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Something You Should Know

How Smart People Can Make Dumb Choices & The Serious Dangers of Social Media

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

Science, Social Sciences, Self-improvement, Education, Health & Fitness

4.64K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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0:00.0

There is so much talk about women's hormonal health, which is great.

0:05.0

But even though it's a bigger part of the conversation, most women are left even more confused about what it means for them and what to do about it, which is not so great.

0:14.0

This confusion ends now.

0:15.0

An award-winning German nutrition scientist created a powerful herbal formula called hormone harmony, which combines

0:22.0

12 powerful adaptogens into one single capsule.

0:25.6

Each of these ingredients is carefully selected based on scientific evidence, and it's been

0:29.9

proven effective in clinical studies for women of various ages and hormonal profiles.

0:35.3

And Happy Mammoth, the company that produces hormone harmony, is famous for its zero-compromise

0:40.1

policy.

0:40.9

No GMOs, artificial fillers, or flavors, or any other junk.

0:44.7

Only science-backed ingredients in amounts that are clinically proven.

0:48.1

The company surveyed over 1,500 women to see how hormone harmony helped them, and the

0:53.2

results are mind-blowing.

0:54.9

86% of women started losing weight, 77% say it improved their mood, and 100% said they're

1:01.4

feeling like themselves again.

1:03.0

Hormone Harmony has over 50,000 raving reviews from women all over the world, with 98% of them

1:09.0

saying they'd gladly recommend it to their friends and family.

1:12.3

For a limited time, you can get 15% off on your entire first order at happy mammoth.com.

1:18.7

Just use the code happy me, H-A-P-P-Y-M-E at checkout.

1:24.1

That's code happy me at happy mammoth.com for 15% off your entire first order.

1:35.8

Today on something you should know, some things you really need to throw out right now,

1:41.4

and I promise you'll never miss them. Then we'll explore the reasons why

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