Menopause Mastery

This week, Betty talks about the most visually concerning aspect of aging…hair loss! Every woman who goes through menopause should expect some changes in their hair growth but there are other factors that could be expediting your hair loss. There are many things that cause our hair to thin or to stop growing altogether.

Tune in as Betty teaches you how to identify what is causing your hair loss and how to address it. By building awareness of your nutrition, genetics and the hormones affecting your hair, you can work towards healthier, thicker hair growth and regain your confidence!

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• My own experience with hair loss
• The different types of hair loss and their causes
• Be aware that many common medications can inhibit hair growth
• Where and how you are losing hair tells you what the cause is
• Androgenic Alopecia is the most common form of female pattern baldness
• Developing peach fuzz on your face is a result of increased DHT levels
• High cortisol levels from prolonged stress deters the normal activity of follicle growth
• The treatment you use depends on the cause of your hair loss
• Prolonged stress can block your thyroid receptors for the thyroid hormone T3
• Hair extensions are a harmless way to regain confidence while your hair regrows

Memorable Quotes:

"Sometimes where you lose your hair is actually going to give you an indication of maybe what's going on." [3:45]

"A woman going through her 40's and 50's and going into menopause is going to see hairloss as a common symptom." [7:39]

"Most people think testosterone is gonna cause hair loss if it's too high but the loss of testosterone also can cause hair loss." [8:00]

"Your hair is actually made of protein and if you're not getting enough protein and collagen in your diet, your hair is going to become more brittle, more thin and fine and you can also lose hair." [11:23]

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You're about to be promoted. It's time to be the CEO of your own health!

This week, Betty speaks with Jackie Bowker—medical intuitive, functional nutritionist, and CEO of the Global Feel Better Institute. Dedicated to helping people feel better so they can fulfill their full potential, she wants every person she works with to take full control of their own health.

In this episode, Jackie will authentically share her health story of hitting rock bottom, and how she healed her body to become the healthy woman she is today. She'll also tell some personal client stories, giving you living testaments that you can heal from the inside out.

Then, she'll teach you everything you need to know about gut health and the microbiome. You'll discover that the gut is connected to many other parts of the body and that by healing the gut, you can start to feel stronger as a whole.

Finally, you'll hear all about the subconscious mind and how it controls your reality. By being aware of your thoughts, you have the power to reprogram your subconscious mind.

Listening to Jackie, you'll feel empowered to take ownership of your health and claim the life you deserve!

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• Jackie shares her personal health story.
• Why Jackie's approach is different than other nutritionists.
• The power of thought and the subconscious mind.
• Inflammatory foods to avoid.
• Symptoms of an unbalanced microbiome.
• Gut health and the microbiome.
• Jackie's top 3 tips to take control of your health.

Where to Find the Guest:

FeelBetterInstitute.com

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Memorable Quotes:

"Until you go leap over this and work on the inside, the stuff that you can't see, you're always gonna have that next level that you don't get to." (10:52, Betty)

"Awareness is the first step to change." (11:19, Jackie)

"If you're thinking the same thoughts you thought yesterday, you're effectively living in the past." (11:45, Jackie)

"We are run by our bacteria and we are more bacteria than we are DNA." (13:21, Jackie)

"The gut and the brain were one organ, one grew up and one grew down." [15:20, Jackie)

"We all wanna get to a place where we know our worth, that we know we are limitless, that we know we deserve all the beautiful things." (22:40, Jackie)

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Welcome to the first episode of Menopause Mastery—a show for women just like you who are ready for more health, vitality, passion, living life with a purpose.

In this introduction episode, Betty explains why she changed the name of her podcast from This Functional Life to Menopause Mastery and what you'll hear on the show. Luckily for you, much of it will actually be the same!

Menopause is often seen as a dreaded time that women just need to get through. But Betty is here to help you see it in a new way. This episode will challenge your view of what women in menopause can achieve.

In fact, you might be surprised to learn that women in menopausal time statistically have the greatest impact on society. You too can make an impact while feeling good at the same time!

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• Why Betty changed the podcast name.
• What you're going to hear on this show.
• What a functional life means.
• Reasons the ages around menopause can be your best.
• Betty's mission for you.

Memorable Quotes:

"There's a transition that happens as these hormones shift and we become more centered and we become more of who we really are." (4:01, Betty)

"I wanna help you really get into who you wanna be and how you wanna live. And I want you to live it fully." (4:31, Betty)

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Welcome to Menopause Mastery. This show is for women in the second season of life, the season of menopause, who are ready for more; health - vitality - passion - purpose!

Join host, Betty Murray (part geek, part magician, and your new medical bestie with a dash of sass), as she takes complex science and makes it easier to integrate into daily life. Nutrition, hormones, functional medicine, and a wellness lifestyle are only the tip of the conversation. Join the journey to uncover your deepest desires, harness your physical and mental health, and peel back the layers to know exactly what you want out of life.

Let's make this season the best ever!

When it comes to estrogen, there's a lot of inaccuracy going around.

If you're under 50 or haven't gone through menopause, you have estrogen. It gives you clear skin, a strong libido, a clear brain, and a strong bone density. But once you go through menopause, does estrogen turn on you?

The idea that estrogen is bad after menopause is an oversimplification. In this episode, Betty will bust all the estrogen myths and give you the truth.

Taking you through the 3 types of estrogen, you'll learn how it works on a biological level and why it's important to have appropriate levels. Then, she'll teach you the connection between estrogen and breast cancer.

After listening, estrogen will stop being so scary!

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• The 3 types of estrogen.
• Where estrogen is made.
• The connection between menopause and estrogen.
• Estrogen and breast cancer.
• Estrogen and bone health.
• Symptoms of low estrogen.
• Testosterone in women.

Memorable Quotes:

"At the end of the day, if it was all about just having too much estrogen, every 20-year-old and every pregnant woman on the planet would have breast cancer." (9:07, Betty)

"There's a lot of discussion about testosterone being a male hormone, and women have testosterone too. And actually, women and men make close to equal amounts of testosterone and estradiol." (10:42, Betty)

"Our three estrogens are neither friend nor foe." (14:30, Betty)

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Ready to bring out your inner mammal?

Dr. Loretta Breuning is the founder of the Inner Mammal Institute and the author of Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain Your Brain to Boost Your Serotonin, Dopamine, Oxytocin, & Endorphin Levels. A former professor at California State University, she has dedicated her second career to teaching people how to manage their happy brain chemicals.

It turns out that we have a lot more in common with mammals in the wild than you may think. In fact, you can boost your happiness by learning how serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin, endorphins, and cortisol work in nature.

This week, you'll learn all about your brain chemistry and what we have in common with animals. You'll discover how your behavior adapted and will get easy tips to rewire your brain to experience increased pleasure.

If you struggle with any type of emotional or mental health issue, Dr. Breuning will provide you with a new and unique take on your biochemistry!

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• Why Dr. Breuning went into this field.
• Ways we are similar to the animal kingdom.
• The reason it's so hard for humans to be happy.
• How neurotransmitters are made and what triggers them.
• Ways oxytocin can be developed in negative ways.
• Why you should avoid negative media.
• How childhood experiences shape our reality.
• Tools to rewire the brain.

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Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain Your Brain to Boost Your Serotonin, Dopamine, Oxytocin, & Endorphin Levels

Memorable Quotes:

"If you look at the statistics, we actually leave our greatest mark over 50." (4:45, Betty)

"Our brain is not designed to be happy all the time. It's designed to promote survival, and the happy brain chemicals evolve to reward you for behaviors that promote survival in that immediate moment." (5:38, Dr. Breuning)

"Serotonin is your brain signal that it's safe to assert. And of course, we want that feeling, but we don't have it every minute because it's not safe to assert every minute. So we need to be realistic about the real job of these chemicals." (16:42, Dr. Breuning)

"We are all navigating the world with the pathways we built before age eight and during puberty." (21:31, Dr. Breuning)

"The brain learns from rewards and pain, and so every experience of rewards biases you to look for that reward, and every experience of pain biases you to fear that kind of pain." (23:24, Dr. Breuning)

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The FDA seems to gatekeep the idea that breast implant illness exists. But the fact is, it's more common than you might think!

