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Hello, everyone. This is Karen Nicol, family nurse practitioner, and this is Itchy and Bitchy a podcast that provides

answers to your many unanswered health questions.

A quick reminder about my course called the Paraminopause Answer.

If you are going through this phase of life called paraminopause,

I would love to have the opportunity to talk to you about the course to see if it's the right

fit for you. There is a link on our website, Itchy and Bitchie.com and our Facebook page I and B

podcast where you can schedule an appointment for a Zoom call with me. When you make that appointment,

I'll be sitting at my desk waiting for you to join the one-on-one Zoom call with me. When you make that appointment, I'll be sitting at my desk

waiting for you to join the one-on-one Zoom call. In my practice and in my course for paramedopausal

and menopausal women, I have had some women who just have not been able to tolerate or have not

done well with direct replacement of the female hormones

estradiol, progesterone, and testosterone. In those cases, oftentimes, they will do well with

something called precursor hormones. Precursor means something that comes before another thing.

When talking about hormones, it means hormones that come before or are converted into other

hormones. So by supplying precursor hormones, you can help supply other hormones. Okay,

let me explain. So let's start with a hormone called pregnin alone. Hang with me,

pregene alone. It is made from cholesterol. So I know we think of cholesterol

is a bad thing, but it can do good things. We make pregenealone from cholesterol, and it is produced.

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