yeah. And they lift weights, they're going to have probably more natural.
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I think so. I think you really need to pay attention to your symptoms.
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Yes. Yeah. So like you said, your hormone and my numbers and your numbers.
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It's going to be completely different. Completely different.
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And you have to go by home. you feel and pay attention to your symptoms.
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You do. Women are often taking estrogen and progesterone. I think those are
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the two big ones that women take.
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Yeah. Some take testosterone. I take testosterone.
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You know what thing you notice very quickly?
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Once you start losing your hair, since I've been on the therapy, my hair grew back.
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Did it? Yeah. See all this baby hair? I wonder if testosterone would help with male balding as well.
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Balding as. Do your research, Diva Mills. I shall.
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Yes. Yeah, I noticed my hair grew back. See all this baby hair. Wow.
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From the back. Well, I don't, I think there's other things with male testosterone,
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but so like for instance, estrogen, estrogen can come in a pill,
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a patch or a cream. I actually do the cream.
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You can also get these little pellets now too.
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Yes. And the pellets, they get injected in your hip and they last for a month
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or two or three, depending on the pellet.
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But you have to be careful with, with estrogen because it can increase your
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risk of cancer. Is that really?
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Euterine cancer. Yeah. And I, and I'll tell you about that in a second.
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And it's usually prescribed in a, in a combination with progesterone.
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So when you're taking estrogen, you're often taking progesterone,
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too, and they've got to balance each other out.
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Progesterone, does it make your soreness and your boobs?
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Yep. I had, I'll just go ahead and, you know, hit on this now.
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I had a problem. I haven't had my period in about three years.
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Menopausal, perimenopausal, whatever you want to call it. My LH hormone is still
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high enough that it's very, very unlikely that I would get pregnant at this age.
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But I started my period again after three years. Oh, my God.
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I had some cramping due to, you know, I did an IV and I, it's a long story,
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but anyway, I had some cramping and I ended up starting my period again.
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Well, how long does it last? My period's gone on for three and a half weeks. So I went to the doctor.
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I have to go in for a biopsy of my uterus. Oh, wow. Yeah.
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In about three weeks, four weeks, maybe, I told the woman that I had just started
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hormone therapy and she's like, oh, okay.
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And what happens is if you take too much estrogen, the estrogen will increase
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the thickness of your lining with, well, progesterone and estrogen both do that.
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Anyway, your uterus gets thicker and then it starts to shed with the estrogen.
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So I've been on my period for three weeks, almost four weeks.
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Is it heavy bleeding or normal bleeding? It's been heavy.
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Yeah, it's been heavy. Oh, wow. And it just took me a while to get into the
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doctor. That's a whole nother story, right?
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You just make an appointment. It takes you two weeks to get in.
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But anyway, so I have to go in for a biopsy of my uterus.
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And my boobs hurt. And I'm just sharing this because, you know,
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other women may be going through this. The same thing, yeah.
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Since I don't think I was balanced right on my hormones.
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So this is a word to the cautionary tale. And I have a feeling,
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don't worry, I think it's going to be just the fact that I've been on hormones.
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And the doctor said she sees it all the time, that women go on hormones and
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people that haven't had their period, all of a sudden their period starts again.
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And it does thicken the lining. However, because they have to make sure I don't
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have any cancer cells in my uterus, I'm going in for a biopsy,
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which is supposed to be painful, by the way.
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And they're going to take a little part of my uterus out and they're going to
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cut it out and test it. And you're going to bleed again while that heals.
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I'll definitely bleed again. Word to the wise is make sure that whenever you're
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getting your hormones, you definitely need to make sure your progesterone is balanced.
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Yeah. Do you have to like set the time? Remember how to take all this?
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I mean, when is the best time you should take your hormones?
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Well, the progesterone is best at night.
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At night. So I take the cream at night. And now I'm also on a progesterone pill.
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I don't do any more estrogen. The estrogen, I've shut down the estrogen completely.
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Because we're trying to rebalance my hormones. Again, each person's individual.
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So I'm estrogen dominant. I'm estrogen-dominant naturally, so when they put
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me on estrogen, it set my hormones off. Does it make you gain weight?
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Yeah, it can. Too much estrogen, yeah. Oh, wow. But progesterone should help with weight loss.
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It's anti-inflammatory as well. So there's a lot of health benefits to progesterone.
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Does it bother your joints? Like for me? Inflammation does, yeah. Right?
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So for me, ever since I've been on this therapy, I noticed myself,
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I don't know if it's in my head or not, but I felt like my knees doesn't bother
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me as much like it used to. And the therapy is...
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What's in it? But what's in it? Do you know? No.
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You know, I see her this Saturday. I'm going to get the whole list. You should.
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Everybody should know what their doctors are prescribing them.
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You know, make sure you're balanced out.
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So there's a saliva test. It's by ZRT Laboratory.
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I've got my test results here. And my Estrodol is high.
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My progesterone's low. And my
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testosterone's a little low. And you can see how last time it went down.
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My estrogen went up. But my progesterone went from 2,400 down to 36.
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So something's going on there.
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So and then my DHEA is low as well. I've got a low DHEA.
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But progesterone, I believe in DHEA, they balance each other out.
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So as DHEA goes up, progesterone goes up as well. Interesting, huh?
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Yeah. So I think our body just like hard as the day goes on. You need to tune up.
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I need more testosterone and I need more progesterone. Yeah.
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You really need to look at your symptoms.
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And if you're having symptoms, you got to talk to your doctor about it.
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Yeah, what about like some people don't believe in any of this.
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They would love to go through naturally.
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They can, but you know, your bone strength gets lower. So you're going to more
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likely to osteoporosis.
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So remember that you might be hunched over because you're not on hormone therapy.
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Yeah, I actually have my bone density test too. Did you? Yeah.
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And is it good? It's good, yeah.
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Well, I think I need to revisit again because I had a test like five years ago.
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Yeah, you're supposed to get them every five years, I believe.
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Oh, is it? Maybe sooner if you had a problem. But lifestyle affects lifestyle,
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like diet, exercise, sleep. All that impacts your testosterone levels, too.
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So if you're not sleeping enough, your testosterone is going down.
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And the thing is, a lot of men in their 40s and 50s are stressed out and they're not sleeping well.
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They're not sleeping enough. So that's going to decrease their testosterone.
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So then they lose muscle mass because everybody's losing muscle mass, right?
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So every year you're losing muscle mass unless you're doing something about it. You have to.
