The Hormone Solution with Karen Martel

In this episode, I answer listeners' questions.  "I had a hysterectomy and bilateral oophorectomy in 2020 due to a large cyst. I was put on the estradiol patch. I also use OTC progesterone cream. It helps with hot flashes but after a few days makes me very, very bloaty and I’ve gained several pounds. I want to use HRT due to the health benefits, but I can’t deal with this bloatedness and weight gain. What do you suggest?" Angela "OK...Go! Hi - I’m dealing with 40 extra lbs that came on suddenly and inexplicably between ages 35-40 (currently 40). I have a Stressful career, Thyroid that is now being optimized (split dose T3 and T4 at night) and confirmed mold which I’m remediating at home. Was once told I had high aluminum and haven’t tested in 10 years. Could that be what’s preventing me from losing any weight? Can you walk us through chelation - length of time, how you know it’s working etc. Many thanks Karen!" Nina "Should I test hormone levels after starting HRT to see if I'm getting enough? And if so, how long after should I do so?" Mamacheryl123 "Is there anything that works as an appetite suppressant? Menopause with weight gain and now a fatty liver. I need to lose some weight I have been working out but stay hungry!!" Dana🥺 "Can low estrogen lead to UTI issues?" "I have Hashimotos and low cortisol in the am and noon making it very hard to wake up in the mornings, what can I do?" Ariesbeston Do you have a question for our next Q&A? Please fill out this form.  Purchase your home Hormone Test Kits here.  Are struggling with perimenopausal symptoms? Hot flashes, weight gain, weight loss resistance, low libido?  Check out the most comprehensive and affordable peri and post-menopause monthly course OnTrack. OnTrack is a group coaching program to help you balance your hormones, lose weight and sail through peri and post-menopause at a fraction of what it costs to work with me privately.   Karen Martel, Certified Hormone Specialist & Transformational Nutrition Coach and weight loss expert.  Visit https://karenmartel.com/  Karen's Facebook Karen's Instagram

In this interview, I speak with compounding pharmacist Shawn Needham. Shawn's personal weight loss success story How he lost over 50 pounds in 6 months Why doctors are not being educated in hormone replacement for women What is wrong with the current medical system when it comes to treating disease Why do we have to change the way we treat lifestyle-based diseases What is the difference between a compounding pharmacist versus a regular pharmacist My own story as to why I changed to a compounding pharmacist  How do they help their customers navigate the world of hormone replacement therapy The difference between the drug companies' bioidentical hormones versus the compounded formulas. What estrogen is best for vagina atrophy Why it is so important to tailor your hormones for your body! Hormones and sexual function Bioidentical compounded hormones dosages, delivery forms, and more! Shawn and his wife Janet, (also a pharmacist) own Moses Lake Professional Pharmacy, which is a specialized compounding pharmacy creating customized solutions to health problems that drug companies cannot solve. The pharmacy educates and empowers patients to take charge of their health and has done so for over 20 years. Shawn is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor for the University of Washington School of Pharmacy and teaches the Advanced Compounding Course. He has spoken on topics across the nation from hormone replacement, innovative pain therapies, and marketing a pharmacy. Shawn has a passion for helping patients achieve optimum health via hormone balancing and nutrition. Shawn is also an Amazon best-selling author with Sickened How the Government Ruined Healthcare and How to Fix it. Shawn and Janet host an ever-growing podcast, Health Solutions with Shawn and Janet Needham where Team Needham discusses everything health care. Moses Lake Pharmacy Health Solutions podcast with Shawn Purchase your home Hormone Test Kits here.  Are struggling with perimenopausal symptoms? Hot flashes, weight gain, weight loss resistance, low libido?  Check out the most comprehensive and affordable peri and post-menopause monthly course OnTrack. OnTrack is a group coaching program to help you balance your hormones, lose weight and sail through peri and post-menopause at a fraction of what it costs to work with me privately.   Karen Martel, Certified Hormone Specialist & Transformational Nutrition Coach and weight loss expert.  Visit https://karenmartel.com/  Karen's Facebook Karen's Instagram

