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I'm Bridget Walton, a Women's Hormone Coach helping ambitious women ages 25-40 naturally restore hormone balance, fix irregular periods, feel confident in their fertility, and resolve gut health issues without restrictive dieting.
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SPEAKER_00 (00:00):
What if I told you that normal lab results don't
actually mean that yourfertility is optimized?
You might not be entirelysurprised by this, but the
American medical system usesranges that are pretty broad and
they could be missing subtleimbalances that make a huge
difference when you're trying toconceive or even just when you
want to preserve your fertilityfor the future.
(00:20):
So in this episode, I'm sharingthree fertility red flags that
can be hiding right in plainsight.
These are things that I'vetalked through with some of my
clients recently and which theirdoctors never brought up with
them.
Welcome to the I'm HormonalPodcast.
I'm Bridget Walton, a women'shormone coach, helping busy,
ambitious women throughpersonalized coaching and
science-backed solutions.
(00:41):
Whether you are working with meone-on-one or listening here, my
goal is the same to help youstop guessing about your hormone
health and start seeing realprogress.
So let's get into it.
Alrighty.
Hello and welcome.
This is episode number 146.
And on the podcast today, Iwanted to talk about some of
(01:03):
these red flags because, as Imentioned in the intro, what I'm
gonna talk about, these threeitems can be really hiding in
plain sight.
You get your lab results backfrom your primary care provider.
Everything looked good.
Let's take a quick little visitat one of those markers again.
And I also want to talk a littlebit today about root causes.
(01:24):
What do you want to ask yourselfor ask your provider there,
whatever phase of problemsolving that you were in right
now?
This will be really helpful foryou, give you some things to
think about.
If you're somebody who'slistening and you're not
currently on your fertilityjourney, these will still be
important for you to considerfor your overall wellness, your
(01:45):
overall metabolic health and guthealth, and all of these good
things.
So this is a good episode foryou, regardless of where you're
at in your journey.
And I hope helps shed somereally good context on where you
can go moving forward.
Let's jump right into it.
The first red flag that I wantto point out is one that you'll
(02:05):
see on your lab results.
In many cases, your primary careprovider will order for you an
insulin test when they do yourkind of annual labs, or if
you're like, hey, doc, somethingseems a little bit weird with my
hormones here, let's look intoit.
You will oftentimes see insulinreflected on that report.
(02:27):
Now, the thing that I want tonote here, and at least, you
know, I can only speak to theAmerican medical system and what
I really observe going on here,what I'm hearing from my
clients, but what you'll see isthat the range, the optimal
range for your insulin goes upto 24.
Or I guess if it's 25 or above,that's when um, you know, the
(02:50):
medical system might say, heygirl, there's a little bit of
chaos going on with yourinsulin, with your metabolic
health.
Um, and they might, you know,have a conversation with you
further about that.
Now, that being said, let's sayyour insulin is up at 20.
And this actually, I had thissame exact conversation with a
client earlier this monthbecause she did really in-depth
(03:15):
lab work and her insulin was upthere just about 20.
Um, but it wasn't something thather provider actually mentioned
or brought up to her at all.
She's like, okay, cool, we're inrange, we're in good shape.
Now, the optimal range, though,and this is kind of coming from
the functional health side ofthings, the optimal range for
(03:36):
insulin is certainly much lower.
So, yes, you may not haveprediabetes if you have an
insulin marker of 20, but youwant to have it down like below
10.
We're not gonna get superspecific today, but this is just
to say, really interrogatingwhat is your insulin marker
looking like if you've had thattest done recently.
(03:57):
Now, let's talk about why thismarker is important.
What is insulin and how doesthis even tie into fertility
overall?
Well, you might already befamiliar with the fact that
insulin is a hormone that helpsyour body to absorb glucose,
right?
You eat an apple, your bloodsugar goes up, insulin is
released to help your tissues,you know, to help your cells
(04:20):
absorb and actually use thatglucose.
So we need insulin.
