#86 - The Estrogen Industry, the magic of progesterone and the importance of thyroid with Dr Ray Peat & Kate Deering

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The Estrogen-Progesterone Balance and Its Health Implications

This chapter explores the historical context and controversies of estrogen therapies, particularly focusing on the harmful effects of DES in the 1940s. It emphasizes the importance of balancing estrogen and progesterone in the body, detailing how excess estrogen without sufficient progesterone can lead to serious health issues. Additionally, the discussion challenges misconceptions about estrogen production and its implications for women's hormonal health throughout various stages of life.

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We've had Dr Ray Peat on the podcast twice before and his episode with Emma Sgourakis - The Nutrition Coach is the most downloaded podcast episode of all time!

So Kate and I decided to get him back on to do a deep dive into hormones.

This is a 2-hour episode, so you’ll definitely want to grab a snack and maybe a pen and paper because you’re going to learn heaps. In this episode, we talk about:

➡️ The dangers of estrogen therapy

➡️ How the medical industry got is all wrong--and continues to get it wrong

➡️ Why even small amounts of added estrogen can be disruptive

➡️ The purpose of estrogen in women AND men

➡️ Where estrogen is produced in both men and women--it is produced in far more places than you have been told

➡️ Estrogen's effects on a woman's cycle

➡️ Estrogen's link to miscarriages

➡️ Why the progesterone to estrogen balance is so important

➡️ The effects of progesterone ON estrogen

➡️ Are menopausal women really LOW in estrogen?

➡️ Understanding the difference types of estrogen

➡️ Prostate cancer and estrogen

➡️ The estrogen - insulin connection

➡️ Estrogen's effect on sugar and fat metabolism

➡️ Insulin, estrogen and diabetes connection

➡️ How the fish oil industry got established

➡️ The PUFA - estrogen and vitamin E connection

➡️ What is really going on with "low" estrogen diagnosis

➡️ The thyroid - cholesterol connection

➡️ The gut cholesterol connection

➡️ Why super low cholesterol is not beneficial for health

➡️ The thyroid andrenaline connection

➡️ Why Magnesium is important in thyroid therapy

➡️ Using progesterone therapy for both women and men

➡️ The progesterone-cortisol connection

➡️ Understanding progesterone therapy

And so MUCH more..

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SHOW NOTES

00:00 - Introduction to Podcast Episode

01:26 - Podcast Topic Summary

02:55 - What are steroidal hormones and how do they work in the body?

04:44 - The dangers of estrogen therapy

12:36 - Why even small amounts of added estrogen can be disruptive

17:21 - What is the purpose of estrogen in the female and male body?

18:24 - When is estrogen at its highest in a woman's cycle and what is it doing?