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Benefits of Hormone Therapy with Dr. Laura Buchanan – Episode 2687

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Episode 2687 – Vinnie Tortorich welcomes Dr. Laura Buchanan to discuss fears behind the Women’s Health Initiative and the many benefits of hormone therapy.

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The Benefits of Hormone Therapy

  • Lifestyle changes can significantly reduce the number of medications a person needs to take. (2:30)
  • The number of drugs that are being prescribed keeps increasing; however, how much and for how long can the body take multiple medications without further debilitating the body? (7:00)
  • Vinnie has questions about hormones. (14:00)
    • The Women’s Health Initiative announcement was based on incorrect information and a flawed study.
    • The downside is that fear still surrounds it many decades later, so women have been denied treatment options.
  • Dr. Buchanan explains how the study was done and the flaws within it.
  • Hormone Therapy can be so impactful for a woman’s life. (28:30)
    • There are many options available today for estrogen, progesterone, and, if necessary, testosterone.
  • Treatment can increase quality of life. Both transdermal and vaginal estrogen can be highly effective for all kinds of symptoms. (34:00)
  • Vinnie asks about DHEA. (41:00)
    • DHEA is more complicated because it’s the precursor to the other hormones.
  • Bioidentical hormones are regulated appropriately by the FDA. 
  • Testosterone does not appear to increase prostate cancer risk. However, if you are on treatment for metastatic prostate cancer, it should not be taken. (54:00)
  • Systemic estrogen (as in patches) is approved for bone loss prevention. (57:00)
  • It also helps decrease cardiovascular risk, anxiety and depression, dementia, diabetes, and many other health issues.
  • The closer you start it to menopause, the more helpful it is.

You can find Dr. Laura Buchanan on X at @laurabuchananmd 

She is also available through the website: https://toward.health

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Angriest Trainer 287: 1-on-1 with Melissa Mose

by Vinnie Tortorich

Melissa Mose is a board certified therapist with over 20 years of experience. Melissa and Vinnie discuss children’s mental health, the challenges of raising children, what works and what does not. They also discuss the relationship between exercise, diet and mental health.

Here are some of the highlights…

Mental Health and Children

  • Balancing limits and being allowed to express feelings
  • Need to show up and do something even if they don’t feel like it
  • Rescuing children and the damage it does
  • Only praising children becomes meaningless
  • Parents job is to let them learn about frustration and delayed gratification

Sports Through A Mental Health Lens

  • Children aren’t taught to win anymore
  • Too much compassion can weaken their spirit
  • They need to fail to learn what they are good at
  • Feels crummy to sit on the bench but they need to learn they are not good at everything
  • Avoids real feelings

Exercise and Depression

  • Exercise is very effective in boosting mood and changing the brain
  • Howie Mandel says he works out for his body but he runs for his brain
  • Anything good for the heart is good for the brain
  • Brain can rebuild itself – neurogenesis

Food and Mental Health

  • Foods can help people with depression
  • Dopamine enhancing foods
  • Brain/Body connection
  • The effects of sugar on mood

Find out more about Melissa Mose