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Dr. Brooke Show
Amidst polarizing, conflicting, and often alarming health and hormone information, The Dr Brooke Show is a voice of sanity where a sensible and nuanced take is honored. Black-and-white thinking, complex daily routines, and hormone advice that get you lost in minutia are not welcome here, but you are. With your host Dr Brooke Kalanick, functional medicine doctor and female hormone expert, you'll sift through the nonsense and get to what matters most for your hormones and your happiness. Deep…
Episodes
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Dr Brooke Show #472 Encore: Nervous System Approach To Holiday Stress
Encore episode! As I sat down to record my usual "the holidays are coming" show, I realized that I'm approaching this year exactly like last year... because it…
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Dr. Brooke Show #471 How We Are Missing The Mark When It Comes To Muscle
Strength training and eating more of protein are now part of the pop culture lexicon for women - which is great. As it happens so often though, wellness advice…
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Dr. Brooke Show #470 Why We're Getting Omega 3s Wrong With Max Marion of AquaOmega
Omega-3's are not new but this foundational pillar of nutrition needs a makeover. In this episode, Max Marion, co-founder of AquaOmega, and I get into why…
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Dr. Brooke Show #469 Disconnects In The Current HRT Conversation
With all the information out there from practioners and online experts, it can feel like we have all the research and protocols locked down for women and HRT…
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Dr. Brooke Show #468 Why Your Gallbladder Matters More Than You Think
Is your gallbladder is disposable? Bile may be doing more for your hormones and digestive health than you realize. If you've been told your need to remove your…
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Dr. Brooke Show #467 Things People Say That Actually Help When Life Is Really Hard
A year ago, my life was completely upended. When you go through something hard, people that care about you try to say helpful things, some of this can feel so…
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Dr. Brooke Show #466 Should You Be Taking HCL?
A popular, easy-to-get, inexpensive supplement might be life-changing - or causing more harm than good. In this episode, I'm talking about HCl (stomach acid)…
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Dr. Brooke Show #465 Hormones + Headaches
Wondering if your headaches are triggered by your hormones? Whether you are in your 20s or 30s with normal hormonal variations throughout the cycle OR you are…
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Dr. Brooke Show #464 Should You Take GLP-1 Meds Forever?
These medications have been incredibly successful at helping women lose weight, quiet food noise, and feel in control of their appetite. They have also had…
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Dr. Brooke Show #463 Most Common Things That Practitioners Miss When Interpreting Your DUTCH Test
There's so much debate on whether functional testing like the DUTCH test is helpful for women trying to sort out their hormone issues. I use it frequently, but…
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Dr. Brooke Show #462 Can HRT Make You Gain Weight?
Some of the more frustrating symptoms of midlife hormone decline and perimenopause is stubborn fat loss, weight gain, and fat redistribution around the…
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Dr. Brooke Show #461 Making The Basics Less Boring + More Delicious
Whether you know what to do for your nutrition or this high protein-high veggie way of eating is new, there are a few basics that women need to keep doing…
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Dr. Brooke Show #460 PMOS Is The New PCOS
PCOS has a new name, but will women struggling with this lifelong, complex condition have a new experience? Women struggle both with diagnosis and adequate…
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Dr. Brooke Show #459 - Q&A HRT, Progesterone Cycling + More
In this episode, we get into more of Q&As that you've emailed to me, posted in the Facebook group, and some directly from my patients. A few more related to…
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Dr. Brooke Show #458 Surprising Symtpoms That Might Be Perimenopause
Most women overlook the bizarre, surprising symptoms that can crop up during perimenopause — such as itchy ears, voice changes, and even unusual body odors. If…
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Dr. Brooke Show #457 HRT + Joint Pain, Irregular Bleeding, Indigestion & More
Often, when symptoms or side effects arise on HRT, the immediate reaction is to adjust the dosage. In this Q&A episode, I cover what irregular bleeding, GI…
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Dr. Brooke Show #456 Five Meme-Worthy Concepts That Just Hit Harder in Midlife
Whether age, experience or tough times - sometimes you just "get something" in a way you didn't before. There are a few popular, Instagram-meme-worthy concepts…
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Dr. Brooke Show #455 What Women Get Wrong With Magnesium
For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke. Magnesium is likely in your supplement regimen right now, as its benefits are widely…
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Dr Brooke Show #454 Why Bone Health Is A Marker of HEALTH Not Just Disease
For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke. Women today are becoming more aware of the value of both strength training and HRT on…
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Dr. Brooke Show #453 Why Midlife Is So Exhausting
For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke. Most women in midlife feel exhausted, and fluctuating hormones certainly plays into that…
