Dr. Alan Christianson on Hormone Health & Foods That Are More Powerful Than Prescriptions

26 giu 2023 · 1 h 6 min. 50 sec.

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Episode Highlights With Dr. Christianson - Why he goes to bed at 7:30pm and gets up around 4am each day! - The top five hormonal symptoms that people might not...

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Episode Highlights With Dr. Christianson

Why he goes to bed at 7:30pm and gets up around 4am each day!
The top five hormonal symptoms that people might not initially associate with hormones
Why hot flashes can actually be dangerous and why to pay attention to them
How to address hot flashes and other hormonal symptoms
Why do hormones change as we age and why this isn’t the case in all animals, like jellyfish that can replicate almost indefinitely
Hormone shifts seem to relate to a shift in reproductive capacity and so when a person reaches the phase of life of not being able to reproduce, hormones shift from a human adaptation and survival perspective
What phytonutrients have to do with hormones and how certain plant foods can help with symptoms
How cruciferous vegetables help liver function
Understanding the real deal on fiber, which isn’t a food but a category
Why we need a wide variety of plant foods
Food as a matrix and the context of food within overall diet
Did you know… pistachios have natural melatonin but doesn’t necessarily affect immediate melatonin but can help your body produce more melatonin naturally
Our bodies operate on 9,346 different chemical pathways
What is happening hormonally during peri-menopause and menopause and how to support with food
The surprising way figs can help with hormone symptoms
How we regulate hormones is often actually about how well we eliminate hormone byproducts
Ways foods like onions and blackberries can help support muscle mass
Why phytonutrients in food and supplements of the same nutrients might not work the same way and why whole food based sources often perform better
If your diet is devoid of plants, you are essentially taking antibiotics
Dietary changes can reduce or eliminate adult hormone disease 78+% of the time