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Menopause, Adrenal Burnout, and the Missing Root Cause
How adrenal depletion, gut health, and hormone imbalance shape menopause—and why root-cause care matters more than symptom control.
In this episode, I speak with Dr. Joanna Maytree about menopause through a functional and integrative lens. We explore how chronic stress, adrenal depletion, gut health, and hormone metabolism shape women’s health long before symptoms appear. Dr. Maytree explains why urine hormone testing offers clearer insight than blood work, how estrogen dominance develops, and why treating the root—not the branch—creates lasting change for women navigating menopause and…
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