Dr. Robert Whitfield is a natural plastic surgeon and one of the foremost experts on breast cancer illness. Renowned for his expertise and research, he comes to the show to share the truth about breast implant illness.

Betty and Dr. Whitfield discuss breast implant illness, what it is, and the symptoms to look out for. You'll also hear Dr. Whitfield's unique take on breast reconstruction and how might be able to avoid implants in the first place.

He'll take you through his Holistic Accelerated Recovery Program (HARP), explaining how he sets patients up for success pre-surgery. Through using his holistic methods, you can recover more quickly.

If you have breast implants or are thinking about getting them, this episode will help you have the best possible outcome!

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• How Dr. Whitfield got into medicine and plastic surgery.
• Dr. Whitfield tells personal client success stories.
• Functional genomics and breast implant illness.
• Symptoms of breast implant illness.
• Difference between textured and non textured breast implants.
• Dr. Whitfield takes you through his holistic recovery program.
• Why the pre-surgery planning process is so important.
• Alternatives to breast implants.

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DrRobertWhitfield.com

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Memorable Quotes:

"You try to treat everybody like they're family and take care of them the best you can." (11:47, Dr. Whitfield)

"I think it's frightening that we don't know more about this and that if you go out and look at the FDA, they're sort of sidestepping the idea that breast implant illness really exists and that it's just this very rare, rare thing." (20:19, Betty)

"Traditionally surgeons try to get everything set up so they do the safest possible operations, but really when we're talking about people that have lots of inflammation, you really wanna reduce the inflammation prior to surgery in as many ways possible as you can." (36:48, Dr. Whitfield)

"Food is your fuel for recovery. If you can't eat, you can't recover." (38:41, Dr. Whitfield)

"You miss a hundred percent of the questions you don't ask." (40:20, Dr. Whitfield)

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This week, Betty dives back into autoimmunity and talks about the genetic component around it.

She will walk you through the genes and mutations that are associated with autoimmunity. You'll learn that although genetics do play a role, they don't necessarily determine that you will develop an autoimmune condition.

Betty will teach you how mutations occur in the genes and what you can do with that information. Information is power, and this information can address the root causes and avoid autoimmunity in the first place.

It's time to pull back the veil and learn what's happening behind the scenes in your body!

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• How mutations occur in genes.
• Betty walks you through the combination of genes that are associated with autoimmunity.
• An overview of HLAs.
• Genes that cause a loss of function.
• How specific ethnic groups are affected by autoimmune conditions.
• Why it's important to know what genes have a role in autoimmunity.
• What you can do with your genetic information.

Memorable Quotes:

"Our genes are our instruction manuals." (2:46, Betty)

"Most autoimmune diseases arise from a combination of genetic predisposition, environmental triggers, that then disrupt the immune system's ability to distinguish self from other." (7:20, Betty)

"I believe knowledge is power, and so when we do have an opportunity to know at least some of our genetics, I think it's valuable" (17:57, Betty)

"In order to really affect the genes you have to affect the fire that's turning him on." (20:32, Betty)

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Today, Betty will continue to guide you through the root causes of autoimmunity.

It turns out that if you have an autoimmune condition, a virus or parasitic infection might be the cause. In this episode, you'll hear the role of infections and parasites in autoimmunity. Then, you'll get tips and tools to make your immune system healthy.

You might be surprised to discover that viruses, bacteria, and parasites aren't all bad. You'll learn that infections are actually the driving force that helps the immune system learn.

There is an amount of exposure to bacteria, viruses, and parasites that our immune system needs to go through for it to intelligently figure out how and when to fight back.

After listening, you'll look at infections in a whole new way. In fact, they could stop being so scary!

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• The hygiene hypothesis.
• What you need to know about bacteria.
• Cross-reactivity.
• Biofilms.
• Why humans need exposure to viruses early on.
• Parasites.
• How to make your immune system healthy.

Memorable Quotes:

"Infections in some ways help our immune system learn." (3:57, Betty)

"Our immune system is like a bunch of teenage boys without oversight." (5:09, Betty)

"We need early exposure, particularly when we're young, probably with really robust immune systems, to a host of infections to help the body learn what is the difference between self and others." (22:50, Betty)

"In some cases, parasites can be protective against autoimmunity." (25:35, Betty)

"There is an amount of exposure to bacteria, viruses, and probably parasites that our immune system needs to go through for it to intelligently learn how to fight back and when to fight back and with what." (30:09, Betty)

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Hustle culture is on the rise, and with it comes stress and burnout. It's time to learn a new way.

Today, Betty talks all about stress and its impact on the body. Stress is an underestimated trigger for disease and should be taken very seriously.

By listening, you'll learn what stress really is and what causes it. Then, Betty will explore the connection between stress and autoimmunity. It turns out that stress is a huge contributor to the development of autoimmune conditions!

Many people want to release stress, but they refuse to make any lasting lifestyle changes. Betty is here to say that this problem won't get better on its own and there's no better time than the present to start avoiding it.

Get ready, because relief is coming!

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• The definition of stress.
• How stress negatively affects physical, psychological, and emotional health.
• The relationship between stress and autoimmunity.
• Ways the stress response system becomes activated.
• The biology behind autoimmunity.
• Why you should take stress seriously.

Memorable Quotes:

"Stress is both physical, psychological, and emotional." (3:51, Betty)

"Stress is a big contributor to the actual onset and also the flaring of the immune system." (6:39, Betty)

"It's a significant problem when we have a lot of chronic stress because it's gonna cause dysregulation of these immune cells and how they respond to any, any incoming pathogen." (23:18, Betty)

"We are not designed to live in a prolonged, protracted chronic stress response. We are not designed to constantly be pushing the envelope to almost fight or flight." (27:08, Betty)

"The take-home message is stress is really important, and it is one of the biggest things that probably induce autoimmunity." (28:05, Betty)

"You've gotta find ways to find coping mechanisms to help you work with the life that you live because often we have to get well in an environment that very well makes us sick." (30:54, Betty)

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With the increase in chemicals and environmental toxins, autoimmunity has become an epidemic. The fact is, the chemicals we've added to our environment since industrialization are incredibly toxic.

In this episode, Betty talks about the connection between environmental toxins and autoimmunity. She'll explain why chemicals are the leading cause of chronic illness and diseases, and their specific role in the immune system.

Then, she'll give you easy tips and lifestyle changes to reduce your exposure to toxins and your chance of developing an autoimmune condition.

It's almost impossible to get away from toxins, but you can reduce your overall chemical load within your environment. After listening, you'll know how to do just that!

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• The research around environmental toxins and autoimmunity.
• How exposure to environmental toxins causes autoimmunity.
• Endocrine disruptors.
• How chemicals affect DNA.
• Antioxidants and toxins.
• How toxins modify proteins in the body and promote dysregulation of the cells.
• Tips for avoiding chemical exposures.
• How to remove toxins from your water.

Memorable Quotes:

"When we look at autoimmunity, it is a greater epidemic today than just cardiovascular disease, which gets billions of dollars every year and is heavily funded." (2:09, Betty)

"Chemical exposures absolutely have correlation to the onset of autoimmune conditions." (5:31, Betty)

"Environmental chemicals have the ability to impact the mechanism of managing your DNA." (11:54, Betty)

"Chemicals have not only been found to flare up autoimmunity, but they also have the potential to develop autoimmunity." (20:30, Betty)

"I believe it really is the food toxicants and the environmental toxicants that are a heavy driver of the epigenetic risk to those that have the genetic risk for autoimmunity." (30:52, Betty)

"These toxins do exist and you can't really get away from them. And ultimately our goal should be to reduce the overall chemical load within our environment." (36:28, Betty)

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When Betty was struggling with her autoimmune disorder and asked whether it had anything to do with her diet, her doctor laughed in her face. Today, she knows that her doctor couldn't be more incorrect.

