#121 - Dr. Stephanie Estima: Nutrition For Your Cycle, The 4 Phases Of Menstruation, Ovulation & Fertility, Sex & The Female Orgasm, Bioidentical Hormone Therapy, PCOS, The Betty Body, And More!

The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast

Melanie Avalon

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2021

⏱️ 104 minutes

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GET TRANSCRIPT AND FULL SHOWNOTES: melanieavalon.com/bettybody 1:55 - IF Biohackers: Intermittent Fasting + Real Foods + Life: Join Melanie's Facebook Group At Facebook.com/groups/paleoOMAD For A Weekly Episode GIVEAWAY, And To Discuss And Learn About All Things Biohacking! All Conversations Welcome! 2:10 - Follow Melanie On Instagram To See The Latest Moments, Products, And #AllTheThings! @MelanieAvalon Stay Up To Date With All The News About Melanie's New Serrapeptase Supplement At melanieavalon.com/serrapeptase Or Head Straight Over To avalonx.us To Place Your Order Now! 10:20 - Stephanie's Background 16:25 - Stress And The Menstrual Cycle 19:30 - Amenorrhea And Menstrual Shame 23:30 - The Patriarchy And Consumerism Influence 24:30 - The Idea Of A Betty 26:40 - Women's Intuition 31:10 - Lack Of Women In Scientific Studies 34:15 - Bioidentical Hormones 35:50 - The Phases Of The Menstrual Cycle 37:55 - Follicular Stimulating Hormone (FSH) 40:55 - Luteinizing Hormone 41:30 - Ovulation And Fertility Window 44:20 - GI Influence During The Cycle 48:00 - Physical Manifestation Of The Phases 54:25 - Minding The Negativity Bias During Week 4 56:30 - Are We More Attractive During Ovulation 58:05 - Hormonal Birth Control 59:30 - The Concentration Of Estrogen Receptors 1:00:00 - Estrogen Metabolites 1:02:30 - Evolutionary Reasons For Variances In Estrogen 1:03:45 - APOE4 1:06:20 - Abnormal Or Out Of Balance Cycles 1:07:00 - Androgen Dominance And PCOS 1:09:30 - Hyperinsulinemia 1:09:45 - Sex Hormone Binding Globulin 1:10:40 - Declining Levels Of Progesterone 1:13:25 - Supporting Your Cycle Through Nutrition And Diet 1:20:30 - Progesterone And Diet 1:21:20 - Progesterone Creams 1:22:50 - The Benefits Of Sex And Orgasms 1:25:05 - The Plateau Phase Of Orgasm 1:26:00 - Manual Stimulation 1:31:00 - Consistent Engagement With Orgasm 1:31:35 - Sex Without Orgasm 1:33:10 - PMDD And Feeling Like A Slave To Your Hormones

Transcript

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0:00.0	We have been taught in society to really divorce ourselves from listening to our bodies. Your menstrual cycle is an expression of your vitality. We will experience under the influence of these hormones, differences in our mood, you know, our attention, our focus, whether or not we're chatty or not. What we want to be doing as women is optimizing for our fertility.
0:23.5	How can I continue to experience this ease and grace and beauty that is my menstrual cycle?
0:31.3	Welcome to the Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast, where we meet the world's top experts to explore the secrets of health,
0:40.2	mindset, longevity, and so much more. Are you ready to take charge of your existence and biohack
0:47.1	your life? This show is for you. Please keep in mind. We're not dispensing medical advice
0:52.9	and are not responsible for any outcomes you may
0:55.7	experience from implementing the tactics lying herein. Are you ready? Let's do this.
1:04.1	Welcome back to the Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast. Friends, today's episode was so wonderful.
1:14.1	Dr. Stephanie Estima is such a beautiful,
1:20.8	kind, brilliant soul, and it was so exciting to dive into all things, hormones, women's cycle,
1:27.4	sexual health. I think this is such a big need as far as education goes surrounding this topic. And I cannot thank Dr. Estima
1:29.3	enough for what she's doing. It's so empowering. Even if you're a man, I think you will
1:34.1	learn a lot here about the ladies in your life. So do not miss this one. We even talk about
1:39.0	spicy things like vibrators. It was really a fun time. These show notes for today's episode will be at
1:46.5	Melanieavalon.com slash Betty Body, B-E-T-T-T-Y, B-O-D-Y. Those show notes will have a full
1:54.0	transcript, so definitely check that out. There will be two episode giveaways for this episode.
1:58.8	One will be in my Facebook group, IF BioHackers,
2:01.8	Intermittent and Fasting plus Real Foods plus Life, comment something you learned or something that
2:06.2	resonated with you on the pinned post to enter to win, something I love. Then also check out
2:11.7	my Instagram, Melanie Avalon. Also find the announcement post about this episode and comment
2:17.1	to enter to win something I love.
2:19.4	If you are enjoying this show, make sure to subscribe in iTunes. It helps so, so much as far as
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