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The Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast

Estrogen Dominance & Detox: What You Need to Know

The Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast

Erin Holt

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Nutrition

4.9759 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Grab your DUTCH test and your headphones because this episode is a companion guide to understanding the estrogen section of your results. Learn the symptoms of estrogen dominance, how excessive estrogen can lead to diseases like PCOS and endometriosis, and why estrogen dominance is so common in this day and age. If you suspect you have estrogen dominance, you’ll learn about the supplement and food as medicine approaches we use in practice to help balance hormones. The biggest take-away from today? Never underestimate the importance of regular bowel movements.

Timestamps

(3:00) Symptoms of estrogen dominance and why it’s so common

(16:32) How the liver, kidneys and GI tract work together for detoxification

(23:46) Food as medicine approach to support detoxification

(32:51) How things like genetics, plastics, and certain polyphenols can slow down detoxification

(37:00) If you’re struggling with estrogen dominance even after looking at your diet and supplementation, you need to look at your gut

(41:29) How constipation plays a huge role in estrogen clearance

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Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm Erin Holt, and this is the functional nutrition podcast where we lean into intuitive

0:07.2

functional medicine. We look at how diet, our environment, our emotions, and our beliefs all affect

0:13.4

our physical health. This podcast is your full-bodied, well-rounded resource. I've got over a decade

0:19.8

of clinical experience, and because of that,

0:22.2

I've got a major bone to pick with diet culture and the conventional health care model.

0:26.4

They're both failing so many of us. But functional medicine isn't the panacea that it's made

0:31.3

out to be either. We've got some work to do, and that's why creating a new model is my life's

0:37.0

work. I believe in the ripple

0:38.7

effect. So I founded the Functional Nutrition Academy, a school and mentorship for practitioners

0:43.5

who want to do the same. This show is for you if you're looking for new ways of thinking about

0:48.6

your health and you're ready to be an active participant in your own healing. Please keep in mind

0:53.6

this podcast is created for educational purposes only and should never

0:57.2

be used as a replacement for medical diagnosis or treatment.

1:00.7

I would love for you to follow the show, rate, review, and share because you never know

1:05.5

whose life you might change.

1:06.7

And of course, keep coming back for more.

1:13.1

Hello, friends.

1:14.1

Today we're going to continue on with this little mini hormone series that I'm doing.

1:18.8

So a couple of weeks ago, we talked about low progesterone, the whys behind it and also what

1:23.9

to do.

1:24.3

Last week, we talked more about food, diet, nutrition for overall hormone

1:29.5

health and hormone balance. Today we're going to get into estrogen, so estrogen dominance

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