Learn about birth control side effects in the gut and what you can do to restore your gut health if you’ve been adversely impacted by the pill.
Your Period After 40 with Dr. Lara Briden
Dr. Lara Briden is a naturopathic doctor and the period revolutionary—leading the change to better periods. Her book Period Repair Manual is out on its second edition with new sections on perimenopause, how to come off hormonal birth control and the different options for birth control. In this episode, we talk about the new book, perimenopause, managing heavy periods, and histamine intolerance.
Here's what you'll hear:
Min 02:10 Dr. Lara Briden's new book
Min 03:45 Feedback from Dr. Briden's first book
Min 04:30 What is perimenopause?
Min 05:55 The connection between hormones and symptoms of perimenopause
Min 11:10 Dr. Briden's rescue prescription for perimenopause moods:
Magnesium
Natural Progesterone
Taurine
Magnolia
Ziziphus
Ashwagandha
Vitamin B6
Min 20:20 Pregnancy in perimenopause women
Min 23:35 Managing heavy periods/flooding
Min 29:30 Going into perimenopause with health conditions
Min 35:35 Histamine intolerance
Min 44:15 Dr. Lara Briden's resources & help for teenagers
To learn more about Dr. Briden, visit her website here and follow her on social media:
Resources:
Period Repair Manual book
Perfect Periods Facebook Group
Hormone Balance After 40 summit
Prof Jerilynn Prior's article prescribing progesterone for heavy periods
Lara's article "The Curious Link Between Estrogen and Histamine Intolerance"
Here's a video version of the interview with Dr. Lara Briden:
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Natural Birth Control with Victoria Zimmerman
Victoria Zimmerman is our guest this week and on this episode we'll talk about running an online business, the art of minimalism and natural birth control.
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Hormone Balance After 40 Summit
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Here's what you'll hear:
Min 01:30 Introduction to Victoria Zimmerman & birth control
Min 07:20 Transitioning to online business
Min 10:00 Enjoying travel & living a minimalist life
Min 16:15 Getting off the birth control pill & its related fears
Min 22:25 FAM Fertility Method & how to use it
Min 24:40 Charting & natural birth control
Min 32:00 Side effects of the birth control methods
Min 33:50 Victoria's recommended apps & devices
Min 37:45 Victoria's courses and services
Please click here to listen to a previous episode I did with Andrea Thorpe about the effects of long-term use of birth control.
Victoria’s Recommended Devices & Apps:
Victoria’s Courses:
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Perfect Periods Program
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The Effects of Long-Term Birth Control Use with Andrea Thorpe
The birth control pill is an easy-to-use, affordable way to avoid pregnancy. But are there any risks?
Many women do have symptoms, such as loss of sex drive or weight gain, but beyond that, most women don't know much about the health-related side effects.
In this interview, Andrea Thorpe, LAc opens the lid on the topic of the possible effects of long-term birth control use. Many women are on birth control pills for 10-15 years, and the long-term effects are something to be considered:
Synthetic estrogen dysregulates the thyroid
Birth control pill casues nutrient depletion
Hormone receptor site have a downregulated response
Toxic burden on the system of long-term medication use
Toxic/ inflammed state and nutrient depletion affects the gut and immune system
Autoimmune disease Hashimoto's thyroiditis then becomes a possiblity
Ovulation and fertility are often delayed after birth control use
Andrea also covers some of the healing options such as:
How acupuncture benefits the system
Why Andrea prefers foods over supplements
When it's time to see a functional medicine practitioner
Andrea is an amazing practitioner, and if you can see her in the LA area, I highly recommend her. Her clinic: http://lotuscenter.com/
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