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Once you lose muscle mass, if you notice your bicep smaller,
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chances are your thing gets smaller.
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And you don't want that little thing to shrink. You don't want that to get shrink.
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Yes, you do not want that.
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You know what the old say? The thing didn't break. Don't fix it.
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Maybe they're in the nose. Maybe they don't know. They don't accept the two.
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Well, here's the thing. If it ain't broke, you should still check to see if
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you can do a tune-up. Just be extra careful.
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I'm a perfect example. And your progesterone levels may be messed up.
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And mine are messed up right now. Yeah.
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I tell you the truth, though. I just started paying attention to my symptom.
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I got it two years ago. That's it. Well, you know what? Sometimes we're so busy
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working, we don't take care of our health.
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Yeah, I just think I'm in the nows. I was just like, oh, I'm an old age.
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But do you believe it or not? If you have 50 people, most women think you're old already.
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No, it's not. Right now, 60 is a new 30s.
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You really need to look at yourself and pay attention to your symptoms,
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get yourself checked, if you're
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fatigued, or maybe you need to do a diet change. Here's the other thing.
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Hormones affect your skin. Your skin. So if you put estrogen on your face,
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the estrogen cream, it's supposed to help with wrinkles.
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Did you know that? Really? Because estrogen is good for skin. Skin.
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And I probably should have talked to my doctor about that one.
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I forgot to tell her that I have used a little bit of estrogen cream once a week, not a lot.
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I had already had my period up when I started doing this.
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I think, well, I'm a 60-year-old woman. I think the prevention of the wrinkles
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should start way earlier than this.
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I don't know. I think a lot of it is hereditary because I hardly did anything. I don't wrinkle.
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I don't use sunscreen. I barely moisturize. Think about it. If you eat a lot
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of soy, what does that do? Do you know? It increases your estrogen.
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So if you're eating a lot of soy sauce, your estrogen levels are going up already. Huh.
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So you have to be careful with that, too. There's foods that we can eat that affect us as well.
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I definitely know the food that you could eat affected because when I first
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start testing it, she make me do the food diary for seven days.
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I'm basically right now on no dairies, no butter, no cheese, no milk.
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If I would think so, I would be like almond milk. And, you know,
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I noticed myself, too, for these past two years, everything I changed.
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Yeah. I feel I have more energy. Another reason why people go on HRT for women is hot flashes.
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And you said you had those, right? I already had those between.
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I had hot flashes. I had night sweats between age 50 to 55.
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Believe me or not, it lasted me for a long time. And you know why?
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Because I refused to go get this therapy.
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I should have done this sooner. I should have because it can reduce the intensity
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and frequency. Where were you all this time? I never had hot flashes.
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I went through menopause without having hot flashes. I barely had hardly anything
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except for a little dryness.
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I barely had any problems going through menopause. I mean, it was like,
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I was like, okay, I'm done. My period's over. I'm done.
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It was like turning off a light switch. It was nothing. Oh, I had like hot flashes.
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I'm not like every day. You know, it comes like.
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It comes and goes for like five years. Yeah. Five years. I've never had a single hot flash.
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You don't? I've never had a single hot flash. You never experienced hot flashes?
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Never. You get like, all of a sudden your class gets foggy.
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And then next minute you get that chill.
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Never had it. You're very lucky. I know. They said there's a percentage of women
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that just don't have them, and I'm one of those women.
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It's okay. I get all the other crap that other women don't.
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That's okay. You can't. So did
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you have the night sweats? I have a nice sweat, but it's not a lot. No.
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The nice sweat, maybe once or twice a week. But it lasts me for a good five
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years to be like completely done, done.
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But I also have my period like, oh, yeah, once a year for a while, too.
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But it's only like, it's just like a little span. Yeah, mine was spotty before
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it stopped. But, you know, I had a child late, too.
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My second, I was 44 years old. Same, yeah. I had my kid, 43.
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Yeah. My first one. Yeah. So the reality is, is that everybody's a little different.
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Did you have dryness and discomfort down there? No, I do. Did sex hurt at all? Well, we use cream.
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Okay. It hurts. You know what's great actually is coconut oil.
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Is it? It's kind of all natural and it's smelled of coconut. I like coconut oil.
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Did you get pissy, like have mood swings? Like I know a lot of women get mad
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and have mood swings. I don't get mood swings, but I get emotional.
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Emotional. I cry over the commotion.
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You know what? I did too, but I was going through a divorce during it.
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So I don't know if I was crying from the divorce or crying from menopause.
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Who knows? It's a menopause. You think so?
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Because I was not typically an emotional person before menopause.
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When I cried, I was like, this is so not like me. No, I cry over dirty dancing.
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I thought about Patrick Swayze.
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Well, Patrick Swayze is pretty nice. He's really hot. I know.
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I had a thing for him for the longest time. I cried over commercial.
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Like, you know, up in the commercial, the army husband come home and see the
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wife in the house. Yeah, I cried over commercial.
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Did you ever have the insomnia or fatigue from your menopause? Yes.
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I used to stay up all night and I'd do all the shopping. Oh,
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you'd do all the shopping in the middle of the night? In the middle of the night, yes.
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Like I would go to, I would pass out like nightclub and woke up in the middle
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of the night like 2 a.m. and couldn't fall back to sleep.
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And me, I never had problems sleeping.
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I had problems getting up during that period of time. So if you have a problem
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getting up, that might be related to cortisol.
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Is it? Yeah. So your cortisol fluctuates over the course of the evening.
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And it's supposed to spike in the morning so that you get out of bed.
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And if your cortisol is too low in the morning, you're going to have a difficult
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time getting out of bed. part of that is related to insulin resistance.
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So if you have insulin resistance, it's going to mess up your cortisol hormones.
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So that they can check as well.
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People think that when you go to a hormone doctor that all they're checking
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is your sex hormones, but they're going to check your cortisol levels too.
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Cortisol helps with osteoporosis. That's one huge benefit I think that people
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don't think of is like your bone density.
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And I know you said you got tested. I got tested too. Mine was fine.
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I'm going to have to retest it again because I tested
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But that's what they did, like, five years ago. But then again,
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you're supposed to do 175 years, right, unless they find a problem.
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It's just like colonoscopy.
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So here's the other thing. Do you have high cholesterol? Yes.
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So hormone replacement therapy helps with your cholesterol.
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That's another thing, too. I have high blood pressure. I have high cholesterol.
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Well, it helps with circulation, so it should help with that. I don't know.
