Dr. Jeffrey Dack is my guest today. He's a US doctor and he talks a lot about the preventative roles of hormones.

Talks about how estrogen can reduce future risk of breast cancer, but also other diseases such as osteoarthritis, osteoporosis and heart disease.

We really explore about how we should be thinking differently

about hormones and also about how healthcare professionals should be less scared of prescribing

hormones to women. Jeff, I'm really excited to have you on my podcast because I've listened

to quite a few podcasts that you've been on

on other people's. Your words of wisdom, your huge intellect is just incredible. And also your book,

which I have lugged down to London on the train last night, Bioidentical Hormones 101,

menopausal hormonal replacement second, I'd just like to add.

So just before we get started, just tell me a bit about you, because you haven't always been

a specialist in hormones. So can you just tell me a bit about your story?

Yes, of course. First of all, Louise, thank you so much for inviting me. It's a great honor

to be on your podcast. And, you know, my background, I started out as a diagnostic interventional

radiologist. I worked in the hospital for 25 years doing that. And, you know, I developed eye trouble.

So I switched to a outpatient clinic.

I started my own outpatient clinic here locally and doing biotidyl hormones at the beginning.

And then I later, as we were chatting earlier, I mentioned that I became a reluctant

thyroidologists. And we have a second book on Natural Therapeutic. As we were chatting earlier, I mentioned that I became a reluctant thyroidologist,

and we have a second book on Natural Thyroid Toolkit, which we can get into later.

But, yeah, I was prescribing biogenic hormones for 20 years.

Their first edition of the biorendical hormone book came out in 2011,

and we talked about the, you know, the women's health initiative study. And at that time, there was,

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