The Power of Bioidentical Hormones — Are They Right for You? | Ep 292

The Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast

Erin Holt

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Nutrition

4.9 • 759 Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

There is a huge spectrum of opinions on the use of hormone replacement therapy. On one side, it’s presented as the only option to balance your hormones, and on the other, it’s villainized.

Today, Erin unpacks it all with Alise Greenfield, a Funk’tional Nutrition Academy graduate and NP with over a decade of experience in both conventional and functional medicine. Their discussion dives into the nitty-gritty of bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT), how it’s used, and what options are available on the market today. This episode offers a fresh perspective, challenging the narrative that aging for women must simply be accepted as "it is what it is."

Timestamps

(9:46) HRT vs BHRT: is BHRT really “natural”?

(20:07) Signs & symptoms that you may (or may not) be a good candidate for BHRT

(21:45) The 3 forms of estrogen & how each are dosed

(27:31) An unexpected protective benefit of bioidentical hormone therapy

(34:10) Monitoring BHRT & why the delivery method matters

(45:22) Debunking the history of fear behind BHRT - what the data tells us

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Alise Greenfield is a functional medicine nurse practitioner with a focus in women’s health and wellness. Her expertise includes hormone health, period problems, bio-identical hormone replacement and gut health, as well as skin health from an inside out perspective. She received her degrees from the University of New Hampshire. She has over a decade of experience in conventional and functional medicine in various settings. She has also been a patient herself with chronic Lyme and overcame complications by blending these two medicines. These experiences led her to the conviction there is no one right way to health and when combined appropriately, these two modalities can drastically improve people’s lives. Her practice is located in Dover, NH.

When she’s not working, you can find her in the kitchen cooking or baking gluten free treats, in the ocean on her stand up paddle board, spending time with her young daughter and husband, at the gym or reading an entertaining book.

Transcript

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0:00.0	I'm Erin Holt, and this is the Functional Nutrition Podcast, where we lean into intuitive
0:07.2	functional medicine. We look at how diet, our environment, our emotions, and our beliefs
0:12.5	all affect our physical health. This podcast is your full-bodied, well-rounded resource.
0:18.7	I've got over a decade of clinical experience, and because of that,
0:22.2	I've got a major bone to pick with diet culture and the conventional health care model.
0:26.4	They're both failing so many of us. But functional medicine isn't the panacea that it's made
0:31.3	out to be either. We've got some work to do, and that's why creating a new model is my life's
0:37.0	work. I believe in the ripple
0:38.7	effect. So I founded the Functional Nutrition Academy, a school and mentorship for practitioners
0:43.5	who want to do the same. This show is for you if you're looking for new ways of thinking about
0:48.6	your health and you're ready to be an active participant in your own healing. Please keep in mind
0:53.6	this podcast is created for educational purposes only and should never
0:57.2	be used as a replacement for medical diagnosis or treatment.
1:00.7	I would love for you to follow the show, rate, review, and share because you never know
1:05.5	whose life you might change.
1:06.7	And of course, keep coming back for more.
1:13.6	Hello, my friends.
1:14.6	Today we're going to talk about bioidentical hormone replacement therapy.
1:19.1	We're going to get all into it.
1:21.2	But first, I want to remind you that this is the last day of our functional Friday sales.
1:27.4	All of our programs and courses
1:29.2	are on mega sale right now, and that ends at midnight, tonight, Tuesday. So if you've been
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