As humans, we come up with a lot of excuses when it comes to sticking with a healthy eating plan and workout regime. In this episode, I will share with you why we are so prone to make up excuses and how to squash them once and for all so you can finally reach your weight loss and health goals.  Shows mentioned in this episode. Ditch Your Sugar Addiction Once and For All with Danielle Daem.  Register for the 3 part (FREE) Emotional Eating Bootcamp with Danielle Daem Sugar Freedom Coach.  How I Finally Lost Weight and Got in Shape. How to Change Your Poor Eating Habits and Self Sabotaging Behavior with Matty Landsdown.  Get the details and apply to be part of my 3 month Mastering Peri & Post Menopause coaching program.  Purchase your at home Hormone Test Kits here.  Are struggling with perimenopausal symptoms? Hot flashes, weight gain, weight loss resistance, low libido?  Check out the most comprehensive and affordable peri and post-menopause monthly course OnTrack. OnTrack is a group coaching program to help you balance your hormones, lose weight and sail through peri and post-menopause at a fraction of what it costs to work with me privately.   Karen Martel, Certified Hormone Specialist & Transformational Nutrition Coach and weight loss expert.  Visit https://karenmartel.com/  Karen's Facebook Karen's Instagram

Toni Marinucci, is a Registered Dietitian with a Master's Degree in Nutrition and the author of "Once Upon a Diet". She's made it her mission to help people heal their toxic relationship with food, gain self-confidence, and find balance in their eating habits. In this episode; how dieting is a lot like dating and unhealthy relationships why we have to get realistic about our weight loss goals how social media can distort our view of how we should look  what true health really consists of what disordered eating habits really are how mainstream diets can trick you into thinking they are good for you when they are harmful and more! Tips with Toni Today's podcast is sponsored by Prolon The Fasting Mimicking Diet. Purchase your Prolon Kit today and get 10% off with coupon code KARENM10! Get the details and apply to be part of my 3-month Mastering Peri & Post Menopause coaching program.  Purchase your home Hormone Test Kits here.  Start your membership to the OnTrack group coaching program to help you balance your hormones and lose weight.   Karen Martel, Certified Hormone Specialist & Transformational Nutrition Coach and weight loss expert.  Visit https://karenmartel.com/  Karen's Facebook Karen's Instagram

In women, testosterone can begin to decrease around the age of 40 to half of what she produced in her 20's. This is one of the first triggers for aging that is more often then not overlooked in the main stream medical community.  Testosterone is a hormone that affects the entire body as most hormones do. Women often associate testosterone with sex drive and muscle building which it is of course very important for those functions but that's not all it is good for.  It this episode. Symptoms of testosterone deficiency syndrome. Why it is not recognized in the medical community. Why do we lose it as we age and what are the other reasons that can down regulate testosterone production? Why replacing it can help some women restore their sex drive while others it won’t. What other hormones are affected by testosterone levels. How testosterone can protect you from breast cancer. Why testosterone can give some women acne and facial hair while others don’t get it. Best ways to test testosterone levels Why it is not FDA approved. The sexism between men and women and testosterone replacement. All of the many benefits of testosterone on the female body And more! Get the details and apply to be part of my 3 month Mastering Peri & Post Menopause coaching program.  Purchase your at home DUTCH Hormone Test Kits here.  Start your membership to the OnTrack group coaching program to help you balance your hormones and lose weight.   Karen Martel, Certified Hormone Specialist & Transformational Nutrition Coach and weight loss expert.  Visit https://karenmartel.com/  Karen's Facebook Karen's Instagram  

Angela Foster shares her journey of recovering from PCOS, endometriosis, mental illness, and extreme stress. Topics include biohacking, optimizing sleep, wearable devices for health tracking, and using cannabis for better sleep. Learn about hormone imbalances, mental health, and insomnia.