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But the high cholesterol, if you have hormone replacement therapy, it'll help that, too.
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So it's a longevity type of thing. People think that, you know,
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it's all about, you know, having sex drive and getting wetter or whatever.
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But it's about living longer.
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People on hormone replacement therapy may live longer as long as you don't screw
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up like mine. But just when they live longer, healthy longer.
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Yeah. And here's the thing. If you have a side effect to any type of hormone
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replacement therapy that you're going on like me, you need to talk to your doctor right away.
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I could have let it go and it could have continued. And you don't want to let it continue it. all.
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So if you have side effects, if anything's out of the ordinary,
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you do need to speak to your doctor to get something rebalanced, something's off.
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Yeah. Remember, do not compare you to the others. You have your own symptoms.
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Okay. So here's another one that people don't realize. It helps with staving
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off dementia and Alzheimer's disease. That I agree.
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My mom actually starts her dementias right now.
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And one of the things they did to her, it's a hormone therapy.
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To help with her dementia? To help with her dementia.
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Well, it's better if you start before you get the dementia. Yeah.
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So my mom, you know how in our Asian community, we don't open up about this.
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And my mom never really go through any of this.
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Everything is natural, natural, natural.
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So now when she go to, we finally move her to assisted living when she start her dementias.
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And one of the things they did, that is actually the first thing they did to
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her is they get her tested or completely.
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And they put her in hormone therapy. Hormone therapy. There you go.
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It helps with your memory and focus as well.
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So it's not just for your sex drive. No, it makes you happier too. Yeah, definitely.
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Yeah, especially if you're going through like you went through with your menopause
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and crying all the time. I wish I talked to you. Well, we don't know each other back then.
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Yeah, so yeah, I went through it all by myself. I cried.
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It's just like crying. You know how I can sleep and wake up at 2 o'clock in the morning?
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Yeah, I know. I get up at 2 o'clock in the morning, turn on TV,
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and then put on, you know, start doing the shopping. and then all of a sudden
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the commercial comes on.
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I was like, whoa. I didn't know what's going on.
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She cries, dirty dancing.
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Cracks me up. All right, so then we talked about this a little bit, but your hair.
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If anything, it's the first, to me anyway, it's my first side.
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It's the first thing you noticed? Yes.
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And your skin elasticity is supposed to help with that. And hydration. I do get dry.
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My skin does get dry. I don't moisturize enough, but... And you know what else?
22:29
My finger will get stuck. Like, I will hold this like this and stuck like this. Really?
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And when I talked to my doctor, she just said, oh, you have to hydrate yourself.
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Because I also practiced my heated yoga for the past seven years.
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They said, I sweat a lot. I didn't put back enough water. Yeah.
22:44
Yeah. I noticed that, too. Well, progesterone is also supposed to help your sex drive.
22:51
So both of those are supposed to drive sex drive as well as help you with vaginal dryness.
22:56
And estrogen helps with vaginal dryness, too. So I think I'm just right now
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I don't have any vaginal dryness and it's obvious that I have too much estrogen.
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We have to make sure that we're getting the right dosage for women as well as for men.
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I mean, I know this this podcast is more about women, but, you know,
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a lot of women have men out there and it's important to make sure that we take
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care of our husbands and boyfriends, etc.
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Yeah. Does men have the same hormones like we do, you know?
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Men still have estrogen, but they shouldn't be supplementing with it,
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no, unless they're wanting to be a woman.
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They have a little bit, but the main hormone that men take is just TRT,
23:34
testosterone replacement therapy. It helps them get more energy.
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It helps with physical and mental activities throughout the day.
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So it's a positive for men, too, to focus on, you know, and muscle mass, for sure, muscle mass.
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I mean, years ago, it's not open day about it, but right now,
23:51
it's so, it becomes very common and common. Honestly, I meet a lot of men on
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testosterone replacement therapy once they hit 40. Even if it hits 40? Yeah.
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Well, maybe early 40s. A lot of men are.
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And I think it's good for their overall health as well as sexual health.
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I think a lot of men get on it for sexual health.
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It enhances their libido. It gives them better erectile function.
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So they're going to maintain an erection longer.
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They're going to have less vascular issues. They're going to go limp less.
24:20
So that's a problem that men in their 50s and 60s start to have.
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I just think you have healthy sex drive. You have a healthy sex drive.
24:28
Your Johnson down there, whatever you want to call it, works a little bit better.
24:32
Everything in your household, you will be happy.
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All of those are follow-up. Now, I have seen people get on too much and they
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get a little bit too jacked and then they get a little too aggressive.
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So men have to balance their TRT. Don't just overdo it. It's also going to help
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them keep their lean muscle mass. They're going to lift weights and they're
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going to be able to keep their muscle mass.
24:50
Here's the thing. If you've got a man, a husband that's not been on TRT and
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they get on TRT, they're probably going to increase their fat metabolism and
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they're going to lose some weight.
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So they might even lean up a little bit. But then again, there's some guys on
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TRT that still have a big old belly.
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The belly in the way of a lot of things. It gets in the way of everything.
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Ladies, if they have that belly, you better be prepared to do all the work on your own.
25:14
No, I'm serious because a close friend of mine, you know, we talked about everything.
25:22
We are divas, right? We are divas. We are divas. We talk about everything.
25:25
They had an issue with their husband, like the belly.
25:28
They said, no, I had to do all the work. Well, if they get on TRT,
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hopefully that'll decrease their fat accumulation, especially in the middle area.
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So if you get a little muff top there and you're trying to get rid of your stomach,
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it helps women as well. Now, again, it needs to be balanced,
25:43
and everyone's different. Everyone's different, yes.
25:46
You know, so now if you've got a guy that's depressed or irritable,
25:50
has anxiety, and always frustrated or sad, that's a sign.
25:55
Those are kind of the symptoms for men that have low testosterone.
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If you're not happy in your home, I think that's a start, too.
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That's the first symptom. Don't they say happy husband, happy life? Happy life?
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I think it's happy wife, happy life. I know, but I think it's happy husband,
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happy life lately, ladies.
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Because if your husband's pissy, I'm telling you, you're not having a happy life. No.
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And you can cover it up all you want, but it's not a happy life. No.
26:19
And men, okay, not to knock the men, but I will say a lot of men in their 50s
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have a lot of brain fog. They do.
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50s, 60s, 70s, they start to get, you know, brain fog and lack of clarity.
