S10 EP6 The truth about balancing your hormones.

The Food Medic

Health & Fitness

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Dr Hazel is joined by Dr Anjali Amin, a Consultant in Diabetes & Endocrinology and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London.

This epsiode covers:

What are hormones?
The truth about “hormone balancing” recipes
At home Hormone testing kits
Is adrenal fatigue a medical diagnosis?
Why women experience more thyroid issues than men
Should you worry about glucose spikes?
PCOS and insulin resistance

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0:30.0	Hello and a big welcome back to the podcast. I'm your host as always Dr Hazel.
0:38.0	Right now there's lots of interest or chat about hormone imbalances or balancing hormones with various recipes
0:45.6	and supplements which can be found on social media so I just wanted to ask an actual hormone expert
0:51.3	her thoughts. Today I'm joined by Dr.
0:54.1	Angela Amin who is a consultant in diabetes and endocrinology which is a
0:58.8	doctor that treats diseases related to problems with hormones. She's also an honorary clinical
1:04.7	senior lecturer at Imperial College London and completed a PhD in 2018 looking at
1:11.3	the effect of dietary factors on appetite. Here's Angela.
1:16.8	Angela, welcome to the Food Medic podcast. Thank you, lovely to be here.
1:20.8	Yeah, it's so nice to have you here and chat all about hormones.
1:25.2	For those listening at home you are a consultant of endocrinology which is a
1:30.6	doctor of hormones essentially and I think it would be really great to just
1:34.6	start there what exactly is a hormone and what does it do? So hormones are
1:40.2	chemical messengers so they're produced from specialist glands in the body
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