223: The Number One Hormone to Watch Out for at 40+ (Hint: It’s Not Estrogen)

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Dr. Mariza Snyder

Medicine, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

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🗓️ 4 September 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Progesterone and estrogen may get all the attention, especially once you’re in perimenopause or menopause, but they aren’t the ones you really need to watch out for. It’s time to give some lesser-recognized hormones some well-deserved attention. Tune in today to hear which hormones are really the culprits for hot flashes, exhaustion, sugar cravings, weight gain, inflammation, and -- down the line -- problems with reproductive hormones. If you’re tired of “band-aid” solutions that don’t really help long-term, check out this episode to learn what’s really going on in your body under the surface! The top 3 often-neglected hormones that really fuel most unpleasant perimenopause and menopause symptoms Why insulin resistance is so catastrophic for your overall health How to ward off Alzheimers, diabetes, obesity, and more by addressing underlying hormones Specific testing criteria to monitor your individual levels Targeted nutritional, supplement, and lifestyle recommendations to get your health under control naturally Mentioned in this Episode: Essentially Whole Supplement Store Vitamin D Complete Magnesium Restore Pure Daily Fiber Crave Reset Additional Resources: My Comprehensive Lab Testing Guide 8 Reasons to Increase Your Magnesium Intake The Why Behind Weight Gain & Your Hormones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.7	CEO of your health. I am your host Dr. Marissa Snyder. So can you guess the number one hormone to look out for once you hit 40 years old and beyond.
0:59.3	Now it is not progestrone or estrogen which many of us think are the hormones that get the most
1:06.3	attention once we hit pereminopause in our 40s.
1:10.7	Now one of three big players is insulin. Now I want to take a moment and name all three.
1:16.0	The big players are cortisol, insulin, and thyroid hormone. Now these three hormones are
1:22.1	at the top of the hormone hierarchy because they
1:24.3	are driving some of the most important cellular reactions inside of the body every
1:29.3	single second of the day. Now today I want to focus on insulin because I often focus on the other two.
1:36.0	Actually the last two Q&A Friday episodes were entirely devoted to thyroid health and a little bit of cortisol. And those
1:43.4	episodes were 219 and 221 in case you want to geek out on thyroid issues.
1:48.4	And the reason why I'm focusing on insulin today, although let's be honest is not one of the
1:55.2	sexiest hormones to focus on is because I received a question two weeks ago by
2:00.1	Andrea whose fasting blood glucose was over 110 milligrams per
2:05.4	desaleter and her hemoglobin A1C was at a 5.9 and she had no idea she was
2:12.2	pre-diabetic.
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