26:32
I think I don't want to blame on my culture. You know, I'm Asian, right? I'm Laos.
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In our community, especially men, they do not want to accept any of these talks.
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Oh, I know. Well, and here's the thing.
26:44
Sometimes you can just send them a link to our podcast. That is so true.
26:47
And say, you know what, maybe listen to this and you'll hear that,
26:51
you know, there's men starting in their 40s that are getting on testosterone
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replacement therapy. So if they need to, I would have them talk to a medical professional.
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And here's the thing. The doctor that I talked to, she says a lot of doctors
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won't prescribe hormone replacement therapy because it is a lot to maintain.
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You've got to constantly check up on the client.
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You've got to constantly check to make sure everything's balanced.
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And so you have to meet with them often.
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So a lot of the Western medicine has stopped doing hormone replacement.
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So you really have to find someone specializing, a medical doctor that specializes,
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probably a functional medicine that specializes in medicine.
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Hormone therapy that's the best way to go now the other problem
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with that is a lot of them don't take insurance so if
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you're trying to you know go you know the cheap route you're
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going to pay cash for this mine doesn't take insurance my
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hormone doctor yeah so a lot of the hormones is not something
27:46
that you're going to be able to get off on your insurance so there
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you know this is kind of the treatment or the therapy
27:52
if you will of the wealthy or the middle class and
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up because if you're it's not it's not cheap now
27:58
no but she did try to put in with my
28:01
my insurance and my insurance denied it well sometimes
28:04
the insurance will cover the the the therapy
28:07
or they'll give you a discount but they won't cover
28:10
the the doctor's visits although so my
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creams aren't covered but my the estradiol those
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are covered and any pills i have are covered
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but they won't cover the cream so it depends on what the
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the medicine is depend on your my insurance only
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cover blood tests does it well so yeah it depends
28:28
every every insurance company is different so talk to your insurance company
28:31
i mean if you have a cadillac policy they may cover that too but you know it's
28:36
so funny that they don't and then people end up having all these health problems
28:40
later that could have been avoided if they were on right therapy you know this
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is like just the prevention.
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This is a prevention, yes. It is.
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If you want to live long, healthy life, you have to really looking at this.
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Let's face it, 50 is a half centuries, right? Mm-hmm.
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So if anything, you have to pay attention to yourself, take a look at your symptoms.
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If you want to have an active, healthy life.
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And I want to live to at least 150, so I'm shooting for 150.
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So I need to have an active life all the way up to 150.
29:12
You mean sex drive too? Oh, hell yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, hell yeah.
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So sex drive is part of health to me. That is true.
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So you definitely need to keep your sex drive going forward.
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So that is crucial and important.
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And then men have the same issue, too. They get, you know, it helps their heart.
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And there's a lot of women and men both that have cardiovascular issues.
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So like, you know, you want to keep your heart healthy, too. And the hormones help.
29:36
It decreases your cholesterol, your triglycerides, all that stuff.
29:40
Quality of life, though, physical stamina, vitality, all those things are hormone related.
29:45
It's not just a sexual stamina. It's a physical stamina. You know what I mean?
29:49
That the man just will have a better posture.
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They'll have stronger muscles. They'll be more mentally able to have discussions
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because, you know, testosterone helps with that.
29:59
But you know, as you get older, you get shorter. You're shrinking.
30:01
Not as much if you're on hormones, though, because your bone density stands better.
30:05
You also, your libido stays. You're not as tired. You're not as tired. You're not hunching.
30:11
You know what? You are correct. But here's the thing. It's not the fountain of youth.
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I think a lot of people look at hormones and they think, oh,
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my gosh, that's all I have to do is drop in some hormones.
30:21
It's not going to make you that much younger. It's just going to keep you active longer.
30:25
Yeah, I think it has to balance it out, I think.
30:29
But then again, your hormone therapy is not all about sex. It's all about your health.
30:33
And here's the thing. If you're healthy, if you're working out all the time,
30:37
if you're lifting weights, you're going to have, your testosterone is going
30:40
to ebb and flow too for men and women. So you have to constantly get blood work
30:44
done too. Blood work or saliva tests like I did.
30:47
Does come out from saliva? Yeah, this was a saliva test.
30:50
Yeah, I had blood work this Saturday morning. Yeah, there's blood work.
30:55
There's saliva tests. These you have to send in. It's your saliva throughout
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the day. It does really well with the cortisol. So it tests the cortisol through
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multiple times of the day.
31:03
My cortisol levels have actually come way down. They were really high before.
31:06
So my cortisol is doing well. And DHEA, I think, balances that out as well.
31:12
What's your energy level, though? My energy level seems to be pretty good. It's awesome.
31:17
Yeah, it was worse. But I think it's, you know, I have other health issues, too, like liver issues.
31:22
But energy level seems to be pretty good. So, yeah, and then,
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like, you fill out this questionnaire of, I have these problems,
31:29
and they kind of tell you, well, low cortisol will relate to this, et cetera.
31:33
So, it's kind of a neat little report to get on top of all the other,
31:37
you know, blood work you get.
31:38
That's so true, too. Talk about losing hormone, though. There's some men start
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losing their hair at their very, very early age.
31:44
It's not just testosterone, though, that affects hair.
31:47
There's a lot of hereditary stuff, though, too.
31:50
So, but for women, I think it's harder for a doctor to balance our hormones than anything.
31:55
For me, that's the only reason I know this because I lose a lot of hair like a trunk.
31:59
For women, yeah, it's, it's for women more so than men. It's,
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it's a lot of hormone stuff.
32:05
Yeah, yeah. I agree. I, I am kind of intrigued with AI and women and I'm hoping
32:13
that, you know, not to go too techie, but I'm hoping that they can help us balance
32:17
our hormones to a more specific level.
32:20
Because right now, it feels like the doctors are kind of just,
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we're an experiment, honestly.
32:25
I feel like, you know, they balance us, but then, oh, shucks,
32:30
our estrogen's too high.
32:31
So now let's go stick you in for a, you know, a biopsy and you're having your period.
32:36
Whereas that maybe with a blood test could have been identified earlier.
32:41
Oh, we need to up your progesterone more. We need to up it to this specific amount.
32:46
I think with AI, they're going to know over time, because they'll have enough
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data collected, that they'll be able to say, okay, we can up it to this amount,
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and this should give you this result.
32:55
As long as people follow it, too, right? Right. Well, you know,
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it's data. It's data input. But
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I think for me, the biggest thing is that I think hormones will help you look younger a little bit.
