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Winning the Health War: Focus on What Matters Most

The Hormone Solution Podcast with Karen Martel

Release Date: 07/20/2024

Quick Hits: How to Heal Your Metabolism with Kate Deering

The Hormone Solution Podcast with Karen Martel

Welcome to Quick Hits: Blasts from The Past. Join Karen as she explores her podcast archives, offering you short, impactful excerpts from standout episodes. In just 15 minutes, you’ll experience the essence of past conversations, packed with valuable insights and memorable moments from our guests. If you want to dive deeper, you’ll find links to the full episodes in the show notes below. Listen to the full episode: Your metabolism has everything to do with whether or not your body is able to lose weight. Many women do not realize that their metabolism is under functioning....

The Great Menopause Myth: The Truth on Mastering Midlife Hormonal Mayhem with Kristin Johnson & Maria Claps

The Hormone Solution Podcast with Karen Martel

Maria, an FDN practitioner, and Kristin, an NTP Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition, are plainspoken friends and practitioners who share a passion for women's health, especially women's health at midlife. As both are themselves menopausal, they've refined the art and science of thriving as a midlife woman based on both clinical and personal experience. They combine individualized nutrition and lifestyle changes tailored to midlife women's needs with mindset coaching, lab testing and hormone replacement therapy education to help women thrive so that they can stop or prevent their health from...

Quick Hits: Women Facing Menopause are Betrayed by Ignorance and Sexism in the Health Community

The Hormone Solution Podcast with Karen Martel

Night sweats, mood swings, insomnia, hot flashes, weight gain, headaches, depression, anxiety, dry skin, vaginal atrophy... the list goes on. It’s disheartening, isn’t it? These are just some of the often debilitating symptoms that accompany peri-menopause and menopause. You’d think such a daunting list would catch the attention of doctors and spur them to find effective solutions. But sadly, that’s not what’s happening. Instead, many women are being met with ignorance—even sexism—by the very medical professionals they trust, including doctors, functional MDs, nutrition coaches,...

From Depression to Peak Health: The Secret Struggles of High-Performing Women with Biohacker Angela Foster

The Hormone Solution Podcast with Karen Martel

Angela is an award-winning Nutritionist, Health & Performance Coach, Keynote Speaker and Host of The High Performance Health Podcast. A former corporate lawyer turned industry leader in biohacking and health optimisation for women, Angela regularly gives keynotes to large fitness, health and wellness events She also delivers Health Optimisation and Performance Workshops to large multinational corporations with a strong focus on women’s health and burnout prevention. Angela brings us through her vast knowledge of midlife mental health, focusing on the hormonal shifts...

Quick Hits: The Dark Side of Weight Loss: Are You Secretly Sabotaging Your Success?

The Hormone Solution Podcast with Karen Martel

Welcome to Quick Hits: Blasts from The Past. Join Karen as she explores her podcast archives, offering you short, impactful excerpts from standout episodes. In just 15 minutes, you’ll experience the essence of past conversations, packed with valuable insights and memorable moments from our guests. If you want to dive deeper, you’ll find links to the full episodes in the show notes below. Listen to the full episode: Have you ever reached your weight loss goals only to discover that you are still unsatisfied and full of self-hatred? Have you ever sabotaged your weight loss efforts? Do...

Boosting Brain, Body, and Mood: Exploring the Power of Methylene Blue with Dr. Scott Sherr

The Hormone Solution Podcast with Karen Martel

Dr. Scott Sherr is a Board Certified Internal Medicine Physician Certified to Practice Health Optimization Medicine and a specialist in Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT). He is the COO of Troscriptions, a line of physician formulated, pharmaceutical grade, and precision dosed buccal troches containing novel ingredients like methylene blue, agarin, and others in formulas for energy, focus, sleep, stress, immune support, and more. His clinical practice includes Health optimization medicine as its foundation plus an integrative approach to hyperbaric oxygen therapy that includes...