Nowadays, autoimmunity is an epidemic. And despite research showing that food can contribute to the onset of autoimmune conditions, much of conventional medicine still denies this.

In today's episode, Betty talks about how food plays a role in autoimmune conditions. Explaining how it works biologically and the research behind it, she'll explain food-related triggers for autoimmunity and what you can do about them.

If you have an autoimmune condition, Betty will convince you that your diet is something you should be paying attention to!

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• The 3 major "military branches" of the immune system.
• How the body identifies viruses and bacteria.
• Why the body recognizes certain foods as invaders.
• The reason humans have lost so much oral tolerance.
• The research behind the connection between food and autoimmunity.
• Everything you need to know about dietary testing + what you should look for in a test.

Memorable Quotes:

"The only autoimmune condition that we actually know the cause of is celiac disease." (3:33, Betty)

"If we have antibodies that have now been triggered to things we eat every day or at some level of frequency, that means that the immune system is now responding to that food as if it's a foreign invader." (8:54, Betty)

"We lose immune tolerance to foods over time." (16:15, Betty)

"When we're looking at possible triggers for autoimmune conditions, food absolutely should be part of that process." (22:38, Betty)

"At the end of the day, finding out what foods are triggering you are important." (25:05, Betty)

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Last week, Betty talked about autoimmunity and its relationship with sex hormones and immune stimulation. Today, she continues that talk by explaining the underpinnings of autoimmune conditions.

In this episode, Betty dives into the topics of leaky gut and dysbiosis. She describes why the microbiome is so important and how to tell if it's out of balance. By going through the causes, you'll know how to avoid leaky gut and autoimmune conditions in the first place.

But if you're struggling with gut issues right now, don't dismay! Betty will give you advice and tips on how to balance your microbiome and get it back to an optimal state.

It turns out that you can do a lot in your daily life to positively affect your gut. After listening, you'll know how to take control of your microbiome and avoid long-term problems!

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• Why you should balance your gut.
• How gut bacteria evolves over time.
• Tips for balancing the microbiome.
• How the foods we eat affect the microbiome.
• The causes of autoimmunity.
• How to test your microbiome.
• The "5 R's" of gut repair.

Memorable Quotes:

"Our microbes are neither good nor bad." (3:47, Betty)

"How we eat grows different bacteria." (11:30, Betty)

"If you talk to your practitioner and they say, there's no way to know if there is leaky gut or not, then you need to go to another practitioner." (21:18, Betty)

"Everything really lives and dies in the gut." (25:10, Betty)

"So at the end of the day, there's almost always a relationship between the microbes and the leaky gut." (29:55, Betty)

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Did you know that 9 out of 10 individuals who get autoimmune conditions are women?

In this episode, Betty talks about why autoimmune conditions are so prevalent in women. She takes you through the various sex hormones, with an emphasis on estrogen, explaining how they are related to autoimmunity.

Betty is particularly passionate about this topic because part of the reason she came to the fields of functional medicine and nutrition was as a result of her own autoimmune history. Her passion will translate over to you as she explains ways to avoid autoimmune conditions in yourself.

The fact is, there are easy steps you can take to reduce the chances of an autoimmune condition. This episode is your first step in doing just that!

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• Risk factors for autoimmune conditions.
• Why women have more autoimmune conditions than men.
• The connection between autoimmune disorders and hormones.
• How to know if your hormones are out of balance.
• Why you should know the purpose of estrogen.
• Does pregnancy trigger autoimmune diseases?
• Ways to prevent autoimmune conditions.

Memorable Quotes:

"The truth is autoimmune conditions are probably one of the most distinct and widely varied diseases that have the most wide variety of causes that are often multifactorial." (1:45, Betty)

"There is no other thing on the planet as ubiquitous and as prevalent at changing our DNA and the function of our cells than viruses." (4:39, Betty)

"There are over 50 million people with at least one autoimmune condition, the majority of which do not know." (14:16, Betty)

"Ultimately estrogen and all those compounds that our body either makes or come in contact with that look estrogenic are going to stimulate inflammation." (37:38, Betty)

"Yes, we got the short end of the stick as women, but it's all because nature wants to make sure that we can continue the species. And so we have to just work within that." (41:33, Betty)

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Did you know your skin could be a glimpse into the rest of your health?

Dr. Keira Barr is a dual board-certified dermatologist and a menopause specialist who wants to empower women with the tools they need to help them feel more comfortable in their skin.

This episode discusses why skin is so important and what could negatively impact it.

You'll hear tips and tricks to heal your skin naturally from the inside out while feeling empowered to prioritize your skin health. Dr. Keira explains that skincare is not just what we do on the outside, but is also an internal job.

Skin is the number one reason people go to the doctor and influences everything from how you feel to how you show up in the world. After listening, you'll take your skin health a lot more seriously!

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• Why Dr. Keira became a dermatologist.
• The importance of skin.
• The reason your worth shouldn't be tied to your appearance.
• Dr. Keira's definition of skin care.
• The relationship between skin and the gut.
• How stress impacts skin.
• Tools to help improve your skin.
• Why you should check your own skin.

Where to Find the Guest:

DrKeiraBarr.com

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Memorable Quotes:

"Your skin is just this messenger of telling you what's happening in your body." (4:46, Dr. Keira)

"We teach best what we need to learn the most." (6:26, Dr. Keira)

"Skincare is so much more than the products that we use." (9:24, Dr. Keira)

"I really define skincare as connection and relationship. And it's the connection and relationship to ourselves." (14:26, Dr. Keira)

"Your skin is not trying to sabotage you. It is not trying to make you have a bad day. It is offering information that something is happening beneath the surface that needs your attention." (16:44, Dr. Keira)

"We have been conditioned in Western medicine especially to always look outside ourselves for answers, but that is not where the answers are." (24:49, Dr. Keira)

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Concerned about the effects that iodine, bromine, fluoride, and chlorine can have on your body? In this episode, Betty explains the halides and their connection to thyroid function.

Nowadays, this topic is fairly common. For instance, we need to detox from them, we need to take doses of iodine, fluoride in toothpaste is bad for you, and chlorine in the pool can cause thyroid dysfunction. But what's really true and what's a misconception?

Betty will answer all of these questions and more by showing you what the most accurate research says. By using her broad experience as a functional medicine practitioner, you'll finally know everything you need to know about halides and the thyroid.

Get ready for a heaping dose of knowledge and clarity! After this episode, you'll know that halides are not so scary after all.

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• What's really true about halides.
• Why it's important for women to have adequate levels of iodine.
• Symptoms of iodine deficiency + who's at risk.
• Is fluoride in water, food, and toothpaste actually harmful?
• Fibrocystic breast disease
• What the research shows about halides and the thyroid.
• How much exposure to chlorine is actually harmful?
• The best way to test your iodine levels.

Memorable Quotes:

"I wouldn't worry a ton of chlorine other than the effect of it on your skin and lungs." (8:02, Betty)

"Bromine is number one an essential nutrient, and also number two, not truly something that is going to alter iodine's function at the thyroid." (11:39, Betty)

"Fluoride out of all the halides is the only one that we know disrupts thyroid function at super physiological doses, above five milligrams a day" (12:38, Betty)

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So what the heck is really going on with the libido during menopause?

In this episode, Betty talks all about menopause, the loss of sex hormones, and why women lose their libido as they age.

She'll walk you through the physiological and psychological effects of menopause and how that's connected to a woman's libido. Not only that, but she'll give you some easy tools to boost your libido no matter how old you are.

Turns out, you don't need to lose your sexuality in the second season of life. In fact, this can be your opportunity to be freer than ever while having a killer libido!

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• What leads to sexual function changes both pre and post-menopause.
• The difference between men's and women's sexual desires and urges.
• How interpersonal relationships affect libido.
• What's at play during menopause psychologically and physiologically.
• Sexual dysfunction in men.
• Tips to boost the pleasures of sex and increase arousal in the second phase of life.
• How culture affects the sex drive.