33:05
And hormones will keep you more sexually active and keep you healthier.
33:09
Your energy level, definitely.
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Healthy hormone is definitely keep up your energy level. That's the first thing, your symptom.
33:17
You fatigue, tired all the time, and you do everything right.
33:21
That's another thing you need to look at.
33:23
What about pain during sex? Have you ever had that? No, I'm very loving.
33:27
I don't have pain during sex. Yeah, I've had that because of the vaginal dryness,
33:30
so it can be painful. Yeah.
33:32
Yeah, and that's a hormone thing too. That's a hormone thing.
33:34
And people don't realize that that's a hormone thing.
33:36
Huh. And here's the thing. Hormones have changed quite a bit from where they
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were before. So people think, oh, it's the old hormone stuff.
33:44
And really, hormones have changed so much, and they're so different than they
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used to be, that people are now learning that, you know, it's kind of safer.
33:53
It's not safe. Nothing's safe with, you know, medications.
33:57
It has been so many studies about the hormone, about all the cells in your body.
34:02
I think nowadays we're very, very advanced on that part, I think.
34:07
Yeah, I mean, I can honestly say a few years ago, I don't think I heard of any
34:10
women on testosterone. And now I hear of women all the time on testosterone.
34:14
I just see all these testosterone clinics all over the place.
34:17
Yeah, well. But I didn't realize that me, myself, need to look at themselves.
34:22
Yeah, every single, you can't just do a pill like a vitamin.
34:25
And I think a lot of people think it's just a pill. And they're bioidentical
34:29
hormones now, too, whereas before a lot of times they did different types of
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hormones, but these are all bioidentical.
34:35
So that should help, too.
34:36
And then I do like the idea of the, you know, the under the skin.
34:40
I do like the idea that keep your skin young.
34:42
I like that, too. But I like the idea of the little pods where they stick it in. You don't have to.
34:47
They stick it in your hip and you don't have to think about it for a couple months. Yeah.
34:51
So how often do you do that? Two, three months? Every couple months,
34:54
yeah. Every couple months. Yeah, it's a little pellet they inject under your skin.
34:59
So before they inject, like in a couple months, you get yourself tested again?
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You get your blood work tested again.
35:05
And they say, okay, do we need to up this? Do we need to up that?
35:08
And then they determine what they need to up. And a lot of times they find,
35:11
you know, there's problems.
35:13
And then between now and then, from this time to next time, you kind of have
35:17
to pay attention to your symptoms, see how you feel.
35:19
Yeah. So, and I think, I will say that the libido has definitely gone up for me.
35:25
My libido has, and I don't know if it's because I went through menopause.
35:28
Like a lot of premenopausal women, a lot of premenopausal women will find that
35:34
their libido dips. The dips.
35:36
Right before menopause. And I will say that mine did.
35:40
And I guess that's my symptom, right? I had a vaginal dryness,
35:43
a little bit of pain during sex and my libido drip, probably because of the
35:46
pain. But after I went through menopause, my sex drive went through the roof.
35:51
I'm not saying that you're going to go home and try to pick on your husband,
35:53
ladies. Yeah, do not pick on your husband. Do not do that.
35:56
Yeah, but here's the thing is a lot of women at our age, you know,
35:59
the libido either goes through the roof or it goes one of two directions.
36:04
Ladies really does. It goes way up or it goes way down. And for me, it went way up.
36:09
That's healthy, though. It is healthy. I have a healthy sex life when I have sex.
36:13
That's what I'm saying. So that is very healthy for this age,
36:16
especially your premenopause. Yes.
36:18
This is something new. The whole period thing is brand new.
36:21
Yeah. No, I was done. That's the thing. And the hormones turned it back on.
36:25
That means you have to restart it again.
36:27
If I get hot flashes now, I'll be very upset.
36:31
I'm like, I haven't been there and done that. Yeah. Yeah. Oh,
36:35
yeah. I would be. It's not pleasant for sure.
36:38
Progesterone is so nice, too, because it helps you sleep. So that's why they
36:41
want you to take it at night. How about your thyroid hormone?
36:44
Oh, well, thyroid's a whole nother thing. So there's hypothyroidism and that
36:49
people a lot of people have to and thyroids, your thyroid gland can actually
36:53
affect all your hormones.
36:54
So your liver affects your hormones. Yeah. And your thyroid affects your hormones.
36:58
They say thyroids control pretty much everything.
37:01
Your thyroid is like the gateway. So you've got to make sure that you have, you know, T4 and T3.
37:06
And I don't really know, honestly, you'd have to talk to your doctor.
37:10
There's a free T3 and a free T4 test that tests for your thyroid.
37:14
Now, here's the thing. I'm not going to say that thyroid is in charge of your metabolism.
37:18
It does regulate metabolism rate, but so many people say, oh,
37:23
I have a bad thyroid, or bad metabolism because of my thyroid.
37:27
That's not true. It's not usually true, guys.
37:28
So it can help your calorie burn, but also eating a thing of donuts is probably
37:34
not so good for you either. Yeah.
37:35
But thyroid does help with your hormones, your metabolism. It also helps your heart.
37:41
Yeah. Because see, every time I have physical, they always test for my thyroid.
37:45
Yeah. And here's the other thing. It helps with cortisol.
37:48
And cortisol is controlled by the hormone insulin.
37:52
So this isn't related to sex, although, you know, if you get stressed,
37:56
you might not have as much sex. Or if you get stressed, you might have more. Who knows?
37:58
But insulin is, you know, regulates, you know, how much fat you put on your
38:03
body. So if you have a lot of cortisol, you're going to have a lot more insulin.
38:07
Some people use sex as a stress reliever. They do. And that is a fun stress reliever.
38:14
I love sex as a stress reliever. I prefer shopping.
38:18
Oh, do you? Oh, I prefer sex. I don't like shopping. Shopping stresses me.
38:22
I will take sex any day over shopping. I love shopping.
38:27
So let's talk about the thyroid for just two minutes since we're kind of on the thyroid.
38:31
Yeah. So here's some signs that you have high levels of thyroid hormone. You ready?
38:37
You're nervous. You have increased heart rate.
38:40
If you have palpitations in your heart or maybe a lot of anxiety attacks,
38:44
it might be your thyroid. So talk to your doctor.
38:47
Yeah. Sweating at night. So maybe your night sweats were actually thyroid and
38:52
not... Maybe because during that time, they always test my thyroid. There you go.