It's we we don't want it to be,you know, there's a balance, I
guess is the best way to saythat.
However, when it is too high orwhen it is relatively high, what
that could signal is perhapsprolonged elevated levels of
(04:42):
blood sugar, right?
You or for me, grew up in theMidwest, drank a lot of soda in
my life, ate a lot of sweettreats.
And so having years and years ofthose habits could over time
send a signal to my body that,hey, we need more insulin to do
(05:02):
the same amount of work.
Now, let's talk, like take astep back and talk about what
can this actually look like fromyour day to day?
So when insulin levels arehigher, you may be experiencing
more um erratic blood sugarlevels, and that can look like
irregular or inconsistent energylevels.
(05:23):
So afternoon energy slumps.
Are you really hangry?
Like, are you really irritableif you have a meal that's
delayed?
Sometimes even waking up in thenight a couple hours after you
go to sleep, that could be asignal that, hey, your blood
sugar is a little bit low andyou your body is waking you up
because I mean it's trying totell you to go get a snack.
(05:47):
Those are just a couple of theways that insulin or that blood
sugar dysregulation can impactyour day-to-day life.
It also can contribute toinflammation and stress in the
body.
And we know that when there isinflammation, when there is
stress, when insulin and glucoselevels are dysregulated and or
(06:11):
elevated, that that can kind ofinject this chaos and confusion
when it comes to your sexhormones as well.
So that is really the long wayto say that insulin, super
important indicator about yourmetabolic health, and your
metabolic health is absolutelyimpactful on your fertility and
(06:32):
your sex hormone balance.
So this is another one tore-examine, have a conversation
with your provider about it.
Just make sure that youunderstand what that marker is
indicating because if that is asignal to you that, hey, focus a
little bit more on your bloodsugar regulation and supporting
optimal insulin levels, thenmaybe that is one of the things,
or maybe that is the thing thatmoves the needle for you here
(06:55):
next.
Let me talk about this secondred flag because it's never,
well, in my experience, somebodyplease DM me if you have a
different experience.
But um, I've never heard of aprovider really trying to
understand what is the rootcause of PMS for somebody.
It's pretty common that PMS willbe dismissed as something that
(07:20):
is just that common or normal.
It's not something to be worriedabout, just like, you know, eat
some chocolate or take someibuproven or whatever.
And just to be clear, that's notmy advice.
I'm making fun of that advice.
But this is my encouragement foryou.
This being the second red flagof the episode that we're
(07:40):
talking about.
If you have PMS, if it reallyimpacts you, if you have just
you are not looking forward tothat time before your period
starts each month, then that isimportant to dig more into.
And let me talk about a coupleof the things that could be
contributing to that.
So you have a few startingplaces.
(08:00):
The first one I want to mentionis low progesterone.
Now you already know this, butprogesterone is a really
important marker for those ofyou looking to conceive because
that is one of the hormones thatis really instrumental in
supporting the pregnancy forthat, well, for the whole
pregnancy, but also um for thosefirst couple of weeks, that
(08:20):
first trimester, you really wantto have and make sure that
you're having adequate levels ofprogesterone.
So that's one of the things thatcould cause PMS.
If that's happening, you want tostart to understand, okay, well,
why are my progesterone levels alittle bit low?
The next thing I want to suggestto you would be to look into
(08:40):
what's going on with yourdigestion.
If you've listened to thepodcast before, you've heard me
talk about digestion, and that'sbecause it is so important for
your hormonal balance.
Also for your overall health,but when we're talking about
hormones, we cannot not talkabout digestion as well.
So, for example, if you have alot of digestive discomfort, if
(09:03):
you aren't having complete ordaily bowel movements, then that
is gonna be really important.
And that is going to most likelybe exacerbating your PMS because
the estrogen that would normallybe eliminated through your stool
has the opportunity to berecycled, which contributes to
the picture of elevated estrogenlevels.
(09:26):
Now, the third thing I want tomention on this note is thinking
about how your diet andnutrition can also influence
PMS.
