#92: An endocrinologist's view on "balancing hormones" with Dr. Arti Thangadu

The Dr. Shannon Show

Dr. Shannon Ritchey, PT, DPT

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Fitness

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🗓️ 15 December 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Dr. Arti Thangudu is an Endocrinologist and triple board-certified MD. In this episode, Dr. Thangudu debunks myths around "hormone balance," specifically thyroid hormone. We discuss weight loss and cortisol, CGMs, "balancing" blood glucose, and more. 00: Introduction 2:22: Myths about "hormone balance" 7:45: Exercise and hormone health 12:03: Overexercise and chronic stress 19:17: Continuous glucose monitors and the general public 24:50 Food and blood sugar 8 free Evlo classes Follow Dr. S...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Fit Body Happy Joints.
0:01.8	My name is Dr Shannon.
0:02.7	I am a doctor physical therapy,
0:04.6	fitness instructor, and the owner of Evelo Fitness.
0:07.1	Today's episode is with Dr Thungadu.
0:09.9	Dr Thungadu is an endocrinologist and she's a triple board certified MD.
0:15.8	She centers her education around diabetes, thyroid, hormones, and weight. In this episode, we talk about a lot.
0:25.0	It's very thorough, very informative.
0:27.2	We talk about myths around hormones
0:29.8	and what hormone balance really is. She debunks some things particularly around
0:35.3	thyroid and kind of talks about how some self-proclaimed experts are
0:40.4	potentially spreading misinformation about thyroid hormone on
0:44.8	social media. We talk about weight loss drugs, we talk about
0:49.7	weight loss drugs, we talk about continuous glucose monitors and cortisol and balancing blood sugar.
0:54.5	This episode was very thorough and Dr Thungodu does an amazing job at educating in a really
1:00.2	easy to understand way.
1:01.8	So I hope you enjoy this episode. Without further
1:04.0	ado here is my conversation with Dr Thungadu. Welcome Dr Thungadu to the
1:09.3	podcast. I'm very excited to talk about hormones and do a deep dive on hormones. I love your
1:16.6	Instagram because you kind of debunk a lot of myths around hormones and I know my
1:22.1	audience is very interested in this.
1:23.6	Hormones affect all of us.
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