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

The Hormone Solution Podcast with Karen Martel

Release Date: 08/24/2024

Quick Hits: What the Heck is Happening to My Hormones? Perimenopause to Menopause, What You Need to Know.

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. Are you in perimenopause? My guess is you don't know. Most women are not informed about what is happening to their hormones in their 30s, 40s and beyond. Trust me when I say YOU NEED TO KNOW! This is your body...

How This Magic Mat is Revolutionizing Stress Relief, Sleep, and Healing – The PEMF Breakthrough with Alyssa Blue and Mike Mcpherson

The Hormone Solution Podcast with Karen Martel

Alyssa Blue is a non practicing Aerospace engineering that found the human body more fascinating than rockets. After suffering a health crisis in her early 20's she went on a decade long journey learning how to heal herself. Today as an FDNP, her research background shines, taking a deep dive to investigate her clients bio-individuality and walk with them on a path back to balance. Mike McPherson has a similarly pain to purpose story being an innate medical intuitive and having no resources to understand his extra sensory perceptions, he suppressed his gifts for years, was diagnosed with ADHD...

Quick Hits: The Hormone and Diet Connection to Alzheimer’s with Dr. Dale Bredesen

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 here: Dr. Bredesen is an internationally recognized expert in the mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases, Dr. Dale Bredesen’s career has been guided by a simple idea...

How to Beat Carb Addiction and Become Carb Sober with Dr. Lisa Wiedeman

The Hormone Solution Podcast with Karen Martel

Dr. Lisa Wiedeman is an optometric physician with over 33 years in practice. She practices root cause healing. So many ocular diseases & disorders present themselves after long-term eating of processed foods. She herself suffered from sugar/carb/processed food addiction and researched and came to eating a carnivore diet in 2009, over 15 years ago. She now dedicates most of her time providing one on one coaching, hosting coaching groups, Carnivore Beach Retreats and educating viewers on her YouTube channels. Alongside Dr. Wiedeman in this episode, we discuss the many health...

Gut Health, Hormones, and Mental Wellness Uncovered with Tina Anderson

The Hormone Solution Podcast with Karen Martel

Today we’re talking all about the link between gut health and mental wellness for women navigating midlife challenges like perimenopause and menopause. I’m joined by Tina Anderson, CEO and co-founder of Just Thrive. Tina shares her journey from a high-stress career to discovering the profound impact of the gut microbiome on her own hormonal balance and mental state. We discuss innovative spore-based probiotics that survive the gastric environment and significantly alter gut flora, offering promising benefits for conditions such as stress, anxiety, autoimmune diseases, and chronic...

Thyropause: The Silent Thyroid Crisis in midlife Women!

The Hormone Solution Podcast with Karen Martel

Let’s get into the intricate relationship between thyroid health and menopause, which I refer to as thyropause. In this episode, I’m explaining how the significant drop in estrogen and progesterone can mimic and exacerbate thyroid issues. We’ll explore the common symptoms that overlap between hypothyroidism and menopause, such as fatigue, weight gain, and hair thinning, and emphasize the importance of comprehensive hormone and thyroid testing. We also discuss the profound impact of stress on gut and thyroid health, looking at groundbreaking insights from a 2015 meta-analysis. We’ll...

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...

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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 discomfort and promote better breast health.

In this episode:

Why breast pain can be perplexing and worrying, especially with breast cancer fears.
The importance of regular breast health monitoring to alleviate anxiety.
How cyclical, fibrocystic, and HRT-induced breast pain differ in causes and symptoms.
Understanding hormonal peaks around ovulation and their effects on breast tissue.
The concept of estrogen dominance and its implications for thyroid function.
Why proper hormonal testing is crucial before making adjustments.
How balancing estrogen, progesterone, and thyroid health can manage breast pain.
How consuming things like caffeine and chocolate can impact breast pain.
The role of iodine deficiency in exacerbating breast pain and breast disease risks.
Practical strategies for supporting estrogen metabolism and reducing breast pain.
Benefits of iodine supplementation and progesterone cream in managing symptoms.
How N-acetylcysteine (NAC) and evening primrose oil help alleviate breast discomfort.
Tips for managing breast pain during hormone replacement therapy.
The significance of using castor oil packs for immediate relief from breast cyst pain.
Why it’s essential to consult healthcare providers for personalized breast pain management.

Podcasts mentioned in episode: https://karenmartel.com/why-you-need-iodine-for-hormones-thyroid-and-more-with-dr-david-brownstein/

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