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Memorable Quotes:

"Libido takes a nose dive for women long before we get to menopause." (1:29, Betty)

"For women, if we don't feel connected, if we don't feel appreciated, if we don't feel the right feelings inside, we're not gonna have a lot of sexual interest." (2:05, Betty)

"For most people, particularly women that have too much on their to-do list, sex becomes a to-do list item rather than something that you look forward to." (7:57, Betty)

"I truly believe that sexuality is something that should continue through our adult, and I don't like using the word senior, but our second season of life." (19:41, Betty)

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Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome (UARS) is the often misunderstood sleep problem that you may be dealing with, particularly if you are one of those people that wake up in the middle of the night and have interrupted sleep or daytime sleepiness and brain fog.

In this episode, Betty gives insight into what UARS is, how it differs from OSA, and the importance of getting this problem resolved sooner rather than later.

Surprisingly, correcting this issue allows for your weight-loss to become easier, as well as allows your blood pressure, headaches, IBS, and other things to all get better.

Listen now for more insight into what may be fracturing your sleep!

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• What is UARS?
• How does UARS differ from obstructive sleep apnea?
• Stages of sleep
• How do you know if you have upper airway resistance syndrome
• How to get rid of UARS
• How sleeps problems affect your health and what happens if the problem is not resolved

Memorable Quotes:

"People that have upper airway resistance syndrome will suffer with metabolic disorders; i.e., leads to weight gain and metabolic changes like insulin resistance and risk for diabetes, and cardiovascular consequences. So it actually causes strain on the heart." (3:31)

"Women are more likely to be diagnosed with upper airway resistance syndrome because of our structural smallness. We are smaller in size and stature. The other things that can lead to this is placement of the jaw and how your teeth align and the alignment of the palette." (4:28)

"So the important thing to know here is that this is not gonna be the person that's sputtering and wheezing, and sounds like a freight train. They may not be making noise at all. Like I said, it often gets missed because no one says anything about their breathing problems or what's really going on." (12:24)

"Obviously, the sleep study is very important. But one of the other ways you can look at it is a cone beam scan. So a cone beam scan is a scan of your head. Many sophisticated dentists, particularly the ones that do this kind of work, have one in their office." (17:36)

"This is not just a, I wanna sleep better - It's a quality of life. And then long term cardiovascular consequences. So, if this is going on, you've gotta get it fixed." (21:20)

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Betty is fully exposed as she shares the results of her DNA test with raw honesty. You'll learn exactly how she's wired and designed.

To help her interpret, The DNA Company founder Kashif Khan joins her and brings with him his immense knowledge. (To find out more about Kashif and his company, go back to episode 15 for his interview!)

They'll discuss the different DNA markers that affect the brain and more specifically, how Betty's dopamine levels and neurotransmitters play a role in the way she acts, learns, and behaves.

With this real-life example of the benefits a DNA test can bring you, you'll be able to decide if taking one is right for you!

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• How Betty's sensitivity to stimuli affects her.
• Where Betty's attention to detail comes from.
• Why being an entrepreneur is built into her DNA.
• What kinds of foods are best for Betty to eat, and the foods she should avoid.
• The reason chemicals are so hard on Betty.
• Betty's serotonin and dopamine levels.

Memorable Quotes:

"You're really good at developing the neural pathways, that transfer information, which means you're really good at developing new skills, which speaks to this multi-hat-wearing entrepreneur." (8:42, Kashif)

"Call it the drama queen response, you're quite the opposite." (10:03, Kashif)

"About 50% of what you're meant to clear and block is getting in." (14:39, Kashif)

"You have the very unique and rare worst possible fat metabolism." (18:01, Kashif)

"It's not that you're hungry and you need food. It's that when you eat food, you just need a lot of different stuff." (21:22, Kashif)

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In recent years, there has been an explosion of infertility among young people. In fact, some might call it an epidemic.

This week, Betty speaks with author, health coach, and fertility expert Sarah Clark about why young people are having so much trouble getting pregnant.

Sarah will authentically share her story of being diagnosed with premature ovarian failure at the ripe age of 28. You'll discover her road to accepting the diagnosis and finally having children.

You'll learn that while many might jump into chemicalized treatments, if you find and treat the root causes, your natural fertility can be recovered.

Taking a mind-body-spirit approach, she'll help you get unstuck from the diagnosis and view fertility in a whole new way.

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• What to look for when experiencing infertility.
• Implementing an effective elimination diet.
• Which hormones to look at.
• What to look for in the male to improve fertility.
• Why mindset is so important.
• Tools to boost your fertility chances.
• How to talk to your children about looking at fertility in a new way.

Where to Find Sarah Clark:

FabFertile.com

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@fabfertileinc

Memorable Quotes:

"Typically the only option is donor eggs. No one's looked at those missed healing opportunities and there's so many things we can do to optimize pregnancy success." (8:20, Sarah)

"That diagnosis can get embedded in our soul." (12:02, Sarah)

"88% of Americans are considered to be insulin resistant, cuz it's riding right along with obesity, which is directly correlated to fertility problems." (24:00, Betty)

"If you're dealing with infertility, there's something outta balance, something for you to look at and examine and to get help with." (28:26, Sarah)

"There's no negative side effects for you taking the time right now to work on your health." (32:54, Sarah)

"Your body is a garden and your garden is jacked up full of weeds with some really crappy soil. So you've gotta re-nourish that garden and it takes a little bit." (34:08, Betty)

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Sleep is one of the most important options and lifestyle changes that we can make to help your body recover.

However, when women go into menopause, they have some very particular changes that affect sleep. In fact, as we get into our 40s and 50s, at least 40% of women have ongoing sleep issues.

In this episode, Betty shares some of the most common sleep issues and explores the underlying causes. From yoga to a daily routine, she'll also give you some of her favorite tips for improving the quality of sleep.

She'll also give her take on sleep meds—are they actually effective?

If you struggle with sleep at all, Betty will hand you the solutions you need.

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• About insomnia and sleep disturbance.
• How to deal with sleep-disordered breath.
• Betty walks you through what hormones affect sleep.
• Effective treatments for sleep problems.
• The effective way to use melatonin.
• Dealing with night sweats.
• Caffeine and stimulants.

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Get ready to feel inspired. In this special episode, Betty shares her story and how she ended up in the field of functional medicine.

At one point, Betty was completely burnt out, exhausted, losing her hair, and suffering from thyroid problems. She hated her body and was tired of the unhelpful advice that her doctors gave her.

Betty healed herself so she could heal others. Today, she is healthier than ever and has found a way to individualize the treatment of her patients so that they don't waste any time. A lot went into her becoming the Certified Nutritionist and Functional Medicine Practitioner that she is today. Not beginning this career until she was well into her 40s, she is living proof that the second season of life could be the most powerful one of all.

Betty's story of finding both her life mission and functional medicine will help you embrace your own unique beauty.

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• Betty's childhood and how it led to her working in healthcare.
• The reason why Betty went from business major to doctor.
• What Betty learned from her own health issues.
• Why 50+ could be the best time of your life.
• Betty's unique approach to healthcare.
• Loving your body and being vulnerable.

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Do you ever worry about the chemicals in your food or the products you use daily?

In this episode, Betty talks about endocrine disruptors and the many symptoms that they cause. Walking you through the top 12, she will help you identify what in your life might have harmful chemicals.

She'll explain the symptoms of endocrine disruptions, from cancer to autoimmune conditions. Betty will also teach you how to reduce your risk and remove toxins from your environment.

Betty leaves you with an inspiring message of putting your money elsewhere so endocrine disruptors can finally be wiped from the world.

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• Personal products to avoid.
• The connection between fish and fertility.
• Glyphosate misconceptions.
• Eating organic.
• The impacts of lead and plastics.

