The article discusses the misconceptions surrounding menopausal hormone therapy (MHT), its real risks and benefits, and its potential to alleviate menopausal symptoms. While MHT has been largely given a bad rap, its risks are low for women under 60 and it can dramatically improve quality of life.
In this episode, the hosts explore hormone therapies for women during menopause, including estrogen and testosterone therapy, and discuss the biology behind them. They also touch on the Women's Health Initiative study and its impact on the medical community's perception of hormone replacement therapy.
In this snippet, the speaker emphasizes the importance of focusing on the hormone health of teenage women, with a special focus on the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal gonadal axis, which is not fully matured during these years.
The intergenerational trauma experienced by women can have a significant impact on their endocrine system, affecting cortisol and pine signaling, as well as psychoimmuno-neuro-endocrine function. Understanding the experiences of female family members, including mothers and grandmothers, can be informative for women of all ages.
The emergence of menopause may have occurred after humans began to live past the age of 40, and it's possible that it was a mutation that worked in a small group and spread until it became a common occurrence.
Dr. David Jockers talks about the benefits of maintaining youthful hormone levels and shares his journey to naturally increase and measure his own testosterone levels.