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The Root Cause Medicine Podcast

Transforming Menopause Care with Dr. Wendy Warner

The Root Cause Medicine Podcast

Kate Kresge

Alternative Health, 810564, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.8581 Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In today's episode with Dr. Wendy Warner, you’ll hear us take a deep dive into: 1. Transforming women's health with a natural approach 2. The whole-body process of menopause 3. The power of adaptogens and maca for hormonal balance 4. Restoring the mucus lining and the dangers of long-term medication use 5. How to improve bone health naturally Dr. Warner spent 14 years working as a traditional ObGyn and also learned about integrative holistic medicine. In 2004, she started Medicine in Balance, which brought together different medical techniques and perspectives in one place so patients could get the best care. In 2022, she made the clinic fully online, making it more convenient for patients to access medical care from their own homes. Order tests through Rupa Health, the BEST place to order functional medicine lab tests from 30+ labs - https://www.rupahealth.com/reference-guide

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0:00.8

Today on the root cause medicine podcast.

0:04.2

The problem is if you go into the fight and flight mode and sort of live there, which is where most of us are, unfortunately, you can only keep up the cortisol and DHA production for so long.

0:14.3

And after a while, your body goes, we're not supposed to have to do this every day.

0:18.5

We are running out of steam.

0:20.1

Your body decides it's more important to get away from the tiger than to do this every day. We are running out of steam. Your body decides it's

0:21.1

more important to get away from the tiger than to stay calm about it. So they keep the cortisol

0:26.1

up and they make less and less and less DHA. So as you get farther into adrenal dysfunction,

0:32.4

cortisol stays up, DHA starting to drop. And then it gets really bad, even the cortisol drops.

0:37.1

That is less common, thank goodness.

0:38.7

So that's where the whole problem comes in as we stay in the fight and flight reaction.

0:46.3

We have less and less and less DHEA.

0:48.8

And DHA is a really super important hormone.

0:51.7

Well, hello there.

0:52.7

I'm your host for today, Dr. Kate Kreske,

0:54.9

and we've got an awesome episode for you on menopause and osteoporosis that you are not going to

1:00.1

want to miss. Our guest today is Dr. Wendy Warner. Dr. Warner is a past president of the

1:05.3

American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine, served on the board of directors for the Academy of

1:10.5

Integrative Health and Medicine, is an educator for of directors for the Academy of Integrative Health

1:11.2

and Medicine, is an educator for the Institute for Functional Medicine, and lectures nationally.

1:16.6

Dr. Warner spent the first 14 years of her career in conventional medicine before pivoting

1:21.3

to start focusing on integrative medicine. She now runs an integrative practice that focuses on getting

1:26.7

to the root cause of chronic issues

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