Because, again, we're easy,we're quick to say, hey, well,
take this gummy, take thisthing, but let's take a step
back.
Let's look at this through anutrition-first approach.
(09:47):
Are you getting an adequateamount of fiber?
And are you hydrating properly?
Because if the answer to thosetwo things are maybe not, maybe
not every day, that's a reallyeasy area for you to make change
right away.
So do a little audit today onhow much water you're consuming,
how many ounces of water fitinto your water bottle, how many
(10:09):
times are you filling that upeach day, whatever that looks
like for you.
Um, make sure that you aredrinking enough water.
Just say that one more timethere.
When it comes to fiber, we'rereally just thinking about, or
we are mainly thinking aboutvegetables and fruit in their
whole form, right?
(10:29):
So that you have the fiber,which is that structure of the
vegetable.
While certainly more foods havefiber than just vegetables and
fruits, also honorable mentionto legumes and to chia seeds,
uh, getting in these wholefoods, which you should be
focusing on anyway.
(10:50):
I'm sure you are, uh, eating adiet that is mostly comprised of
whole, unprocessed foods, that'swhat's going to help get you to
this fiber goal.
And this is something that Iwork on with all of my
one-on-one clients.
This is something that I reflecton even myself, or this is my
life.
This is what I talk about everysingle day.
Yet sometimes I can get into uha rift, what's the term I'm
(11:15):
looking for?
And I say, oh shoot, okay,Bridget, let's take a second to
assess where we're at and thenlet's recalibrate, right?
And maybe that's what would behelpful for you as well.
And let me actually mention herereally quick, because I realize
that I have mentioned a fewtimes about my work with
clients.
So let me just clear that up foryou for any of you who are new
(11:38):
listening to this episode today,because yes, something that I do
every single week and that Ilove to do is put together
podcast episodes for you.
My main thing that I do thoughis actually the one-on-one work
to support women who havehormonal imbalances, who have
digestive imbalances, and goingthrough the process with them to
(12:02):
use functional lab testing, toput together personalized
protocols, to help themunderstand, you know, what's
going on, how did they get towhere they are now, and what's
the way forward.
So when I talk about myone-on-one work with clients,
that's really what I'm talkingabout.
And I like to share on thepodcast when it makes sense
(12:23):
about what are things thatsurprised them because you may
be feeling the exact same way.
So if you are like, what is shetalking about?
Well, that's what I'm talkingabout.
And of course, if you ever dofeel ready for one-on-one
support, then I'm also here topartner with you too.
Now that that's out of the way,let's move on to this red flag
(12:46):
number three.
So we've already coveredinsulin, we've already covered
digging into the root cause ofyour PMS.
But a third thing that I see,you know, time and again
overlooked, and that my clientssee overlooked when they're
talking with their primary careproviders, is really digging
into what's going on with theirgut health.
(13:06):
And gut health is reallycritical for your hormone
balance because a lot of yoursex hormones are eliminated
through your stool.
Also, if there's somethinginflamed in your digestive
system, or if there's abacterial imbalance or you have
a yeast overgrowth, or whateverit might be, well, that can be
(13:26):
creating inflammation.
And as we discussed earlier,inflammation can contribute to
stress, and that can causefriction, um, cause your sex
hormones to be off balance too.
Now, something else that I wantto mention here is this question
of how well are you digesting?
Because it's important to beeating well, it's important to
(13:49):
be eating a diverse diet, to begetting in the right amount of
protein and fats and carbs andfiguring all of that out.
But even if you have that partdown, if you're not digesting
your food well, then you're notable to absorb all of those
nutrients.
You know, I was curious to seewhat zinc levels are like in
(14:12):
Americans.
So actually, let me explain whywhy do we care about zinc
anyway?
Because zinc is a reallyimportant component of your
stomach acid.
And your stomach acid is one ofthe most important things that
kind of kicks off the rest ofyour digestive system and has
everything moving smoothly.
