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Episode 191: You Need Cholesterol For Hormonal Health | Dr. Elizabeth Bright

The Plant Free MD with Dr Anthony Chaffee

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Emphasizing Diet and Lifestyle Over Hormones

The speaker's approach to treating patients does not involve the use of hormones. Instead, they prioritize addressing issues through diet and lifestyle adjustments. The speaker questions the common practice of prescribing testosterone to women for issues like fatigue or libido, highlighting that women naturally synthesize testosterone through the steroid hormone cascade. Stress levels and cortisol are mentioned as factors affecting the synthesis of steroid hormones, which are created based on the body's demand.

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