Foods That Help Hormones | Dr. Neal Barnard Live Q&A
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 4 November 2021
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Relief from unwanted hormone symptoms such as hot flashes could be as close as your next meal.
Dr. Neal Barnard reveals the best foods for helping your hormones when he joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room™ Live.
He'll also be answering listener questions sent to The Doctor's Mailbag:
- Can a healthy diet improve fertility?
- How does fat affect hormones?
- Can a vegan diet help psoriasis?
- What should a vegan's cholesterol level be?
- And many more
Chuck also reports on research showing that nuts may lower the risk of recurrence among breast cancer survivors.
This episode of The Exam Room™ Podcast is sponsored by The Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund, which supports organizations like the Physicians Committee that carry on Greg's passion and love for animals through rescue efforts, veganism, and wildlife conservation.
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| 0:00.0 | So many women, you're age 50, 52 years of age, |
| 0:03.5 | and hot flashes are, for many people, |
| 0:06.5 | part of that menopausal transition. |
| 0:08.8 | And when you go to the doctor, the doctor is gonna say, |
| 0:11.4 | well, we have a treatment, |
| 0:13.1 | but the medicines increase your cancer risk. |
| 0:15.6 | And they increase the risk of heart problems |
| 0:17.4 | and maybe you mention it just doesn't sound like |
| 0:19.4 | something you want to jump into. |
| 0:20.8 | So what about food? |
| 0:22.0 | We recently completed a research study |
| 0:24.6 | in which we tested food choices |
| 0:27.3 | to see how they would affect hot flashes. |
| 0:28.9 | And we hit on a combination that worked really well. |
| 0:31.9 | It knocked out 84% of the moderates of your hot flashes. |
| 0:35.7 | [♪ Music playing in background, music playing in background, |
| 0:40.6 | welcome to the Exam Room Podcast, |
| 0:42.5 | brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:44.7 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:47.6 | Thank you so very much for raising your health IQ |
| 0:49.9 | with us in more than 130 countries around the world. |
| 0:54.0 | I want to say hello to the exam room |
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