Is estrogen the root of all evil or a helpful hormone with Dr. Tara Scott: Episode Rerun

The Root Cause Medicine Podcast

Kate Kresge

Alternative Health, Medicine, 810564, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 581 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we discuss estrogen metabolism, including different types of estrogen, how estrogen gets detoxified, what estrogen does in your body, and many more. They dive into: 1. Estrogen Types and Their Functions 2. What Are the Benefits of Estrogen? 3. Estrogen Dominance Symptoms 4. What Factors Affect Estrogen Levels? Dr. Tara Scott is a traditionally trained OB/GYN who now practices functional medicine. With over twenty-five years of experience and three board certifications in OB/GYN, Functional medicine, and Integrative medicine, Dr. Scott has helped thousands of patients struggling with hormone issues. She is the founder of Revitalize, a medical practice focused on wellness, and the creator of the online Revitalize Academy, a course to help patients improve their hormone problems themselves. Dr. Scott is also a speaker and has featured in The List, Authority Magazine, Thrive Global, and numerous podcasts. Order tests through Rupa Health, the BEST place to order functional medicine lab tests from 30+ labs - https://www.rupahealth.com/reference-guide

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0:00.0	Hey there. Welcome to the root cause medicine podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Carrie Jones. On this podcast,
0:06.9	we go in depth with leading experts from all walks of life to understand and improve your
0:13.2	health and well-being. Estrogen and estrogen metabolism is a hot topic. So I'm talking with expert and
0:20.0	friend Dr. Tara Scott all about it. Dr. Scott is a hot topic. So I'm talking with expert and friend Dr. Tara Scott all about it.
0:23.6	Dr. Scott is a traditionally trained OBGYN, who now practices functional medicine, as she is certified by the American Academy of Anti-Aging, known as A4M, where she's also a top hormone educator there.
0:36.6	She is a certified menopause practitioner
0:38.7	through the North American Menopause Society, clinical assistant professor of OBGYN at Northeast
0:44.2	Ohio Medical University, and chief medical officer revitalized medical group in Ohio. Dr. Scott is
0:51.3	quite literally the hormone guru, which also happens to be her TikTok handle.
0:56.6	So it was an absolute pleasure to have her on today as we discussed the three main types of
1:01.4	estrogens and how they get cleared from your body.
1:04.2	Here's a clip from today's conversation.
1:06.4	The biggest issue with women in estrogen dominance is not the actual level of estrogen, right? And It's not the actual level of estrogen,
1:11.7	right? And it's not the actual level of progesterone. It's the ratio. And most of the time, it's how you metabolize it. It'd be like estrogen's the amount that you charge on your credit card and progesterone's what you pay off. So if you charge on your credit card $10,000 every month, but you pay it off, there's no issue. If I charge $1,000 and I don't pay it off, there's an issue there. And so that is another concept I was never taught in traditional training. So it's a huge thing for anyone with any estrogen pathology, like fibrocystic breast, endometriosis, fibroids, heavy periods, migrants, all the things.
1:48.5	The ideal test, if everything was free, would be the cycle now, right? Because then you're getting 11 different readings because this happened to me last week. A patient came in, and I told her
1:54.3	to test on day 20, and she did. But guess what? She had a 35-day cycle then. That cycle. So what
1:59.1	you got? You got ovulation. You got crazy high
2:01.8	estrogen, not enough progesterone because you got mid-cycle surge. So I see why people say,
2:08.1	oh, we don't test hormones. Well, because you have to know these nuances, right? And your hormones
2:12.4	fluctuate all the time. Well, that's true, right? We can all agree that, but that's even more
2:16.0	why you have to be trained to know how to
2:17.8	test. That's just a small taste of the amazing show we have for you today. Hey, before we get started,
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