“our female hormones are tightly linked to our immune systems…”

the irony is that most women end up getting leaner when they eat more food! it really is tough sometimes to eat enough, but it’s so crucial for bone, muscle health AND mental health!

Wait really?? I love to work out and I always found it easy too keep that habit up (partly beauty standards again, but also I love measurable goals and achievements like PBs in running times). Is this because eating more enables muscle development?

pretty much! it sounds like you are an athlete…you have to eat like one! ☺️

sure! she gives an example around1:30:00 about iron-fortified cereals.

at 1:35:00 she mentions how when we stop eating whole foods sources of bioavailable iron and copper that work synergistically and take supplements, we can end up with imbalances (ex: iron toxicity).

1:36:44 lab-created vitamins (ascorbic acid, vit D, zinc) DO NOT act the same in the body as whole food sources and can compete with other nutrients/minerals/elements.

estrogen and iron, calcium and magnesium, copper and iron all work together.

i would say that when estrogen is out of balance, progesterone becomes out of balance also (this is why perimenopause gets tricky as the body naturally starts to produce less progesterone because it doesn’t have to worry about possibly gestating a human anymore).

if you focus on increasing your bioavailable trace minerals from whole food sources (copper, magnesium, etc) as opposed to trying to “detox,” it can be less overwhelming, and you’ll posssibly be able to achieve a more sustainable balance.

omg thanks for the time stamps - they're so helpful!! I know in my case my hormone issue was that during the part of my cycle when progesterone goes up, it goes up like insanely high, so when it went back down the withdrawal symptoms (mainly insomnia) were way worse than normal. I thankfully never really had issues with estrogen (I'm vegan and I know dairy has a lot of estrogen in it, so I've always wondered if that was why).

your name 🤣

check out 1:03:05 when Huberman, with his expensive lab, begins basically to ask about what could possibly be so stressful about living in a patriarchal society. 🤣🤣🤣

oh, i don’t know…maybe being born into poverty and becoming trafficked as a child? if i was sitting in Dr. Gottfried’s seat i would have so badly wanted to reach over and smack him upside his giant head.

then later he acts all surprised when Dr. Gottfried drops the bomb that women’s health research is underfunded. 🙄

ooh, and at 2:09:00 the discrimination in healthcare/medicine against childfree women getting lab tests. childfree women need their own sector of healthcare…this is such BS.