Welcome to the Optimal Protein Podcast. I'm Vanessa Spina.

Hello, my friends. Welcome back to the podcast. I'm your host, Vanessa. I am so pumped for today's

episode. We are covering a super fascinating topic, which is metabolic detoxification and hormones

and also fat loss and how we can support our bodies when

they are doing detoxification and support those pathways especially during fat loss and

weight loss phases because a lot of toxins are stored in our fat as many of you know so we

talk about xenobiotics, what they are,

and I invited Dr. Sheila Dean on the podcast today to really do a deep dive. There are a lot of

misconceptions out there about detoxes and what it actually means. In today's episode, we talk

about the actual science and evidence behind how

detoxification can occur. We also talk about some super interesting topics like estrogen dominance

and focus in a lot on hormones. We talk about hormone replacement therapy and what testing,

specifically genetic testing, Dr. Shiladin recommends to do before going on hormone

replacement therapy. And we also talk about the importance of protein, specifically for women,

and how protein can help our bodies to do all of this detoxification, specifically the amino acids

that we need, the B vitamins. So so many great

topic areas that we got to touch on today. I want to tell you about a very important nutrient

that many of us are deficient in and not even aware of it. And that nutrient is light and

specifically red light. I am so passionate and obsessed with the incredible

amount of science behind red light therapy's ability to support our mitochondrial health. Now,

our mitochondria, as you probably know, are responsible for helping us to do pretty much everything

in our bodies at the cellular level. Now, when it comes

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