The Health Effects of Alcohol: Hormones & Brain Health with Dr. Aviva Romm & Louisa Nicola

The Liz Moody Podcast

Liz Moody

Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Education, Mental Health

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Today’s episode is the second in our new sober curious series. This week we brought on Yale-trained, board-certified family physician Dr. Aviva Romm to talk about the impact of alcohol on our hormones and neurophysiology researcher and director of Neuro Athletics, Louisa Nicola to speak to the impact on the brain. On this episode, we talk about: how alcohol impacts your hormones, including irregular periods & fertility the shocking link between alcohol and breast cancer in women what people with PCOS & endometriosis need to know about drinking alcohol alcohol’s effect on your circadian rhythm & cortisol levels exactly why and how alcohol impacts mental health, including dopamine, serotonin, and more why alcohol feels energizing even though it’s a sedative (plus, how to get that effect without drinking) a lifestyle habit that can literally reverse negative impacts of alcohol the best type of workout for repairing brain health what you can do to support your brain before or after a night out a neuroscience-backed way to feel calm without reaching for a drink and so much more! We would LOVE to hear from you any thoughts, reactions, or takeaways you have as you’re listening, so definitely screenshot and tag me @lizmoody, Dr. Romm @dr.avivaromm, and Louisa @louisanicola_ on Instagram. Check out my previous episodes with Dr. Romm—Ask The Doctor: Hormone Edition—Everything You Need To Know About Balancing Hormones Naturally and Hormone Q&A—Solutions for Belly Fat, Acne, Hair Loss, Migraines, PMS, Insomnia, Low Energy, and More. To join the Healthier Together Podcast Club Facebook group, go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthiertogetherpodcast. This episode is sponsored by Seed. You can get 15% off your first month's supply of Seed's DS-01™ Daily Synbiotic by going to seed.com/daily-synbiotic and using the code LIZMOODY. This episode is sponsored by AG1 by Athletic Greens. Visit athleticgreens.com/healthiertogether and get your FREE year supply of Vitamin D and 5 free travel packs today. This episode is sponsored by Paleovalley. Head over to paleovalley.com and use the code LIZM for 15% off. This episode is sponsored by Cymbiotika. Get 15% off using code LIZ at cymbiotika.com. Healthier Together cover art by Zack. Healthier Together music by Alex Ruimy.

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0:00.0	Hello friends and welcome back to the Healthier Together podcast.
0:04.6	I'm your host Liz Moody and I'm a best-selling author and long-time journalist.
0:08.4	This podcast is all about helping you live your healthiest, happiest life, whether we're
0:12.5	learning how to set better boundaries, uncovering the root of chronic pain and ways to address
0:17.0	it, or getting herbalist secrets for having amazing hair, and yes, those are all real
0:22.1	episodes so if any of those topics sound good to you, screw a long back in the archives.
0:26.8	Today we are back with the second episode of a series that I am very proud of, all about
0:31.2	exploring our relationship with alcohol.
0:33.7	We started out last week by covering all of the ways that alcohol impacts our gut health
0:37.7	and risk of diseases like cancer.
0:39.8	You don't need to have listened to that episode to listen to this one, but it is fascinating.
0:44.7	So I highly recommend that you do if you are interested in this topic.
0:48.0	I can't stop telling people about the alcohol and saliva part and then the stem cell connection
0:52.3	with having great hair and skin.
0:53.7	It is mind-blowing.
0:55.3	Today, though, we are getting into the impacts of alcohol on our hormones and our brains
1:00.3	and how we can mitigate and manage the negative effects.
1:03.4	First, I'm interviewing hormone and women's health expert Dr. Aviva Rahm.
1:07.6	Dr. Rahm is a Yale-trained, board-certified family physician with a specialty in integrative
1:12.7	women's health and obstetrics.
1:14.6	She was a founding member of the Yale Integrative Medicine program and she is the author of numerous
1:19.6	best-selling books, including most recently hormone intelligence.
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