Hello and welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition, brought to you by nutritional weight and

wellness. Since you are listening to today's podcast episode, you might be interested in learning

more about hormone health.

It is a confusing topic to say the least.

Very. Very.

And if you are a woman, do you ever think about your testosterone?

Chances are, maybe not.

When you think of testosterone, it's typically associated with masculinity, muscle growth,

and male reproductive health. And while it's true that testosterone plays a central role in male biology,

it's also a critical hormone in a female body. Yes, we are more than estrogen.

We are a lot more than just estrogen.

And, you know, it's very important in the female body.

We just produce it in smaller amounts than men do.

And in both men and women, testosterone contributes to a variety of different functions and imbalances.

So either too much or too little testosterone can have significant health consequences.

And I'm kind of excited to dive into this.

Yes.

I think hormones are a hot topic right now. They're everywhere. And I love that

because I feel like women have gotten the short end of the stick when it comes to hormones.

I mean, I know in St. Louis where I'm from, every corner has got a testosterone clinic for men,

but I love that women are in the forefront and their hormones matter.

Yeah. So this is exciting to me. And now, I mean, so many women don't have the understanding of how

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