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Dr. Aimie Apigian, MD, MS, MPH, is board certified as a medical physician in both preventative and addiction medicine. She holds double Master's degrees in biochemistry and public health, and is the leading medical expert on addressing stored trauma in the body through her signature model and methodology, the biology of trauma - a new lens that courageously uplevels old methods of trauma work by reverse engineering trauma's effect on the nervous system and body on a cellular level.

Dr Aimie specializes in trauma, attachment and addictions after having personal experience in foster parenting, adopting, and having her own health issues as a result of childhood trauma and life experiences. In addition to her medical studies, she has sought out trauma therapy training since 2015.

Dr Aimie joins Certified Nutritionist Betty Murray to explain the different experiences that every person has with trauma, and how regardless of the event itself trauma can become part of all of our lives. She also discusses healing trauma through discovering your attachment style, in order to understand why you feel unsafe and triggered.

Takeaways:

[4:02] How Dr. Aimie handles healing and working with the trauma in her own life as well as patients' lives, and how disconnecting trauma can be

[12:45] How watching or experiencing someone else's loss and trauma can trigger your own, sometimes without you even realizing it

[15:51] Dr. Aimie discusses becoming addicted to our sense of fear or anger as emotional releases as a result of trauma patterns

[17:50] Why some people become thrill seekers after experiencing trauma and as a result of boredom

[20:37] Dr. Aimie discusses the biology that predisposes someone to trauma and leads to diseases in adulthood

[23:40] How attachment styles relate to trauma, and are developed very early in life

[26:43] The difference between going into a potentially traumatic event with a well-balanced body vs. having a nutrient/hormone imbalance

[32:40] Dr. Aimie's experiences in medical school, which shaped how she practices medicine and deals with trauma today

Mentioned in This Episode:

• Biology of Trauma Summit with Dr. Aimie Apigian

Twitter:

"Any time that the body is experiencing overwhelm - that's actually trauma."

"It really has so much less to do with the event itself than just the state of our system going into the event."

"We talk about the issues being in your tissues."

"Trauma is not the beginning, it's actually the end result, and we can reverse engineer that."

Dr. Farah Sultan, MD is double board certified in family medicine as well as functional and regenerative medicine, and she has trained and worked in three continents including the UK, India and US. She is medical director and CEO of Vitality Wellness and MedSpa, and is the founder of Mandala Method. She is also an international award winning speaker and expert in sleep and hormone balance, and has helped thousands of women regain their sleep, energy and youthfulness without the use of addictive prescription medications.

Dr. Farah sits down with Certified Nutritionist Betty Murray to discuss sleep and sleep issues. She dives into the complex relationship between changing hormones during menopause and losing sleep throughout the night, as well as how to preserve and improve sleep quality without prescriptions or melatonin.

Takeaways:

[3:34] Why sleep problems are so prevalent in women

[5:15] Dr. Farah's experience with increasingly restless sleep patterns as she has aged

[6:50] The 'feedback loop' - hormone balance gets worse as sleep gets worse

[8:25] Why circadian rhythm is one of the most important sleep hygiene issues to correct, and how to regulate it

[12:25] How controlling certain factors in your environment like light levels and temperature can improve the amount of deep, restful sleep you get

[16:49] The role that the hypothalamus plays in keeping us awake at night

[22:49] Dr. Farah's methods for checking and prescribing hormones to patients

[26:32] Smalls adjustments, including changing eating habits and consuming lavender or magnesium supplements, that can improve quality of sleep

Mentioned in This Episode:

• Free masterclass with Dr. Farah: Stress, Health, Hormones and Causes of Belly Fat

Twitter:

"No matter how hard you're trying, if you're not sleeping well, that could really be harming your natural surge of growth hormone which occurs during deep sleep."

"There are many other things you can incorporate into your daily schedule that can help up the parasympathetic and vagal tone, and that can really make a difference."

"There are so many things we can do proactively in our forties so that we don't end up in our eighties with dementia."

Murray speaks about the final three common myths surrounding weight loss in women after age 40, with an emphasis on the roles that mitochondria and the "fat switch" in our bodies play during menopause and when combined with esstrogen.

Murray also explains what the polyol pathway is and how its function to protect us from starvation can prevent women from losing weight.

Takeaways:

[2:30] Why mitochondrial depletion can cause women during and after menopause to suffer. from symptoms such as low energy, tiredness, and more difficulty doing intense exercise.

[4:21] Murray discusses the process of fat burning in mitochondria, and how estrogen plays a role.

[5:26] How estrogen may affect the production and creation of mitochondria to influence weight gain as hormones fluctuate.

[7:18] Studies done on rats have shown that with a normal estrogen cycle they have enhanced mitochondrial function, but loss of estrogen causes that to decrease.

[8:17] Effects of the mitochondria becoming "screwed up" during menopause.

[10:08] The "fat switch", aka uric acid, and the potential correlation between higher levels of uric acid and health conditions such as diabetes.

[14:02] Potential explanations for why women have an increase in uric acid in their bodies during menopause, and how it relates to the "fat switch".

[16:11] Murray describes the polyol pathway, which our bodies can use to protect us during times of starvation and is amplified as we get older.

Mentioned in This Episode:

• Hormone Reset Quiz

Twitter:

"There is a radical difference, all the way to the inside of the cell, between men and women. And particularly as we go through those hormone shifts, that disparity becomes greater."

"Our mitochondria are messed up. They don't work as well as they used to because our hormone estrogen is changing."

Murray dives into 3 more myths about weight loss in women after age 40, focusing on the connection between the thyroid and hormones and how the complex relationship may make it difficult to find out what's really going on if you're struggling with weight loss. Murray also discusses why fertility issues are linked to stress hormones and the effect of stress hormones such as cortisol on your weight loss journey.

Takeaways:

[2:33] How your hormones influence each other and combine to create a symphony

[4:58] Ways that Cortisol and other stress hormones impact weight and bodily responses to stress

[9:45] Long term effects of cortisol on weight gain

[10:35] Adrenal fatigue and being stressed constantly can increase excess cortisol, causing adrenal dysregulation

[11:57] Severe adrenal dysregulation causing negative effects like being "wired and tired" all the time

[15:25] The link between fertility issues and stress

[17:32] The complex relationship between thyroid problems and stress, and why stress may actually be the underlying factor causing them

[20:32] Gluconeogenesis, aka the body producing glucose from the liver to utilize it as fuel

[23:40] The importance of treating the body as a system working together, because many issues related to thyroid and hormones are interrelated

Mentioned in This Episode:

• Hormone Reset Quiz

Twitter:

"The hormones are a symphony. We have a director of the show and we have a conductor."

"A lot of times the fertility issues people run into may very well be related to their stress response."

"If my adrenals are playing tribal music, and my thyroid thinks it needs to be playing a waltz, my body is going to, through the pituitary and hypothalamus, downregulate thyroid."

"Thyroid issues play with cortisol, and play with estrogen, because they all work together."

Betty dives into 3 more myths about weight loss in women after age 40, this time tackling the ways that estrogen, testosterone and progesterone can combine and interact with other hormones like insulin to impact weight gain in your forties and beyond. Betty also speaks about the potential dangers of over supplementing hormones like progesterone, and how it can throw your body out of balance.

Takeaways:

[2:40] Discussing the different functions of the estrogen hormones estradiol, estrone, and estriol

[4:01] Production rate of estrogen hormones decreases in your forties, causing women go through perimenopuase and menopause

[4:38] Progesterone counterbalances estrogen to enable fertility and pregnancy

[6:54] Progesterone begins declining quickly in your forties, causing fertility issues

[8:19] Explaining the role of androgens, aka male hormones and how they play into the creation of estrogen hormones

[11:00] How increasing body fat can lead to insulin resistance and affect aspects of sex hormone production

[13:24] Explaining how being put on progesterone supplements in your forties may cause insulin resistance and resulting weight gain

[17:15] The importance of considering progesterone, estrogens and testosterone levels and how insulin interplays with these hormones when dealing with excess weight gain

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"All of those hormones, the luteinizing hormone and the follicular stimulating hormone, come from the pituitary and kind of tell the ovaries, 'Go' - it's the coach"

"Usually by the time we hit our forties, progesterone has nosedived"

"Sex hormone binding globulin, think of it this way: it's the taxi cab that drives testosterone around"

"To some degree, almost all of us have some level of insulin control that is aberrant or abnormal."