(14:32):
I was unfortunately, well, I wassurprised and disappointed to
see that one study showed thattwo billion people on the planet
as a whole are deficient inzinc.
I saw another resource that said73% of Americans are deficient
in zinc, um, but I couldn't finda uh I couldn't find the source
for that one.
(14:53):
Regardless, suffice it to say, alot of us are deficient in zinc.
And when we don't have enoughzinc, we don't have all of the
building blocks that we need tomake an adequate amount of
stomach acid to then be able tobreak down all of the nutrients
that we need.
Whether, again, you're gettingthose nutrients from your food
ideally, or if you are in thatpreconception phase, then are
(15:17):
you getting the nutrients thatare contained within your
prenatal?
So we can't talk about hormonalhealth and hormone balance
without talking about guthealth.
They go together hand in hand.
We're getting ready to wrap upnow, but I hope this episode was
helpful for you just to walk youthrough what are the things that
(15:40):
I see clients come to me withwhere they're like, dang, why
didn't anybody ask me about thatbefore?
Like, why haven't I thoughtabout that before?
And I've been trying to figureout what's going on with my
period for two years now.
So hopefully this helped you cutthat timeline in half.
If you have any questions forme, you can always connect with
me on Instagram.
(16:01):
You can find me at I'munderscore hormonal.
And um, quick reminder: everything that I share with you (16:05):
undefined
on this podcast is foreducational purposes only.
It's not a replacement formedical advice or diagnosis.
Now, if what we covered todayresonated with you and you feel
like you have already triedeverything for your hormones,
but you are still stuck, I wantto offer you this free guide
that I've put togetherspecifically for you,
(16:26):
specifically for women who feellike they have tried everything.
Head over to imhormonal.comslash guide to grab it.
And that's all for today.
I will see you on the next one.
Thanks for listening, and we'llsee you then.
What if I told you that normal lab results don't
actually mean that yourfertility is optimized?
You might not be entirelysurprised by this, but the
American medical system usesranges that are pretty broad and
they could be missing subtleimbalances that make a huge
difference when you're trying toconceive or even just when you
want to preserve your fertilityfor the future.
(00:20):
So in this episode, I'm sharingthree fertility red flags that
can be hiding right in plainsight.
These are things that I'vetalked through with some of my
clients recently and which theirdoctors never brought up with
them.
Welcome to the I'm HormonalPodcast.
I'm Bridget Walton, a women'shormone coach, helping busy,
ambitious women throughpersonalized coaching and
science-backed solutions.
(00:41):
Whether you are working with meone-on-one or listening here, my
goal is the same to help youstop guessing about your hormone
health and start seeing realprogress.
So let's get into it.
Alrighty.
Hello and welcome.
This is episode number 146.
And on the podcast today, Iwanted to talk about some of
(01:03):
these red flags because, as Imentioned in the intro, what I'm
gonna talk about, these threeitems can be really hiding in
plain sight.
You get your lab results backfrom your primary care provider.
Everything looked good.
Let's take a quick little visitat one of those markers again.
And I also want to talk a littlebit today about root causes.
(01:24):
What do you want to ask yourselfor ask your provider there,
whatever phase of problemsolving that you were in right
now?
This will be really helpful foryou, give you some things to
think about.
If you're somebody who'slistening and you're not
currently on your fertilityjourney, these will still be
important for you to considerfor your overall wellness, your
(01:45):
overall metabolic health and guthealth, and all of these good
things.
So this is a good episode foryou, regardless of where you're
at in your journey.
And I hope helps shed somereally good context on where you
can go moving forward.
Let's jump right into it.
The first red flag that I wantto point out is one that you'll
(02:05):
see on your lab results.
In many cases, your primary careprovider will order for you an
insulin test when they do yourkind of annual labs, or if
you're like, hey, doc, somethingseems a little bit weird with my
hormones here, let's look intoit.
You will oftentimes see insulinreflected on that report.
