I am 51 years old, 5'4", and 145#. I am fit, and have been competing in CrossFit and Functional Fitness for a long time, including some international masters competitions. I have eaten a paleo diet since 2016, and added dairy to that in 2020 when my whoop told me my recovery was better every time I had dairy. More recently, my diet is leaning toward carnivore, but I still do eat fruits and vegetables, just not as frequently as before.

Unfortunately, I was recently diagnosed with stage 1 invasive ductal carcinoma (breast cancer). I underwent a bilateral mastectomy on 3/18/24 and will be seeing the medical oncologist for treatment planning on 4/12/24. I know your podcast can not give medical advice. My question is regarding dietary changes that could reduce my estrogen levels. My cancer was estrogen positive. Through conversations with my surgeon, as well as the breast cancer groups I have recently joined, it is likely the medical oncologist is going to recommend I start hormone blockers. I would prefer to find ways to reduce my estrogen with lifestyle changes vs medications if I can. I am in perimenopause, so my total estrogen is lower to begin with. It was 43 pg/ml when it was tested in January.

So, my question - Is there anything I can do dietarily or with other lifestyle changes that can reduce my estrogen levels?

Thank you so much for your assistance. I look forward to hearing your answer!

Dana

Electrolytes and respiratory rate

Colette writes:

"I have a question about electrolytes affecting respiratory rate. I got a notification from Apple Health that my respiratory rate had gone up over the last 10 days from an avg of 13.7 breaths a minute to 15.9. I’ve never received that particular notification from Apple before and I’m wondering if it correlates with me starting LMNT around the same time. I did a google search and did see that salts and water along with a list of other things can affect respiratory rates so I wanted to check to see if I should cut back on the amount I’m using (1 packet a day)or be concerned?"

Supplementing collagen for joint pain

Ann writes:

Hi Robb,

I’m wondering if you could shed some light on the efficacy of adding collagen to treat knee pain/arthritis. I’m 61 years old, normal weight, low carb diet, regular walker, and I resistance train 3-4x/week. After a lot of years of sports, running etc I’ve developed some pretty bad knee pain and have been advised that knee replacement surgery is in my future. I’m not really on board with that and have been experimenting with red light therapy and recently added collagen supplements to my diet. I followed the advice of another individual in the low carb/wellness space and ordered from a particular company. While the product seems fine so far (I think its too soon to see improvement), the over-the-top aggressive daily emails and constant pushing of other products are starting to make me think there something scam-like going on. My understanding is that it’s important to get types I and III, bovine, grass fed, hydrolyzed collagen, but I’m having trouble finding objective advice that isn’t promoting a specific company’s products. I’d appreciate any advice you can give. I’m a big fan of LMNT and I appreciate all you do.

Thank you

Ann

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0:00.0	It's time to make your health an act of rebellion.
0:04.0	We're tackling personalized nutrition, metabolic flexibility, resilient aging, and answering your diet and lifestyle questions.
0:12.0	This is the only show with a bold aim to help one million people liberate themselves from the sick care system.
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0:31.8	on any health, dietary, or fitness change. Warning, when Rob gets passionate, he's been known to use
0:37.3	the occasional expletive. If foul language is not your thing, when Rob gets passionate, he's been known to use the occasional expletive.
0:39.0	If foul language is not your thing, if it gets your bridges in a bunch, well, there's
0:43.8	always Disney Plus.
0:47.8	Welcome back, wife.
0:49.3	Hello, everybody.
0:50.7	Hello, Hubs.
0:51.5	First and foremost, and then welcome everybody. This is episode 182 of the Healthy
0:57.1	Rebellion Radio. The sun is shining here in Bozeman, Montana, so spirits are good. Spirits are
1:05.8	better. Spirits are better. We did have snow on Easter again this year.
1:15.0	This is, let's see, was this our, one, two, three.
1:16.5	This is our fourth Easter in Montana.
1:20.5	And out of the four, I think three of the four had snow.
1:24.0	So snow again this year.
1:29.0	But, you know, we have a whining dog too in the background. Sorry for that.
1:40.7	But yeah, I think spring is officially here. We had some ducks out flying. Robins are out in the yard,
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