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Dr. Brooke Show #452 Probiotics: How They Work + How To Know What You Need
For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke. Probiotic supplements abound, but is the latest, fancy-pants strain the answer? In this…
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Dr. Brooke Show #451 Using Birthcontrol Instead of HRT in Perimenopause
For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke. In this episode, I talk about using birth control instead of HRT during midlife. There are…
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Dr Brooke Show #450 Tools For Embracing Change, Navigating Choas + Resetting for 2026
For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke. 2025 was TOUGH! In this episode, I dive into my year of unexpected chaos that completely…
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Dr. Brooke Show #449 New Year's Magic with Mallory Leone
For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke. Join me and my friend Mallory Leone, founder of Four Corners Studio, as we move into the…
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Dr Brooke Show #448 Pros + Cons of Pellet Therapy for HRT
For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke. I've long shared my grievances about testosterone pellets, but as always, I want to give…
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Dr Brooke Show #447 10th Annual Gratitude Episode!
For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke. The holidays are here, and it's time for the 10th annual Thanksgiving episode! Can you…
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Dr Brooke Show #446 What Women Need To Know About Testosterone + HRT
For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke. Testosterone for women is among the most over AND under prescribed hormones out there…
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Dr Brooke Show #445 A Nervous System Approach To Holiday Treats + Stress
For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke. It's that time of year when things can get a little chaotic - in a festive way, but still…
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Dr Brooke Show #444 Should You Be Cycling Your HRT?
In this episode, I am asking a question I get daily in my practice from women taking HRT: do I need to be cycling my progesterone? Or is OK to just take it…
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Dr. Brooke Show #443 Do You Really Need A Weighted Vest?
Trend alert: weighted vests. These low-weight vests are all the rage in the midlife/perimenopause space right now. The menopause experts say to wear these…
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Dr Brooke Show #442 Histamine, MCAS and Your Nervous System
Nervous system regulation is all the rage and it is so important to so many symptoms and health conditions. When you have an overactive and highly sensitive…
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Dr Brooke Show #441 Why Your Progesterone to Estrogen Ratio Matters
For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke. Whether you are cycling and have symptoms or are on HRT and having issues, the ratio of…
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Dr. Brooke Show #440 - Understanding Oxytocin
For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke. The love hormone, the cuddle hormone, the hormone of bonding. Not much bad to say about…
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Dr. Brooke Show #439 Midlife is More Than HRT, Part II
For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke. Part II of this two-part episode series on the "other stuff" about midlife. In this…
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Dr Brooke Show #438 Midlife Is More Than HRT, Part I
For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke. Personal episode alert….this one is a bit different than most. It's not science based and…
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Dr Brooke Show #437 The Truth About Compounding Pharmacies
For more info on how I can help you visit my site, BetterByDrBrooke. There is a huge divide on using compounded pharmacies vs. your standard local pharmacy. On…
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Dr Brooke Show #436 A New Holistic Approach to Endometriosis
For more info on how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke. Endometriosis can be debilitating for women and not only is treatment somewhat hit and…
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Dr Brooke Show #435 Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) For Women
For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke. HIgh doses of naltrexone are used for certain addiction treatments, but lower and mid…
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Dr Brooke Show #434 How To Think About Supplements For Female Hormones
For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke! Oh, juicy one, right? While there are some that say they are all garbage and others that…
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Dr Brooke Show #433 Tools To Reset Your Nervous System
For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke. Stressful moments happen to the best of us and we need actionable tools to complete the…
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Dr Brooke Show #432 PCOS + Perimenopause Q&A
For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke. Follow up to episode #431 where I laid out how hormones change in perimenopause for women…
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Dr Brooke Show #431 PCOS & Perimenopause
For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke. Have you heard that menopause cures or fixes PCOS? There is so much misunderstanding…
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Dr Brooke Show #430 Is Candida Causing Your Symptoms?