(02:27):
Now, the thing that I want tonote here, and at least, you
know, I can only speak to theAmerican medical system and what
I really observe going on here,what I'm hearing from my
clients, but what you'll see isthat the range, the optimal
range for your insulin goes upto 24.
Or I guess if it's 25 or above,that's when um, you know, the
(02:50):
medical system might say, heygirl, there's a little bit of
chaos going on with yourinsulin, with your metabolic
health.
Um, and they might, you know,have a conversation with you
further about that.
Now, that being said, let's sayyour insulin is up at 20.
And this actually, I had thissame exact conversation with a
client earlier this monthbecause she did really in-depth
(03:15):
lab work and her insulin was upthere just about 20.
Um, but it wasn't something thather provider actually mentioned
or brought up to her at all.
She's like, okay, cool, we're inrange, we're in good shape.
Now, the optimal range, though,and this is kind of coming from
the functional health side ofthings, the optimal range for
(03:36):
insulin is certainly much lower.
So, yes, you may not haveprediabetes if you have an
insulin marker of 20, but youwant to have it down like below
10.
We're not gonna get superspecific today, but this is just
to say, really interrogatingwhat is your insulin marker
looking like if you've had thattest done recently.
(03:57):
Now, let's talk about why thismarker is important.
What is insulin and how doesthis even tie into fertility
overall?
Well, you might already befamiliar with the fact that
insulin is a hormone that helpsyour body to absorb glucose,
right?
You eat an apple, your bloodsugar goes up, insulin is
released to help your tissues,you know, to help your cells
(04:20):
absorb and actually use thatglucose.
So we need insulin.
It's we we don't want it to be,you know, there's a balance, I
guess is the best way to saythat.
However, when it is too high orwhen it is relatively high, what
that could signal is perhapsprolonged elevated levels of
(04:42):
blood sugar, right?
You or for me, grew up in theMidwest, drank a lot of soda in
my life, ate a lot of sweettreats.
And so having years and years ofthose habits could over time
send a signal to my body that,hey, we need more insulin to do
(05:02):
the same amount of work.
Now, let's talk, like take astep back and talk about what
can this actually look like fromyour day to day?
So when insulin levels arehigher, you may be experiencing
more um erratic blood sugarlevels, and that can look like
irregular or inconsistent energylevels.
(05:23):
So afternoon energy slumps.
Are you really hangry?
Like, are you really irritableif you have a meal that's
delayed?
Sometimes even waking up in thenight a couple hours after you
go to sleep, that could be asignal that, hey, your blood
sugar is a little bit low andyou your body is waking you up
because I mean it's trying totell you to go get a snack.
(05:47):
Those are just a couple of theways that insulin or that blood
sugar dysregulation can impactyour day-to-day life.
It also can contribute toinflammation and stress in the
body.
And we know that when there isinflammation, when there is
stress, when insulin and glucoselevels are dysregulated and or
(06:11):
elevated, that that can kind ofinject this chaos and confusion
when it comes to your sexhormones as well.
So that is really the long wayto say that insulin, super
important indicator about yourmetabolic health, and your
metabolic health is absolutelyimpactful on your fertility and
(06:32):
your sex hormone balance.
So this is another one tore-examine, have a conversation
with your provider about it.
Just make sure that youunderstand what that marker is
indicating because if that is asignal to you that, hey, focus a
little bit more on your bloodsugar regulation and supporting
optimal insulin levels, thenmaybe that is one of the things,
or maybe that is the thing thatmoves the needle for you here
(06:55):
next.
Let me talk about this secondred flag because it's never,
well, in my experience, somebodyplease DM me if you have a
different experience.
But um, I've never heard of aprovider really trying to
understand what is the rootcause of PMS for somebody.
It's pretty common that PMS willbe dismissed as something that
(07:20):
is just that common or normal.
It's not something to be worriedabout, just like, you know, eat
some chocolate or take someibuproven or whatever.
And just to be clear, that's notmy advice.
I'm making fun of that advice.
But this is my encouragement foryou.