In this episode I share with you my  own personal health journey through the last 3 years. After experiencing what I call a thyroid storm that left me overweight, depressed, itchy and miserable I went on a hunt to figure out why my thyroid wasn't working right.  Finally, after 3 years of perseverance, self discovery and practicing a lot of patience I was finally able to figure out my weight loss code and get the needle moving in the right direction. Find out what was causing my weight loss resistance and what excuses were holding me back from working out. Plus, what you can do to get into shape if you have struggled with this in your past as well. Pam's YouTube Channel Kira Hall Personal Trainer IFBB WPD PRO Get the details and apply to be part of my 3 month Mastering Peri & Post Menopause coaching program.  Purchase your at home Hormone Test Kits here.  Start your membership to the OnTrack group coaching program to help you balance your hormones and lose weight.   Karen Martel, Certified Hormone Specialist & Transformational Nutrition Coach and weight loss expert.  Visit https://karenmartel.com/  Karen's Facebook

LIZ DICKINSON AND SHANNON SHEARN, are the co-founders of RELISH LIFE. Relish Life takes a 360-degree approach to weight loss by tackling the root causes of unhealthy eating habits. Their unique approach to weight loss combines prescription medication with psychological techniques that identify past traumas and lifestyle coaching to help clients understand the root causes of their weight gain and create sustainable habits moving forward.  In this episode; What brought Liz and Shannon to develop their unique weight loss program. Medications that can be used to help with long term weight loss.  How each of these medications work.  Why these medications do not change who you are.  The importance to getting to the root cuase of eating disorders.  Why you have to look at your past traumas small and big incidences that could be affecting your current behaviour.  How traumas affect your brain and your will power around food.  and more! Relish Get the details and apply to be part of my 3 month Mastering Peri & Post Menopause coaching program.  Purchase your at home Hormone Test Kits here.  Start your membership to the OnTrack group coaching program to help you balance your hormones and lose weight.   Karen Martel, Certified Hormone Specialist & Transformational Nutrition Coach and weight loss expert.  Visit https://karenmartel.com/  Karen's Facebook

The first birth control pill was approved in 1960 and it has provided nearly 60 years of reproductive freedom for tens of millions of women.  Although birth control pills may be referred to as hormonal contraception, in reality, there are not any natural hormones found in birth control pills. Birth control “hormones” are not hormones. Instead, they are endocrine system disrupters. These chemicals can cause long term side effects that doctors rarely, if ever, warn us about.  In this episode find out the scary truth about the long term side effects of the continous use of birth control medication.  Get the details and apply to be part of my 3 month Mastering Peri & Post Menopause coaching program.  Purchase your at home Hormone Test Kits here.  Start your membership to the OnTrack group coaching program to help you balance your hormones and lose weight.   Karen Martel, Certified Hormone Specialist & Transformational Nutrition Coach and weight loss expert.  Visit https://karenmartel.com/  Karen's Facebook

Wendie Trubow, M.D., MBA is a functional medicine gynecologist. Trubow is passionate about helping women optimize their health and their lives. Through her struggles with mold and metal toxicity, Celiac disease, and a variety of other health issues, Trubow has developed a deep sense of compassion for what her patients are facing. She co-authored the book "Dirty Girl -- Ditch the Toxins, Look Great and Feel Freaking Amazing!" which became an Amazon Best Seller in 5 categories in the first 24 hours of publication. In this episode Wendy talks about the devastating effects that mercury and lead toxicity had on her body. How these heavy metals and other environmental toxins can cause weight gain, hair loss, fatigue and so much more. Learn how to safely chelate these metals out of your body and what you can do to avoid them. Todays podcast is sponsored by Prolon The Fasting Mimicking Diet. Purchase your Prolon Kit today and get 10% off with coupon code KARENM10! The Women's Wellness Shop for all of your hormonal needs.   Purchase your at home Hormone Test Kits here.  Start your membership to the OnTrack group coaching program to help you balance your hormones and lose weight.   Karen Martel, Certified Hormone Specialist & Transformational Nutrition Coach and weight loss expert.