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Barbell Shrugged

[Hormone Dysfunction] Birth Control, TRT, HRT, and Toxicity w/ Anders Varner, Doug Larson, Coach Travis Mash and Dan Garner Barbell Shrugged #645

Barbell Shrugged

Doug Larson

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.72.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2022

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

In this Episode of Barbell Shrugged:

 

  1. How Birth Control can reduce testosterone by 70%
  2. Birth controls affects on your physique
  3. How to pick the right birth control
  4. What are drug induced nutrient depletions 
  5. How to best handle menopause and andropause
  6. What happens when you do not have a cycle for 5+ years
  7. What is wrong with TRT and HRT
  8. How heavy metal and toxicity affect your hormones

 

Connect with our guests:

 

Anders Varner on Instagram

 

Doug Larson on Instagram

 

Coach Travis Mash on Instagram

 

Dan Garner on Instagram

 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Truck family this week on Barbell Shrug. We're giving a little nod to you ladies this week

0:04.1

I know like 70% of our audience is male, but this week it's for you 30%

0:10.4

We're also dipping into a little bit of

0:12.9

TRT HRT talk so we're not forgetting about you guys, but this week we're talking a lot about birth control

0:18.2

We've got a ton of clients that actually come through and we start reading labs on people that have been on birth control for a very long time

0:25.2

You start hearing about the side effects of it. I think there's a real conversation to be had about the

0:30.1

What happens to your physiology by being on hormonal birth control for so long what your best options are

0:38.4

How to get off of it how to get on it what the best works could be for you?

0:42.7

I think that's it's just a a subject that

0:46.2

We on this show don't talk about a ton, but now that we're coaching many more females

0:50.8

I think it's really important for us to dig in and and actually have the conversation about

0:57.1

Female hormones testosterone why you guys need it how birth control helps with that stuff

1:02.0

How it can also be very harmful and have many side effects as well as on the other side of things

1:08.6

people that are kind of

1:10.1

heading towards menopause

1:13.4

We have we have many clients as well that are for coming in and and looking for ways to best manage

1:20.1

What they know is going to be a life-changing time

1:24.3

And menopause is no joke so it's a it's a very real conversation and hopefully you find a ton of value in it before we get

1:32.1

Into the show I want to thank our sponsors the coolest of all-time sponsors has just joined us the show

1:38.5

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1:43.2

I got all kinds of crap going on one of my head hits the pillow at night the only thing that I want in the world

1:48.1

It's to actually just go to sleep quickly the last thing I need is my brain spending in circles being uncomfortable my rooms too

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