Did you know that your genes can tell you everything from why you procrastinate to the best ways to motivate yourself?

Kashif Khan is the founder and CEO of The DNA Company, which has redefined function genomics testing for the better.

In this episode, you'll learn what genes are, why they're important, and how you can use DNA testing to support your personal health.

The fact is, DNA testing can help you create a map of yourself so you can deal with the root cause of issues and move forward in your life with a clear direction.

Because as Kashif explains, once you know WHY your body works the way it does, you can turn most health issues around fast.

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• Kashif tells his personal health story and shares why he went into this field.
• Why female hormone health needs more support in modern healthcare.
• Kashif takes you through his research and what it shows.
• The differences between The DNA Company and other genetic testing companies.
• The 6 main categories of genetic testing.
• How to maximize your DNA for anti-aging and longevity.

Where to Find the Guest:

TheDNACompany.com

@mrkashkhan

Memorable Quotes:

"Without really understanding how we're wired. We can't really always move forward and get better." (5:37, Betty)

"Once you start doing the right thing, which is not the same for everybody, what's the right for you, you can not only prevent, but you can actually reverse disease." (9:57, Kashif)

"I like to describe genetics as kind of a foundation. Like you're building a foundation of a house." (10:23, Betty)

"We're not trying to mask illness, we're trying to prevent it from happening altogether." (12:16, Kashif)

"You need to understand why it happened. Then you deal with the why that gets rid of the problem." (34:51, Kashif)

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When most people think about hormonal changes, they picture menopause. But the fact is that your hormones can affect you at any age!

Today, Betty speaks with Dr. Deborah Matthew, AKA "The Happy Hormone Doctor."

Dr. Deb authentically shares her story of suffering for years with hormonal imbalances, and how she found healing and stepped into her role as a doctor.

She'll walk you through the nuances of hormonal imbalance, and how to know if you might have one.

By the time you're finished with this episode, you'll know whether hormone replacement therapy is the right choice for you, as well as some alternatives!

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• Listening to your body's natural intuition.
• What to do when your body doesn't take you seriously.
• The types of hormones and how they impact you.
• The link between hormones and cancer.
• Hormones and vaginal health.
• How hormone imbalances can hold you back.

Where to Find the Guest:

DrDeborahMatthew.com

IsItYourHormones.com

@drdebmatthew

Memorable Quotes:

"For the last 15 years, I've been helping men and women get their hormones back in balance so that they can get their life back and feel like themselves again." (6:19, Dr. Deb)

"I want other women to know that if you don't feel normal, there's something wrong. And if your doctor's not really taking you seriously, you don't give up because it's possible to feel like yourself again." (7:10, Dr. Deb)

"I think women need to embrace that deep feeling that we have, that sort of inner knowing and intuition that I'm not going crazy. What's going on in my body is true." (11:38, Betty)

"I believe that we all deserve balanced hormones. (13:47, Dr. Deb)

"Being on birth control pills, when you're 19, like that's kind of one thing, which is a whole nother topic, but by the time you're 49, it's probably not the best choice." (21:39, Dr. Deb)

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Cynthia Thurlow, NP is the CEO and founder of Everyday Wellness Project and an international speaker. Her second TED talk, "Intermittent Fasting: Transformational Technique" has been viewed over 12 million times, and she has had 20 years of experience in all aspects of functional medicine including cardiology and emergency medicine. She is also a globally recognized expert in intermittent fasting and nutritional health, and has been featured on ABC, Fox 5, KLTA, CW Medium, Entrepreneur, and the Megyn Kelly Show.

Thurlow joins Certified Nutritionist Betty Murray to speak about her own experiences with intermittent fasting in herself and others and the most common mistakes that beginners make when fasting for the first time. She also breaks down the most common misconceptions surrounding fasting and its relationship to the way our bodies process food.

Takeaways:

[4:24] Differences in fasting methods between men and women.

[7:24] Why fasting during the luteal phase requires extra effort and may not be for everyone.

[9:26] Thurlow explains the importance of protein and carbohydrate intake at certain times in the menstrual cycle.

[11:28] Clearing up misconceptions about simply not eating vs. fasting.

[14:56] Ghrelin's role in fasting and helping to suppress hunger.

[18:38] Discussing Metabolic Syndrome and why most Americans are not metabolically flexible.

[21:41] Common errors made by beginners to intermittent fasting.

[26:49] How decreasing the intensity of exercise as you age can actually help your body.

[32:04] Thurlow discusses the 45-Day program in her book and how it can empower you to take back control of your life through intermittent fasting.

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• Cynthia Thurlow TED Talk
• Cynthia Thurlow's new book
• Cynthia Thurlow Website
• Everyday Wellness Podcast
• Cynthia Thurlow Instagram
• Cynthia Thurlow Twitter
• Cynthia Thurlow Facebook
• Cynthia Thurlow Facebook Group

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"Women and men can both fast, we just have to lean into the physiology piece to do it successfully."

"It is not starvation, it is not counting calories, it is really about honoring the way our bodies are designed to thrive."

"We have an increasingly metabolically unhealthy population, and that is directly with foods we choose to eat and the food frequency with which we choose to consume them."

"We really have to understand our relationship with food in order to fast successfully."

"You want to be consuming high quality food - food in its most natural state if at all possible."

Are you making these weight loss mistakes?

Betty is starting a new series sharing the 12 lies, myths, and bullshit that's said to women over the age of 40 about how to lose weight and get a strong body composition.

In this first part of the series, Betty will give you the first 3 myths and introduce you to what you need to do differently now that you are 40 or older.

She'll share with you tips that she's used over the last 17 years to help her clients lose weight, regain their energy, and eat more freely.

Time to snack on some brain candy!

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• The low carb and high protein diet.
• How excess stress causes the body to age more quickly.
• The problems around counting calories.
• Insulin and how it affects the body.
• What changes in the body once you turn 40?

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Did you know that autoimmune conditions affect a whopping over 50 million Americans?

In this episode, Betty speaks with functional nutritionist Margaret Floyd Barry about food sensitivities and their connection with autoimmune disorders and the thyroid.

You'll learn why so many people are living with autoimmune disorders right now and how they develop in the body.

Margaret will also take you deep into the topic of food sensitivity and will show you that there's more to it than just the food you eat.

With the tips Margaret shares, you'll discover that small changes can dramatically alter your health as you age!

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• The connection between gut health and the immune system.
• How gluten harms the system.
• What increases inflammation?
• Three things you could do right now to improve your gut health.
• Why soy and oils are problematic.
• Optimizing thyroid performance.

Where to Find the Guest:

EatNakedNow.com

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Memorable Quotes:

"The immune system has basically two key functions, right? One is to protect us from pathogenic invaders and the other is a sort of internal housekeeping." (7:21, Margaret)

"There's so many things in our modern world that are contributing to, or triggering our bodies to inflame." (13:15, Margaret)

"You have to heal the gut at the same time as removing these food sensitivities, otherwise you are just getting one piece of the puzzle." (17:36, Margaret)

"You're walking food. There is not a cell in your body that was not once food." (22:04, Margaret)

"Symptoms are our body talking to us, and if they're speaking to us, we can keep kind of shutting them up, but they're just going to get louder." (34:19, Margaret)

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Girls, it's time to take your power back!

In this week's inspiring episode, Betty speaks with Nell Merlino, founder of Take Our Daughters to Work Day and Count Me In.

Betty and Nell share their own realizations about being a woman in the workplace, and how far we've come when it comes to women's equality at work.

However, you'll also hear that there's a long way to go. Today, many women hide behind a masculine facade to feel welcome in the workplace.

