S3 E7- Hypothalamic Amenorrhoea

The Food Medic

Health & Fitness

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

The topic of this weeks episode is hypothalamic amenorrhoea (HA) - quite a common cause of loss of periods. Dr Hazel is joined by Renee Mc Gregor, a leading performance and eating disorder specialist dietitian and Dr Nicky Keay who is a medical doctor specialising in sport and dance endocrinology.In this episode they discuss:What is HA?What causes HA?Health consequences of not having a regular period.What to do if you’ve been diagnosed with HAHow to recover and what to expect.Link to Renee’s website: https://reneemcgregor.com/Link to train brave: https://trainbrave.org/Health4perfromance BAsem website: http://health4performance.co.uk/updates/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Have you ever wondered what a sandwich sounds like?
0:04.3	Not much to it, is there?
0:06.2	Unless, of course, it's a Walker's sandwich.
0:10.9	Mmm, that is good.
0:12.9	Now that's what Asani should sound like.
0:15.8	Go all crisp in with walkers.
0:19.0	Delicious.
0:20.9	Hello and a very big welcome back to the Food Medic podcast.
0:24.3	I'm your host, Dr. Hazel Wallace.
0:26.1	I'm an NHS doctor and founder of the Food Medic.
0:29.5	The topic of the podcast today is quite specialist
0:32.9	as we're going to be talking specifically
0:35.0	about hypothalamic amenorrhea,
0:38.6	what a mouthful,
0:47.0	or what's often called as H.A. The term amenorrhea means no menstrual cycle. And in H.A., the hormones are signals that are supposed to be sent out by the hypothalamus, which is the brain's
0:52.4	control center, are suppressed so that ovulation doesn't
0:55.9	occur and therefore there is no period. The reason I feel like this is an important topic to talk
1:02.6	about is because it's becoming increasingly more prevalent and affects a lot of women, plus it can be
1:08.4	very distressing. So this week I'm joined by two guests who are very well researched in H.A. and have a lot of women, plus it can be very distressing. So this week I'm joined by two guests who are very
1:12.7	well researched in H.A. and have a lot of experience in this field. Rina McGregor, who's a leading
1:18.9	performance and eating disorder specialist dietitian, who we have had on the podcast before,
1:24.7	and Dr. Nikki Kaye, who is a medical doctor specialising in sport and dance endocrinology.
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