38:57
Unintentional weight loss. Please let me have too much thyroid hormone.
39:03
You go to the bathroom more often. You want to have, like, healthy weight loss,
39:07
too, don't you? You do, you do.
39:08
And because you can also get greater and weak nails. I do have weak nails,
39:12
though. Weak nails and thinning hair is also a thyroid.
39:15
So, yeah, if you have skin discolorations. How about your underactive thyroid?
39:19
If you're underactive, that's a whole different thing.
39:21
Like, here's the thing. Those age spots can also be thyroid.
39:24
Thyroid, yeah. And so if you've got a low thyroid hormone, you might get tired.
39:30
I know a lot of people think, is it menopause? Is it age? I honestly don't think
39:35
age is a thing anymore, guys.
39:37
Yeah, but I tell you, though, yeah, I don't think it's an age anymore.
39:40
Because everything I pay attention to myself, I'm actually, I'm 60 now.
39:44
This is the best health year I have. Yeah? Yeah.
39:48
Because you're taking care of you. Yes. Got to do self-love,
39:50
self-care. It's very important.
39:52
I have to say, this is my best year.
39:55
Well, I don't know. I doubt yours has got, I don't, thyroid treatment is usually
39:59
something separate from hormone treatment. Hormone treatment.
40:02
They, they, they, they tend to do thyroid, it's a hormone, but they tend to
40:06
do it separate from like a sexual hormone treatment.
40:08
If you're gaining a lot of weight, that could be you have low thyroid hormones.
40:13
If you're very sensitive to the cold, I know I am. Dry skin,
40:16
brittle nails like I have, brittle hair.
40:19
Actually, I think I have all these symptoms. Yeah, but you seem to have it.
40:22
Muscle aches. I don't have depression. I'm too happy of a person for that.
40:26
A slower heart rate. I have a slow heart rate.
40:28
And difficulty concentrating. I don't have that one either, though.
40:31
I do pretty good with focus.
40:33
Yeah. But all those things can be related to thyroid.
40:38
So if you're sluggish and you're tired, if you get a puffy face,
40:41
like swollen hands, it causes inflammation, too, when you have low thyroid hormones
40:46
because you just fill up with liquid.
40:48
Your eyebrows get thinner. And that's followed with your kidney,
40:51
too, once it starts. It can it can probably affect your kidneys.
40:54
I mean, here's the thing. I think in our country, we think of all the different
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organs as separate. Yeah.
41:01
Like a car. You could just take out the alternator and stick a new one in or
41:05
you could just take out the the I don't know, take off the windshield wiper, stick new ones on.
41:10
The reality, it's all tied together. They're tied together. It doesn't work
41:13
that way. It doesn't work that way.
41:15
You take out a person's gallbladder, well, that affects liver bile, right? Yeah.
41:19
You know, they used to think, oh, it's no big deal, you don't need it, but it does.
41:23
And everything in your body is there for a reason. So if you have a bad liver,
41:29
okay, it's going to affect your thyroid hormones.
41:31
If your thyroid hormones are not working, it might affect your liver.
41:34
Your liver. And it's a flow.
41:35
It's all tied up together. That's kind of why I like Chinese medicine.
41:39
Yeah. Not to go too alternative, but I really do like acupuncture and Chinese medicine.
41:44
And, you know, here's the thing. There's alternatives to hormone replacement
41:47
therapy that a lot of people are starting to get into with acupuncture and other
41:51
types of herbs and natural foods. Agree.
41:54
And a lot of people, like, for instance, soy. If you eat too much soy,
41:57
you're going to have high estrogen levels. So cut out the soy.
42:01
So there's other ways to... The thing is, is that with natural,
42:05
it's hard to judge, right?
42:07
But the Chinese medicine is not quick. fixed, though. It's a lifestyle. It's not.
42:11
It's a lifestyle. So I go for acupuncture because it helps just overall.
42:14
How often do you do that? I do that twice a week. Twice a week.
42:17
I'll probably be slowing down about once a week, but I do it twice a week.
42:20
I just don't like the feel of the needle sticking in.
42:23
Oh, well, then you need to go to my guy because he's very good. But...
42:26
Yeah, it's not that painful at all. I don't find it painful at all,
42:30
personally. I think a deep tissue massage is way more painful than an acupuncture.
42:34
But that's a funny thing, how you bring it up. I recently just had my foot massage.
42:39
They did acupressure? Yeah, and this guy, the way he pressed certain spots of
42:44
your foot, you felt all the way up to your temple.
42:49
Yes, because it's all tied together.
42:52
Yeah, so our hormones can react with that too.
42:56
And, you know, like you get your thyroid, they can put pressure on certain parts
43:00
to help with your thyroid.
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So, yeah, acupuncture is definitely a thing. And I think I've done that as well.
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I do that once in a while, probably every other week at the acupuncture place, I do cupping.
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So that also helps circulation, not so much with hormones. But yeah,
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there's different alternative methods.
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And then there's lifestyle changes, right? If you just exercise more,
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like we talked about. If you get more sleep, seven to eight hours is like a minimum.
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But then some people sleep on like four or five hours. Four or five hours.
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I know my cousin sleeps two hours. She's like, okay, I'm ready.
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Yoga and meditation helps your hormones, believe it or not.
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Walking outside in nature, even grounding is supposed to affect,
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you know, there's a big grounding movement where you go outside barefoot and
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step in the grass for 15 minutes a day.
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That's supposed to affect hormones. It's like freezing outside.
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He takes up first thing in the morning in barefoot.
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Yeah, because it changes the pH of your body. So there's lots of things that
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can help with your hormones.
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Alcohol and smoking actually hurt your hormone balance. That definitely.
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Yeah, so that's... We all know that. It really hurts testosterone.
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So for all the men out there that are women that are drinking a glass of wine
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or a drink every night...
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It's impacting your muscle growth. So I know a lot of men like,
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oh, it's just I work out enough, so I'm okay. But, you know,
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it's decreasing your testosterone.
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So if you want to decrease your muscle mass, then be all with it.
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You have to reduce your alcohol intake. How about caffeine?
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Caffeine can mess with your thyroid for sure and your stress hormones.
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Let's talk about supplements. So zinc is big.
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Okay, so zinc is big as far as hormones go.
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So like oysters, beef, nuts, those things have zinc in them.
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So if you take zinc, a vitamin D is really good as well. The eggs,
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eggs are such a good food for people.