But as you will learn from Nell, there's another way. By releasing shame and embracing your full femininity, you can walk through your professional life feeling empowered and confident.

If you are one of the many women in the modern-day workforce, this episode will encourage you to change your story!

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• The origin story of Take Your Daughters to Work Day.
• Where we've been and where we need to go when it comes to women's empowerment and equality.
• Examining the relationship women have with money and business.
• How Nell asking herself how she felt led to a new period of self-discovery.
• Why you should embrace your femininity and authentic self.
• The importance of releasing shame and putting yourself out there.
• Reconnecting with and acknowledging what you desire.

Where to Find the Guest:

NellMerlino.com

@nell.merlino

CountMeInRevival.org

@countmeinrevival

Memorable Quotes:

"My focus, my purpose, and my great vision for all of us is that women are full equal players in the economy and in their whole lives." (6:13, Nell)

Women that I observed and even experienced and did a little bit probably myself is this feeling that we had to sort of law our way into the room. We had to claw our way through people to try and get an opportunity for promotion. So sometimes there's a perception with somen that we're against each other, rather than with." (12:29, Betty)

"What I learned more than anything was to be in charge of your money and your time. And then it's harder for people to knock you off your game." (19:57, Nell)

"I think one of the things that women of my generation gave up is that we decided to present ourselves like a head in a box, that because we're so busy proving that we were as smart as men, that we knew what we were talking about, that we could not try." (22:43, Nell)

"Sometimes you need a battering ram in order to see that you've got to transform. And maybe that's one of the positive things that came out of this entire pandemic." (28:40, Betty)

"I would say to every woman listening, you need to congratulate yourself and we all need to acknowledge what we've been through this year." (52:38, Nell)

It is estimated that over 50 million Americans suffer with at least one autoimmune condition.

Today's guest, traditional naturopath, and Certified LEAP Therapist, Elizabeth Yarnell, has a deep knowledge of Multiple Sclerosis and other autoimmune conditions.

In this episode, Elizabeth chronicles her personal experience of being diagnosed with MS and how she reclaimed her health.

You'll learn the real cause behind the rising rates of autoimmune disorders, as well as how to avoid having one yourself.

Elizabeth gets down to the root causes, teaching you that each dietary choice has a huge impact on your health.

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• Elizabeth's personal health story & how she got into traditional naturopathy.
• What is driving the increase in auto-immune diagnosis?
• Why it's so important to address your health in mid-life.
• The three most common factors to autoimmune conditions.
• Leaky gut.
• How to know if you have a parasite.

Where to Find the Guest:

ElizabethYarnell.com

Get a free checklist for stocking your pantry & freezer with nutritious, but delicious food!

Memorable Quotes:

"It's an epidemic, right? So it's estimated about 50 million Americans have been diagnosed with an autoimmune condition." (5:31, Betty)

"I believe that MS and other autoimmune conditions as well are really caused by all of the toxins that are in our world now." (6:30, Elizabeth)

"The greatest contributions women make, whether it is writing the best novel or, you know, being involved in political movements or national mementos, or just becoming I think who women were meant to be, most of those contributions happen in this kind of next season of life. The midlife." (9:19, Betty)

"Really what auto-immune is, is inflammation that's being triggered by something that doctors are not able to identify." (11:22, Elizabeth)

"They're there, let's not be mistaken. There's probably millions of parasites that we haven't even identified." (22:23, Elizabeth)

Today, Betty is here to bring you more Brain Candy—bite-sized science in a way easy to understand!

In this episode, Betty talks about the connection between the thyroid and cortisol.

You'll learn how they interact together and why problems in the thyroid might not always show up in your labs.

By the time you're done listening, you'll be able to tell if you have any symptoms of cortisol or thyroid problems.

In the end, Betty wants to teach you about things you've never heard about, so you can take care of your cortisol and thyroid issues once and for all.

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• Betty tells her personal thyroid story.
• What the thyroid is and how it works.
• Everything you need to know about T3 & T4 hormones.
• What cortisol is and how it works.
• How the thyroid and cortisol work together.
• Symptoms of high and low metabolized cortisol.
• Why thyroid problems might not show up in your lab, even though you have them.

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Certified Nutritionist & Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner

CEO & Founder, Living Well Dallas Functional Medicine Center

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Are you the CEO of your own health?

Sinclair Kennally is a certified nutrition consultant and toxicity and detox specialist here this week to teach you what might be negatively impacting your detox.

Sinclair will also share her healing journey—from barely being able to stand for 5 minutes to the strong and healthy woman she is today.

She'll encourage you to truly feel at home in your body so you can fully express your life purpose.

This episode will give you renewed hope that it's never too late to feel like yourself.

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• Why so many doctors don't treat the root cause.
• Symptoms of heavy metal exposure.
• Connecting with your emotions.
• How mold disrupts your health.
• The negative consequences of EMF exposure.
• Listening to your personal metaphors.

Where to Find the Guest:

DetoxRejuvenation.com

@detoxrejuvenation

@sinclairkennally

Memorable Quotes:

"Everybody's so sick now that it's considered common and normal, and those two are not the same thing." (9:08, Sinclair)

"The entire medical system is really built on this financial model of ill not dead." (11:50, Betty)

"We really are not existing by ourselves. We are always within a web of connectivity." (16:13, Sinclair)

"American functional medicine is so far behind in the sense that they just want to hunt and kill whatever they see that show up on the labs, and they're using stuff that we know no longer works." (22:24, Sinclair)

"If you are ill or you're not feeling your best, you got to become your own advocate. You are the CEO of your own health." (24:13, Sinclair)

"It's so easy for us to forget that our body is our home and it knows exactly what to do to take care of itself." (31:44, Betty)

"You are so worth it. Everybody listening in, you don't need to earn the right to feel good. You don't need to earn the right to be loved or adored. You have no matter how you've been treating yourself the full capacity to absolutely adore the shit out of yourself and think that you are the greatest thing since sliced bread." (46:35, Sinclair)

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At some point in their lives, every single person will experience betrayal.

And while we might think that this is just a temporary problem, the fact is that betrayals can stay with us in our bodies, minds, and souls for much longer than we think.

Today, Betty speaks with Dr. Debi Silber, founder of the Post Betrayal Transformation Institute and a holistic psychologist.

Dr. Debi will guide you through the different types of betrayals and how they affect you in the long run.

You'll discover if you have the post-betrayal syndrome and learn the exact steps to move past that into transformation.

Dr. Debi will inspire you to experience the emotions of your betrayal fully instead of resisting the pain.

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• Why betrayal hurts.
• Dr. Debi's 3 discoveries about betrayal.
• The reason betrayal feels so different than other traumas.
• What post betrayal syndrome is.
• The top two signs of unhealed betrayal in relationships.
• 5 stages to post betrayal transformation.
• How to help yourself if you're numbing, avoiding, or distracting yourself from your betrayal.

Where to Find the Guest:

ThePBTInstitute.com

@debisilber

Are you healed or hardened? Take the quiz here: https://thepbtinstitute.com/healed-or-hardened-quiz/

Memorable Quotes:

"Why does betrayal hurt? One of the reasons is because it feels so intentional. So we take it personally." (4:08, Dr. Debi)

"It doesn't even have to be something that really was hateful, harmful, hurtful. It's the meaning we gave it." (6:14, Dr. Debi)

"We go to the most well-meaning, amazing doctors, coaches, healers, therapists to manage a stress-related symptom, illness, condition, disease. Very often ta the root of it is an unhealed betrayal." (13:23, Dr. Debi)

"Like energy attracts like energy." (18:39, Dr. Debi)

"Healing and rebuilding is always a choice." (23:11, Dr. Debi)

"What I see with so many people though, is they're afraid of that death and destruction of the old, but that's the only way you birth the new." (23:40, Dr. Debi)

Welcome to Brain Candy—where Betty gives you some bite-sized science in a way that's easy for you to understand.

In only 30 minutes Betty will reveal to you the root causes of self-sabotage and how it turns into a continuous cycle of shame, overwhelm, and inadequacy.