Candida is probably the thing women come most often with thinking that they have. Part of the reason is that the symptoms like bloating, fatigue, and sugar…
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Dr Brooke Show #429 All About PMDD (Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder)
For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke. Often referred to as simply really bad PMS, PMDD is really its own thing and can be much…
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Dr Brooke Show #428 How Estrogen + Progesterone Impact Your Sleep
For more info on how I can help you, visit BetterByDrBrooke.com. Progesterone gets all the love for being a sleep helper but estrogen is really important too!…
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Dr Brooke Show #427 Holistic Nutrition For Your Pup with Dr. Mathew Wheaton of Ollie
The holistic vet is in the house! Dr. Wheaton is part of the team at Ollie, makers of freshly prepared and customized nutrition for your pup and he joins me to…
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Dr Brooke Show #426 Why Some Women Can't Tolerate Progesterone
For more info on how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke. Progesterone is often an absolute godsend making us feel calmer, less bonkers, able to…
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Dr Brooke Show #425 Turning Sugar Into Fiber with Dr. Zach Abbot
Encore episode! Dr. Zach is back to talk about something very cool: ZBiotics new probiotic product that turns sugar (sucrose) from your diet into fiber. Sounds…
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Dr Brooke Show #424 New Tools For Opting Out Of Overwhelm
For more info on how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke. It's spring, so what better time to revisit those New Year's Resolutions! How are yours…
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Dr Brooke Show #423 Good Oral Health is Good Health with Seth Spears of Wellnesse
Seth Spears, co-founder of the popular wellness blog and podcast Wellness Mama is here to talk about his other venture: Wellnesse. Wellnesse has several clean…
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Dr Brooke Show #422 Gut Health + Hormones Q&A
For more info on how I can help you visit BetterByDrBrooke.com. As a follow-up to episode #421 specifically on microbiome shifts in perimenopause, this episode…
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Dr Brooke Show #421 Gut Health + Microbiome Shifts In Perimenopause
For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke. We talk a lot about how hormones and the gut are very interconnected and in this episode…
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Dr Brooke Show #420 Rejuvenating Peptides with One Skin Founder Dr. Carolina Reis
I am always on the search for clean beauty and if it lives up to anti-aging hype that's a huge win! In this episode I talk with the lovely and brilliant…
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Dr Brooke Show #419 Fresh Take On New Year's Resolutions With Your Big Picture In Mind
For more info on how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. It's the time of year when your inbox is flooded with both the push to make sweeping…
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Dr Brooke Show #418 Progesterone Q&A: What Women Ages 20-60 Need to Know Encore
The most downloaded episode of 2024! Thank you all for being here for this year and this wild ride that is navigating female hormones. Don't miss this encore…
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Dr Brooke Show #417 Utilizing Menstrual Blood For Common Lab Tests With Dr. Sara Naseri, MD
Dr. Sara Naseri joins me on this episode to talk about the exciting, at home, affordable, easy to use, hemoglobin A1C testing her company QVin has developed…
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Dr Brooke Show #416 3 Things I'm Grateful To Be Working On
It's that annual Thanksgiving episode where I get to share some things I'm grateful for with you all that this year what tops my list is: YOU! Hear why I'm so…
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Dr Brooke Show #415 Castor Oil Packs with Queen of the Thrones: Dr Marisol Teijeiro
Castor oil packs have been around for a very long time but historically have been a bit messy and cumbersome, but Dr Marisol flipped that idea on its head with…
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Dr Brooke Show #414 Ovarian Health + Longevity
Should ovarian health be considered a marker of longevity? Yes. Our ovarian production of adequate hormones impacts us on a daily basis including effects on…
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Dr Brooke Show #413 Dr. Zach Abbot On Turning Sugar Into Fiber
Dr. Zach is back to talk about something very cool: ZBiotics new probiotic product that turns sugar (sucrose) from your diet into fiber. Sounds like magic…