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Why Fasting For Women is Different with Dr. Stephanie Estima

Better! with Dr. Stephanie

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Do You Fast on Sex Hormones?

If you are aggressively fasting and I would, I would clap, I would also categorize like overly, colloquially restricting in there as well. You are going to lose your menstrual cycle, which is for women, a vital sign. A study that just came out this month, October 20, was looking at fasting on some of the sex hormones in obese females. And what they found was DHEA,  the hormone that gives rise to progesterones and estrogens and testosterone, et cetera, was decreased in both the pre menopausal and post menopausal woman by about 14%.

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