She'll take you back all the way to the times of hunter-gatherer societies, and reveal to you exactly why so many women live in a world of stress.

You'll walk away from this episode knowing exactly how to expand your energy and end self-sabotage once and for all.

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• Betty explains how self-sabotage affects you energetically.
• Reasons why you might feel drained and tired.
• What decision fatigue is and how to combat it.
• Finding your threshold for stress.
• Are you carrying unnecessary tools in your backpack?
• Why you should encourage others to step up into their own support role.
• Easy strategies and practices to stop self-sabotage.

Connect with Betty Murray, PhD-Candidate, MS, CN, IFMCP

Certified Nutritionist & Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner

CEO & Founder, Living Well Dallas Functional Medicine Center

Instagram: @bettymurray_phd

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Do you take time to pause in your health journey?

Dr. Anna Cabeca, triple certified OBGYN, is a pioneer in functional medicine redefining what it means to be a healthy woman.

In today's episode, Dr. Anna will share everything you need to know about hormones. There's a lot of information out there, but by the time you're done listening, you'll be able to form your own educated opinion.

She'll also reinforce the power of pause, encouraging you to make shifts in your health journey until you find something that works.

Dr. Anna is clearly passionate about her work, and this enthusiasm for personal health is sure to spill over into your own life!

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• Dr. Anna shares her personal story and what led her to functional medicine.
• Why every woman should add some Maca to her life!
• Are hormones safe?—Discover the answer once and for all.
• Get all your keto green questions answered.
• The importance of having pause.
• Redefining menopause.
• Health tips for "down below."

Where to Find the Guest:

DrAnnaCabeca.com

@thegirlfrienddoctor

Pre-order Dr. Ana's new book: https://book.menupausebook.com/get-menopause-book-organic

Memorable Quotes:

"It's not just what we eat—it's what we think, it's where we live, what we're exposed to, food sensitivities, you name it. It can all affect your body's physiology." (13:58, Dr. Anna)

"I think biomedical progesterone post-menopause is like one of those essentials, for sure. It makes a big difference in the quality of our life, the quality of our sleep, the quality of our thinking, and our thoughts." (16:30, Dr. Anna)

"I think as women, and especially in this time of life where possibly for the first time ever they may be considering a pause, probably don't even know how to pause." (21:23, Betty)

"So if we decide we don't want to do something, we're really clear. It's not because we're burned out and exhausted. We're really clear if it's not a hell yes, it's a hell no." (23:28, Dr. Anna)

"A lot of times we think kind of all or none, I have to either be perfect at it, or I'm not on it. And it really is. It's small incremental changes and often maybe just one, and once we master one then we have the efficacy to then step into the next change." (28:11, Betty)

"I want people to feel empowered, to be able to be present in your body and look forward and have that strength and resilience to handle anything that comes our way." (33:53, Dr. Anna)

Can you make your second chapter the best years of your life?

Debra Atkinson is a menopause and fitness expert who works exclusively to empower women 50 and up. She argues that these can be some of the most rewarding and fulfilling years of your life!

In this episode, she will teach you how to start and maintain a fitness routine that's unique to you.

You'll find out that fitness is never a one size fits all scenario, and that observing your body can make or break your fitness goals.

If you're 50 or up, you'll walk away from this episode knowing exactly how to progress in your fitness journey and that you never have to stop feeling good!

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• Why you should ask your trainers questions.
• How to choose a fitness program that fits your unique needs.
• Observe what your body tells you.
• The importance of high-intensity exercise when you're 50+.
• Movement vs. exercise.
• More is not always better.
• You don't need to be afraid of carbs.

Where to Find the Guest:

FlippingFifty.com

@flipping50tv

Watch Debra's TED Talk: https://www.flippingfifty.com/watch-my-ted-talk/

Memorable Quotes:

"There's nobody I think more influential in health than a woman in the middle of her life in menopause, we influenced three generations." (4:47, Debra)

"Although as much as fitness has changed and progressed, one of the things that still has not is it's self-governance. And it's buyer beware. I mean, you have to know what questions you should ask on behalf of yourself." (8:53, Debra)

"There is no one program I think that fits everybody." (15:54, Debra)

"Never in our lives did we ever need high-intensity exercise than we do right now." (24:17, Debra)

"We're not trying to get better at life inside the gym, but life outside the gym. And the whole point of exercises is to make it so your daily activities are more fun, you have more energy for them." (36:17, Debra)

"If what you're doing right now with exercise isn't working, I encourage you to say I'm actually going to try this not once, not sporadically, but literally I'm going to stick with this for three weeks. I'm going to change what I'm doing and see if I don't consistently feel better." (43:06, Debra)

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Despite popular belief, recovery from osteoporosis IS possible.

As a health coach and founder of BoneCoach.com, Kevin Ellis has dedicated his career to helping people gain clarity and confidence around osteoporosis and bone health.

In today's episode, Kevin shares what osteoporosis is and how to learn if you have it. You'll discover that even if you have a diagnosis, there's still hope to strengthen your bones.

You'll also get easy bone health tips so you can be proactive and strengthen your bones BEFORE any problems arise.

Most likely, you'll find that there's a lot more to strong bones than you might think!

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• Kevin shares his personal osteoporosis recovery story.
• Bone density vs. bone quality
• Kevin breaks down the categories of bone medications.
• Why so many young people are susceptible to secondary osteoporosis.
• The connection between gut and bone health.
• Top foods to eat for optimal bone health.
• The three keys to a stronger bone plan.

Where to Find the Guest:

BoneCoach.com

@bonecoachkevin

Bone-Healthy Recipes Guide (BoneCoach™)

Memorable Quotes:

"That functional medicine sort of holistic health arena, the unfortunate part is most of us all come to it because of our own personal struggles or our family members' struggles. The good thing is we go through it so we can then, therefore, help others." (6:19, Betty)

"What a lot of people don't realize is when you are told you have osteoporosis, It does not automatically mean right now you are actively losing bone." (12:04, Kevin)

"The first thing you have to do is figure out if you're still actively losing bone. The next thing you have to figure out is okay, if I'm actively losing bone, what is contributing to that loss?" (19:14, Kevin)

"Healthy bones are not built by what you're eating, they're built by what you're absorbing." (20:37, Kevin)

"If you want to build bone, you need to build muscle." (30:24, Kevin)

"The process that you're going through to improve your health, it's never perfect. Progress is always going to be possible if you stick with it." (37:44, Kevin)

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Welcome to the first-ever episode of This Functional Life!

Today, you'll hear Betty's love letter to you.

You'll learn why she started this podcast and how you can take the information she gives you and integrate it into your daily life.

As a certified nutritionist and functional medicine practitioner, Betty will introduce herself to you and explain why she is so uniquely qualified to talk about health.

By the time this episode is over, you'll know exactly how this show is set up and whether it is right for you.

Overall, Betty is here to make life easier and more in line with who you truly are. Listening to this podcast is a chance to step right into your deepest desires!

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• How this podcast can help you step into your best self.
• Why women over 40 leave the greatest mark on the planet.
• Who Betty is and her mission for you.
• Chronic immune conditions are increasing in women today.
• The age of female awakening is being disrupted by our health.
• What future episodes of this podcast will look like and what will be covered.

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Welcome to This Functional Life. This show is for women who are ready for more - health - vitality - passion - purpose. I love taking complex science and making it easy to integrate into daily life. Every week I'll be giving you access to world-class doctors, scientists, psychologists, sex experts, movers and shakers, and those living their best life.

Nutrition, hormones, functional medicine, and a wellness lifestyle are only the tip of the conversation. Join the journey to uncover your deepest desires, harness your physical and mental health and peel back the layers to know exactly what you want out of life.

I am part geek, part magician, and your new medical bestie! It's my mission to be the voice for women in this next chapter of life who want to live their best life with vitality, purpose, and passion.

Step into your life of passion and purpose.

This is YOUR functional life.