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As long as you don't have a sensitivity to them, eggs are really good.
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Fish and sometimes different types of milk, but I'm not a big dairy person. Me either.
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And then fruits and vegetables, all the antioxidants help with your hormones,
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especially your thyroid and your cortisol.
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But you get too much sugar, that's not good for you either.
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Vitaminizing everything in moderation, is that what you're saying?
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No, I don't believe in that.
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Yeah. No, everything based off of what you specifically need.
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Yes. Yeah. I totally don't agree with that either.
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Well, and then there's some supplements that are Chinese medicine that people
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have been taking. Venugreek. Now, this was one I actually took when I was getting
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pregnant. What is it again?
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Venugreek. F-E-N-U-G-R-E-E-K. It's a supplement that can help with progesterone
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and balancing hormones there. And fertility.
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So there's just different, and I'm not going to go through the whole list.
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Yeah, I know. But there's just different hormones. Excess fat takes your testosterone.
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So if you've got a lot of fat around the middle, if you're fat,
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and everybody, I'm not going to call you fat if you know if you're overweight or not.
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But if you have extra fat, especially in the middle, it's going to take the
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testosterone that you have and it converts it into estrogen.
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They also said, well, if you are rounded, you know, in the middle.
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You're estrogen dominant. Yes. And chances are your future is tattooed that
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better. Yes. So you got a lot of health issues.
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Yeah. So we're just trying to, you know, start you on a journey with one possible
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solution to help your health journey.
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We're going to, you know, talk more about some of these health journeys as we go through this.
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But, you know, we're just trying to show you that there are ways.
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And I think it used to be such a bad word to talk about hormone replacement therapy.
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Nobody talks about it. Yeah. But now a lot of people are. A lot of people are. They weren't before.
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Because they've seen the benefit of it. Mm-hmm. You know, chances,
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you just have to admit it. But this is not something you should self-medicate.
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You have to find someone and find someone good, not just, you know,
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a run-of-the-mill doctor.
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Find someone really good because it's, as I can tell you, you have to be very
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careful. You have to see specialists.
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Yes. And now the big thing is Ozempic. Ozempic. Oh, God.
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Ozempic and some mycrotides are huge right now. Yes.
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And what you know what that does. So that slows down the it's for type two diabetes.
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Right. So it's for insulin control.
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And so it suppresses your blood sugar. So it also slows down how how fast your stomach empties.
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So it makes you feel full longer. But they also eat up your,
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you might lose your muscle mass too.
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Well, if you're not lifting weight, you better be lifting weight when you're on Ozempic.
47:20
But there's a lot of people talking Ozempic and Zep bound and there's different,
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there's different types out there.
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Manjaro, there's, yeah, there's all different kinds. And you'd have to talk
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to your doctor about this as well, because here's the thing.
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There's so many med spas now prescribing Ozempic. You can go to a med spa and
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a nurse practitioner prescribes it. It's like everywhere. were.
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I was on it. Were you? And how was that? I was on it. I lost 30 pounds.
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Really? Yes. And how was that for you though?
47:47
You know what? I started in August when we came back from Italy.
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Okay. I started in August and I would go once a week. She'd give me a shot once
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a week and I just noted my symptoms. I don't have any appetite.
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The first month I lost 15 pounds. All right. Yeah, but I never stopped doing
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my yoga. I'm a true believer in yoga and meditation.
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I never stopped doing my yoga i never stopped doing my workout but
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i do know this though my cardio i get
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tired because the because the food intake i didn't have
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enough food so once you're on that even when
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when i on she was telling me too like if you're gonna do cardio you have to
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reduce you just have to walk when you walk it just you have to be able to talk
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to your not like breathless so it might affect your cardio cardio yes and then
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i lost my most of my weight the first two months i was on right now I'm just maintaining it.
48:38
So here's the thing with Ozempic too. It can change your menstrual cycle.
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A lot of people don't realize that. Yeah.
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Ozempic can have an effect on your menstrual cycle and changes some of your
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other hormones. It can also lead to hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism.
48:52
Yeah. So when you're on Ozempic, you need to make sure you're getting your hormones checked.
48:56
Yeah. And you just be aware that your menstrual cycle might change.
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Well, you know, if you're not getting enough calories, if you fast,
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you know, I have heard that if you're on Ozempic, if you do intermittent fasting
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like every other day, that it also helps add to that. But I love to fast.
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The, yeah, Ozempic can affect all your hormones. So be careful when you're on
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this. And then when you come off, you better come off slow.
49:19
Slowly, yeah. Because it could definitely send you into a tailspin and people don't realize.
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You know, so there's the Ozempic crowd, which is like a semi-glutide.
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And now there's this trizepatide or terzepatide.
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It's like a monjaro is one of them.
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And my neighbor was on for a whole year. And did they like it?
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Well, she was on because of her type 2 diabetic.
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Okay. So I think she had to continue on, but she lost 75 pounds.
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On which one? Monjaro. Monjaro.
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Yeah. Well, that's interesting. Yeah. And then, you know, with type 2 diabetic,
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when you lose weight, obviously, you know, you're A1C gone down. Yes.
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But I'm not sure the maintenance phase, what that's going to look like.
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Right now, I'm on maintenance.
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Of your Ozempic? on my ozimbain. I'm on a menstrual program.
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I do a shot every 21 days now.
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So first it was every seven days. And then when I reached my target,
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when I lost my first 20 pounds, then she spaced me out every 10 days.
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And then every 14 days now, I'm on every 21 days. Gotcha.
50:30
So you can't just like completely stop. Yeah, don't do cold turkey.
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Again, follow your doctor's recommendation. You have to see MedSpa.
50:38
And it's sad to say they don't take insurance, but money or help,
50:43
that's something you have to look at. You know what I mean? Yeah. You know, it's funny.
50:46
We spend our younger years focused so much on making money.
50:50
And then we spend our older years trying to catch up on the damage we did to
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our bodies in our younger years.
50:56
I was like, if I pay attention to myself in my younger years,
51:00
I might not have this issue. When you were young, you know, you graduate college,
51:05
you just want to work, make as much as you can. Oh, yeah.
51:07
So right now, when you pass 50, now you start looking at yourselves.
51:12
Some of it might be too late. Some of it might be. But it's not too late.
51:16
It's not too late. No. Did you realize that melatonin is a hormone, too?
51:20
Melatonin is a hormone? It's a hormone that affects your sleep. Huh. Yeah.
