Are Your Hormones Out Of Balance? | Know Your Numbers
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Nov 10, 2023
Conventional medicine often overlooks hormonal imbalances, which can affect mood, sleep, and cognitive function. Discover how hormones act like instruments in a symphony, working together to maintain balance. The conversation highlights the importance of testing for male and female sex hormones to uncover underlying issues. Learn about optimal lab ranges and personalized insights that can transform your health. Empower yourself with knowledge about your hormones for a better quality of life.
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Testosterone Importance
Check your testosterone levels throughout your life, not just when older.
Adequate testosterone is crucial for muscle building, motivation, cognitive function, energy, focus, and sexual health.
insights INSIGHT
Optimal vs. Normal Ranges
Normal hormone ranges can be misleading, as they reflect averages, not optimal levels.
Aim for optimal testosterone levels (e.g., 600-900 for men) rather than just falling within the normal range.
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Boosting Testosterone
Manage low testosterone and high estrogen through lifestyle changes like diet and exercise.
Cut out sugar and starch, increase healthy fats, reduce alcohol, and exercise large muscle groups.
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Conventional medicine often fails us when it comes to hormonal imbalances. Hormones aren’t commonly tested, and many of the symptoms of imbalance are written off to aging and never addressed. Our hormones are like a symphony, with each one acting as a specialized instrument to keep our bodies in tune. Unbalanced hormones can lead to impaired mood, poor sleep, memory difficulties, sexual problems, and more. Get your hormones back in balance, and these problems usually disappear.
In today’s episode of a new series I’m calling Know Your Numbers, I dive deep into male and female sex hormones. I discuss what you should measure to understand your hormonal health in a whole new way, the difference between conventional and optimal lab ranges, and much more.
You can test your hormonal health with Function Health, a company I co-founded. It has been a lifelong dream for me. Function is the first-ever membership that includes over 100+ lab tests and personalized insights from globally renowned doctors based on your results. Join Function at functionhealth.com.
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Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):
Male sex hormones (6:40 / 4:37)
How testosterone affects your health (7:48 / 5:43)
Optimizing sex hormones through diet and lifestyle (9:50 / 7:45)
Understanding the difference between normal and optimal hormone levels (11:20 / 9:15)
Female sex hormones (15:17 / 13:12)
Causes and symptoms of estrogen dominance (17:20 / 15:13)
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