What an imbalance looks like is, for example, genetically we will all produce

estrogen at different levels, but also genetically we will metabolise and rid

ourselves of that estrogen differently. So your estrogen levels can be low, but

you can still be dominant in estrogen or have a risk of high levels of

estrogen that are driving female cancers, for example, because we're not detoxifying

estrogen effectively. So it's not just about looking at a set figure and going

ah, one's low, one's high, it's really about understanding the importance of

our detoxification system, the function of our liver, our gut microbiome and our

bowel movements in removing estrogen. Pauline Cox is a functional nutritionist

and she believes that food isn't just fuel, but food that talks to our hormones.

This is the Lizelle Wellbeing Show, the podcast helping us all to have a better

second half. I'm Lizelle and as I'm sure you know I'm on a bit of a mission to

find ways for all of us to thrive in later life by investing in our health and

our wellbeing today. So today then the relationship between the food we eat and

our hormones have you ever considered the connection I wonder. Well I've learned

over the years that eating a diet much higher in protein and lower in sugars

has dramatically changed not only the shape and the tone of my body but also my

mood and actually the way I feel. Well Pauline Cox has extensive knowledge of

human science and alternative medicine. After a Bachelor of Science in anatomical

science she went on to study physiotherapy. She also has master's level training in

public health and in integrative medicine. I actually have her first book Primal

Living in a modern world which I gave to my younger daughter Brella as a great

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