51:23
And melatonin changes as well as you age. So a lot of people need more melatonin.
51:28
So and here's the other thing.
51:31
Not to go all natural on you but if you go outside in the morning,
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soon as the sun comes up and you walk around for 15 minutes and
51:38
then you turn off all the lights in the house like an hour
51:41
before you want to go to bed and just have like just a few like light lights
51:45
it affects your melatonin levels too so you'll sleep better if you decrease
51:50
the amount of lights at night and you'll get on a better cycle if first thing
51:54
in the morning you go outside and expose your skin to as much sun as possible.
51:59
Right now it's a little cold, but
52:00
In other times, yes, it works. So let's talk longevity and living longer.
52:05
Okay. And we're going to finish up with this. So there's different hormones
52:09
that, you know, really affect longevity and estrogen is one of them.
52:15
It decreases as we age. So even though I'm a little high on it right now,
52:18
I know as I decrease the estrogen, because it helps with bone and muscle mass too.
52:23
Everybody thinks it's only testosterone, but it's not. And then testosterone
52:26
is good for men and women.
52:27
I I don't know why they always think it's just for men, but it's not. We have it too, ladies.
52:33
And then our thyroid hormone. So that one's a longevity hormone.
52:36
You've got to, it helps with getting rid of, you know, oxidation and oxidative
52:40
stress in your body. You've got to keep your thyroid functioning well.
52:43
And that means you've got to keep your liver functioning well because they play off of each other.
52:47
Yeah, they said you fast every once in a while to actually help flush your body
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and detox every couple months.
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And I've done long-term fasting, so that helps me.
52:57
And then growth hormones. So, you know, the growth hormone is linked to lifespan too.
53:02
I know there's been a lot of talk about steroids and growth hormone and things like that.
53:06
But here's the thing. When you fast, like a two to three day fast increases
53:10
your growth, your natural growth hormone. You don't have to do an injection.
53:13
What do you do when you fast? Just water fast? I water fast. Yes.
53:17
So water fasting, that's a whole nother topic that we can cover,
53:21
but water fasting will help all these hormones.
53:24
It helps your melatonin. It helps your insulin. helps your
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cortisol it helps your thyroid it helps your
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growth hormone another one you just reset your body
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and it resets for longevity and it helps with natural autophagy and that's a
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whole nother topic we should definitely get into maybe not this time but that's
53:42
going to help reset all your hormones so going forward you know if you want
53:45
to live longer you're going to have to probably incorporate some fasting longer
53:49
term too i mean i know a lot of people oh i fasted for,
53:52
bedtime till noon. I'm like, really? Okay, good on you.
53:58
That's all you can do. That's all you can do. I'm not going to make too much
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fun. But honestly, if you're going to want, you're going to have to do at least
54:03
24, 48 hour fast just to really get the benefits of growth hormone.
54:07
Yeah, I did that intermittent fasting and I eat everything in the refrigerator.
54:11
Here's the reaction. You did after you got home. You went nuts.
54:14
So here's the thing. After two days of long-term fasting, two to three days,
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you feel amazing on prolonged fasting.
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So you feel really good. In fact, I'm about to start another long-term fast
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for at least 30 days. I'll let you know how it goes.
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I'll keep you up to date. Water only for 30 days? Water only.
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I've done a 40-day water fast.
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So I love water. Talk about inflammation. It's gone. It's just gone.
54:37
So I love water fasting. It's my favorite thing in the world for longevity and
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health and just rebalancing your hormones and without all this other crap that everybody gives you.
54:47
I mean, it's the best thing for you. You don't get headache any day?
54:49
You do for the first couple days.
54:51
Yeah. And after about five days,
54:53
I take electrolytes too, because your electrolytes are going to fly off.
54:56
So four to five days when I start feeling, you know, a little,
54:59
and then I get a lot of blood work done with the doctor. So I do keep in touch
55:02
with my doctor when I'm doing this too.
55:04
So I do have medically supervised fasting, but yeah. So I'll let you know how
55:08
it goes. I'll, I'll keep you informed.
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But I'm, I'm dying to know. Yeah. Cause they always say fasting is good for your information.
55:15
Fasting is good for every part of your body. And I think more and more,
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I think, I mean, religions have done it forever.
55:21
Jesus did it for 40 days. I mean, I think that more and more people will find that you can cure.
55:28
I mean, there was a study out there with a 21-day water fast and type 2 diabetes.
55:32
And something like 90% of the people were cured of their type 2 diabetes on a 21-day water fast.
55:37
Now, not type 1, but type 2. So, I mean, there's cures. I mean, it.
55:41
Eats away at cancer cells. It's very good for autophagy. So that's the thing.
55:45
I think fasting is something that, you know, we should totally talk about on
55:49
a whole podcast, all of its own, but it will help with your hormones.
55:54
Yeah. The Hindu for the past 100, 100 years, they fast at least twice a day. I mean, twice a week.
56:01
Yeah. Like nothing but water. Yeah. Well, I think that if everybody could do
56:07
a three to five day fast once a quarter, I think people would feel better and
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live longer and be healthier.
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That's it. You don't have to do long terms like me. I do long terms for other
56:15
reasons, for other health benefits.
56:16
But a three to five day, it would be amazing. Because by day three,
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you're actually getting your autophagy benefits.
56:23
And if you can make it to day five, good on you. If not, then,
56:26
you know. Listen, your energy is coming back after day three.
56:29
Yeah. And, you know, it also depends because there's like type one diabetics
56:32
that you shouldn't be doing it at all. And you might have different health concerns.
56:36
So you You always have to talk to your doctor about fasting,
56:38
too, if you can even do it.
56:40
But I think it's very beneficial for people.
56:43
And I think people need to do the research, do their own research and look into
56:46
it, especially if you have hormone issues.
56:48
Hormones are a big thing. Yeah. It affects everything. It does.
56:52
It does. Well, let's wrap this up. Do you have any final thoughts?
56:56
My final thought is you have to pay attention to your symptom. That's only concern.
57:02
Pay attention to your symptom. Take a note of what you eat. if you felt that
57:06
way, because that's the first thing they're going to see.
57:09
They're going to tell you what to do. But and then another thing is,
57:12
I think you should visit your specialist if you felt that way.
57:18
Yes, I agree. And remember, this is just our conversation, share our personal experience. Yep.
57:23
But you do definitely need, if you feel what we just talked about,
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I think you should visit your specialist. Yep.
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All right. Well, you guys have a wonderful week. Make it productive.
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