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Hey friends, welcome to the Well-Fed Women Podcast.

I'm your host, Manuel Tar, I'm a nutritional therapy practitioner.

And a certified personal trainer, this is episode number 369.

And over the last many years, we have talked about hormones a lot.

However, I am thrilled that you're here because this episode is going to set you up for success

hormonally for the rest of your life.

Sitting out the root cause of hormonal imbalances can be challenging as can treating conditions

like PMS and PCOS and intometriosis, specifically when we're talking about how to treat it with

a holistic approach and it can be very overwhelming for women.

In fact, I feel like in the last decade or so, there are more and more women dealing

with hormonal chaos and it can happen concurrently with adrenal and thyroid issues and gut dysfunction.

So not only is it complicated, women are often told what they are experiencing is normal

or just part of being a woman or there isn't anything you can do about it other than

take some medication.

And to add to all of that, testing can be inaccurate and it doesn't always show the whole picture.

So if you have been caught up in any of this hormonal confusion, this episode is for you.

Today I'm going to be talking with Dr. Aviva Rom, MD, who many of you know is a world-renowned,

midwife and herbalist who also happens to be a Yale-trained MD and board-certified

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