1125: Dr. Jolene Brighten- What You Need to Know About the Menstrual Cycle
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 11.8K Ratings
🗓️ 23 September 2019
⏱️ 94 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Sal, Adam and Justin speak with Dr. Jolene Brighten about what constitutes a normal and healthy menstrual cycle. If you are a woman or know one, this is a must-listen episode.
- How coffee can heal the brain. She shares the time she got knocked out! (4:35)
- Does she get into it with any other doctors because of her extensive knowledge? (7:35)
- How does the menstrual cycle work? The 4 phases explained in detail. (12:03)
- What should you feel during that pre-menstrual period? (19:40)
- Why women must strive to keep their environment safe: How stress/diet affects the 4 phases of your cycle. (25:11)
- The significance of balancing your circadian rhythm for overall women's health and fertility. (32:09)
- Why food is information. (36:45)
- The truth surrounding cholesterol and how it affects the menstrual cycle. (43:17)
- Is acne a common symptom before your period?? (47:40)
- How exercise can affect your hormones: The importance of tracking and mapping your cycle. (53:35)
- The fears surrounding birth control. The importance of a team approach when it comes to medicine. (57:20)
- Why there is no one size fits all approach when it comes to your body. (1:05:30)
- If you don’t move your body, then you don’t move your intestines. Why you must move on a daily basis. (1:07:21)
- What are the most important nutrients women should pay attention to? (1:11:57)
- Her take on the rise of the veganism movement. (1:15:30)
- Dr. Brighten, the farmer. (1:22:54)
- Should choline be considered an essential nutrient? (1:28:22)
Featured Guest/People Mentioned
- Dr. Jolene Brighten (@drjolenebrighten) Instagram
- Website
- Jolene Brighten - Amazon
- Dr. Carrie Jones, ND, MPH (@dr.carriejones) Instagram
- Sarah Ballantyne, PhD (@thepaleomom) Instagram
- Kevin Gianni (@kevin.gianni) Instagram
- Sarah E. Hill (@sarahehillphd) Twitter
Related Links/Products Mentioned
- September Promotion: MAPS Starter ½ off!! **Code “STARTER50” at checkout**
- Biohacking Hormones on Bulletproof Radio
- Mind Pump 1045: Dr. Jolene Brighten – Beyond the Pill
- Sex at Dawn - Book by Cacilda Jethá and Christopher Ryan
- Kale and Coffee: A Renegade's Guide to Health, Happiness, and Longevity - Book by Kevin Gianni
- USWNT used innovative period tracking to help player performance at World Cup
- Scientists Start Building a Parts List for the Brain
- This Is Your Brain on Birth Control: The Surprising Science of Women, Hormones, and the Law of Unintended Consequences – Book by Dr. Sarah Hill
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go. |
| 0:06.0 | Mite, op, mite, op with your hosts. |
| 0:09.0 | Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews. |
| 0:13.0 | Back by popular demand. |
| 0:15.0 | Our first interview with Dr. Jolene Brighton was so popular, so many people were sharing it. |
| 0:21.0 | A lot of people telling us they had a lot of great information and value from it. |
| 0:26.0 | Now, we decided to have Dr. Brighton again, and we go all over the place in this episode, in this interview. |
| 0:35.0 | We talk about pre-menstrual syndrome. |
| 0:38.0 | We talk about the cycle and what that looks like and what is normal and what is not normal. |
| 0:44.0 | There are symptoms that are common, but there aren't necessarily good. |
| 0:48.0 | So just because they're common, that doesn't mean that they're good. |
| 0:50.0 | We talk about nutrients that can benefit women and health. |
| 0:54.0 | I think you're really going to enjoy this episode. |
| 0:57.0 | Now, you can find Dr. Jolene Brighton on Instagram at Dr. Jolene Brighton, and Brighton is spelled B-R-I-G-H-T-E-N. |
| 1:06.0 | On YouTube, she's Dr. Jolene Brighton. |
| 1:09.0 | Her website is drbrighton.com, so it's drbrighton.com. |
| 1:13.0 | And then the book that people have just been raving about, that she wrote, is called Beyond the Pill. |
| 1:19.0 | This talks about the potential side effects of birth control, what it's like going off birth control, |
| 1:25.0 | and how to kind of mitigate some of the symptoms that happen when you go from hormonal birth control to all natural. |
| 1:33.0 | Now, before the episode starts, I want to remind everybody that maps starter is 50% off. |
| 1:38.0 | Now, maps starter is our resistance training program designed for people who want to start with resistance training. |
| 1:45.0 | People who want to just get started and reap all the benefits that you can get from working with resistance, |
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