Quick Hits: Why You Need Iodine for Hormones, Thyroid and More with Dr. David Brownstein

The Hormone Solution Podcast with Karen Martel

Welcome to Quick Hits: Blasts from The Past. Join Karen as she explores her podcast archives, offering you short, impactful excerpts from standout episodes. In just 15 minutes, you’ll experience the essence of past conversations, packed with valuable insights and memorable moments from our guests. If you want to dive deeper, you’ll find links to the full episodes in the show notes below. Listen to the full episode: David Brownstein, who is a board-certified family physician. Dr. Brownstein has lectured internationally to physicians and others about his success in using...

Unpacking Breast Pain: From Iodine to HRT to Caffeine—The Hidden Culprits and Surprising Solutions

The Hormone Solution Podcast with Karen Martel

I’m sharing my personal journey in this episode through the challenging landscape of breast pain, swelling, and cysts. We’ll discuss the complexities of breast pain, from cyclical and fibrocystic discomfort to hormone replacement therapy-induced pain. You’ll hear the critical role that hormones like estrogen, progesterone, and prolactin play in breast health and the importance of hormonal balance. Additionally, I explore how lifestyle factors such as caffeine and iodine deficiency impact breast pain. I’ll provide strategies, including supplementation and dietary changes, to alleviate...

Quick Hits: Parasitic Infections and Hypothyroidism with Dr. Todd Watts

The Hormone Solution Podcast with Karen Martel

Welcome to Quick Hits: Blasts from The Past. Join Karen as she explores her podcast archives, offering you short, impactful excerpts from standout episodes. In just 15 minutes, you’ll experience the essence of past conversations, packed with valuable insights and memorable moments from our guests. If you want to dive deeper, you’ll find links to the full episodes in the show notes below. Listen to the full episode Dr. Todd Watts is a national board certified Chiropractic Physician, a Functional Wellness Practitioner and is licensed with the Pastoral Medical Association. Many know...

The EMF Threat: Protecting Your Hormones and Your Family from Everyday Radiation with Daniel DeBaun

The Hormone Solution Podcast with Karen Martel

Daniel DeBaun is an internationally recognized expert in EMF radiation, EMF shielding, and EMF-related health issues with special focus on the effect of exposure from mobile devices such as laptops, tablets, and cell phones. Daniel’s concern regarding the health impact of EMF emissions grew from over thirty years of engineering experience in the telecommunications industry, where he held a variety of executive positions at SAIC, Telcordia, AT&T, and Bell Labs. He is the co-author of Radiation Nation: The Fallout of Modern Technology, and the CEO of DefenderShield, the world leader in...

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Today I’m discussing the balance between maintaining stringent health habits and living a stress-free lifestyle. Through my own personal experiences, I explain how obsessing over every detail of our health can sometimes be more detrimental than beneficial. Sharing my own transformation from perfectionism in diet and exercise to a more balanced approach, I emphasize the importance of prioritizing emotional well-being and stress management. I’ll also give some practical tips for optimizing energy and sleep naturally, reminding you of the significance of picking our battles wisely.

In this episode:

How stressing over every health detail can harm your quality of life.
Why finding balance between strict health habits and stress-free living is so important.
Why stressing about blood sugar spikes can worsen health outcomes.
How dining out can become stressful with extreme dietary restrictions.
Transitioning from perfectionism in diet to a balanced approach.
Why GLP-1 peptides were pivotal in achieving weight loss and reducing inflammation for me.
How emotional well-being and stress management contribute to overall health.
How easing dietary restrictions can lead to a happier, healthier lifestyle.
How optimizing energy levels and sleep quality naturally enhances well-being.
How circadian health practices and blue blocker glasses can improve sleep quality.
Why morning sunlight and detoxifying heavy metals are fantastic for health.
How managing stress and reevaluating priorities can prevent burnout.
Why choosing your battles wisely in health choices leads to a more harmonious life.
How focusing on top health priorities helps avoid overwhelming stress.

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