It’s time to unpack one of the biggest controversies in women’s health: hormone replacement therapy! Noelle discusses common hormone issues for men and women 35+, and how to resolve these holistically and with hormone replacement therapy with nurse practitioner May Yazdi-Chewning. By the way, did you know men can struggle with estrogen dominance, too? We also talk labs, optimal ranges, and how to make sense of all the fear mongering out there.

Timestamps:
[6:55] Welcome May Yazdi-Chewning
[8:05] What are the most common hormone imbalances in women?
[15:14] What are optimal ranges when looking at labs?
[20:15] How does a woman know when she's in perimenopause?
[27:07] What is hormone replacement therapy?
[34:18] Women's health initiative study
[42:04] What levels of estrogen and progesterone determine if you need hormone replacement therapy?
[43:39] Is it possible to improve hormone balance without hormone replacement therapy in perimenopause?
[46:35] What are the most common hormone imbalances in men and do they need hormone replacement therapy?
[48:03] What are symptoms of estrogen dominance in men?
[55:26] When taking bioidentical hormones in post-menopause
[56:33] What can men do to increase testosterone without hormone replacement therapy and what options can be done with unwanted side effects of hormone replacement therapy?

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