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On May 10, members of the CMJ Masterpass joined me and Dr. Carrie Jones in a live Zoom meeting to ask us anything about hormones, and here’s the full recording!

We talk about things like:

• What time of day is best to take T4 and/or T3?
• How to use pregnenolone to manage perimenopausal insomnia?
• Is insomnia different between people who are and aren't on HRT?
• Estrogen’s effect on the kynurenine pathway could be keeping you up at night.
• What about men with high estrogen?
• Over-the-counter supplements to lower SHBG and increased free testosterone?
• Mycotoxins
• Iodine, fatigue, and “detox” reactions.
• Loss of libido and sexual sensation with the LEEP procedure: could progesterone and vitamin E help? What else?
• Should I be on testosterone replacement therapy?
• Supporting hormones with nutrition.
• Why is early morning waking a characteristic symptom of depression and what other conditions have early waking as a symptom?
• Causes for night sweats in men?
• Nutritional advice for breast cancer prevention, and the HRT question.
• Water retention near menstruation.
• Why would a woman have no cycle? Why would a woman have an anovulatory cycle?
• What can be done to reverse hypothyroidism other than taking thyroid hormone?

All this and much more!

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In this episode, you will find all of the following and more:

04:20   Introduction

07:55     Guidance on what time of day it is best to take T4 and/or T3?

10:37     The use of pregnenolone to manage perimenopausal symptoms, particularly insomnia

12:30      Insomnia is different between people who are and aren't on HRT?

14:15       Estrogen and kynurenine pathway

19:02       Aromatizing in Men

21:40       Over-the-counter supplements to lower SHBG and increased free T, boron, zinc, various herbs

24:20      Discussion about Mycotoxin.

28:48     Discussions in Iodine and mild fatigue and detox.

35:14     Discussion on soft tissue calcification.

40:40    Discussion on LEEP Procedure

45:53     Discussion on testosterone

54:30     Suggestions on supplements to assist with delayed onset muscle soreness. 

55:48     How does the body make hormones and what nutrients and foods do they need to do this?

59:29     Know more about hormone production.

1:09:00  Why is early morning waking a characteristic symptom of depression and what other conditions have imbalances of early waking as a symptom?

1:17:00   When should you consider increasing progesterone or estrogen.

1:20:30   Causes for night sweats in men.

1:25:00   Dietary nutritional advice for breast cancer prevention, macronutrient ratios, micronutrient intakes, et cetera. Also any thoughts on risks and benefits of HRT in perimenopause relative to breast cancer risk?

1:28:29   Discussions on Methylation

1:34:35   Struggles with water retention around period.

1:39:23   Why would a woman have no cycle? Why would a woman have an anovulatory cycle?

1:45:02   What can be done to reverse hypothyroidism other than taking thyroid medicine? 

Access the show notes, transcript, and comments here:

https://chrismasterjohnphd.substack.com/p/067-ask-us-anything-about-hormones