This being the second red flagof the episode that we're
(07:40):
talking about.
If you have PMS, if it reallyimpacts you, if you have just
you are not looking forward tothat time before your period
starts each month, then that isimportant to dig more into.
And let me talk about a coupleof the things that could be
contributing to that.
So you have a few startingplaces.
(08:00):
The first one I want to mentionis low progesterone.
Now you already know this, butprogesterone is a really
important marker for those ofyou looking to conceive because
that is one of the hormones thatis really instrumental in
supporting the pregnancy forthat, well, for the whole
pregnancy, but also um for thosefirst couple of weeks, that
(08:20):
first trimester, you really wantto have and make sure that
you're having adequate levels ofprogesterone.
So that's one of the things thatcould cause PMS.
If that's happening, you want tostart to understand, okay, well,
why are my progesterone levels alittle bit low?
The next thing I want to suggestto you would be to look into
(08:40):
what's going on with yourdigestion.
If you've listened to thepodcast before, you've heard me
talk about digestion, and that'sbecause it is so important for
your hormonal balance.
Also for your overall health,but when we're talking about
hormones, we cannot not talkabout digestion as well.
So, for example, if you have alot of digestive discomfort, if
(09:03):
you aren't having complete ordaily bowel movements, then that
is gonna be really important.
And that is going to most likelybe exacerbating your PMS because
the estrogen that would normallybe eliminated through your stool
has the opportunity to berecycled, which contributes to
the picture of elevated estrogenlevels.
(09:26):
Now, the third thing I want tomention on this note is thinking
about how your diet andnutrition can also influence
PMS.
Because, again, we're easy,we're quick to say, hey, well,
take this gummy, take thisthing, but let's take a step
back.
Let's look at this through anutrition-first approach.
(09:47):
Are you getting an adequateamount of fiber?
And are you hydrating properly?
Because if the answer to thosetwo things are maybe not, maybe
not every day, that's a reallyeasy area for you to make change
right away.
So do a little audit today onhow much water you're consuming,
how many ounces of water fitinto your water bottle, how many
(10:09):
times are you filling that upeach day, whatever that looks
like for you.
Um, make sure that you aredrinking enough water.
Just say that one more timethere.
When it comes to fiber, we'rereally just thinking about, or
we are mainly thinking aboutvegetables and fruit in their
whole form, right?
(10:29):
So that you have the fiber,which is that structure of the
vegetable.
While certainly more foods havefiber than just vegetables and
fruits, also honorable mentionto legumes and to chia seeds,
uh, getting in these wholefoods, which you should be
focusing on anyway.
(10:50):
I'm sure you are, uh, eating adiet that is mostly comprised of
whole, unprocessed foods, that'swhat's going to help get you to
this fiber goal.
And this is something that Iwork on with all of my
one-on-one clients.
This is something that I reflecton even myself, or this is my
life.
This is what I talk about everysingle day.
Yet sometimes I can get into uha rift, what's the term I'm
(11:15):
looking for?
And I say, oh shoot, okay,Bridget, let's take a second to
assess where we're at and thenlet's recalibrate, right?
And maybe that's what would behelpful for you as well.
And let me actually mention herereally quick, because I realize
that I have mentioned a fewtimes about my work with
clients.
So let me just clear that up foryou for any of you who are new
(11:38):
listening to this episode today,because yes, something that I do
every single week and that Ilove to do is put together
podcast episodes for you.
My main thing that I do thoughis actually the one-on-one work
to support women who havehormonal imbalances, who have
digestive imbalances, and goingthrough the process with them to
(12:02):
use functional lab testing, toput together personalized
protocols, to help themunderstand, you know, what's
going on, how did they get towhere they are now, and what's
the way forward.
So when I talk about myone-on-one work with clients,
that's really what I'm talkingabout.
And I like to share on thepodcast when it makes sense
(12:23):
about what are things thatsurprised them because you may
be feeling the exact same way.
So if you are like, what is shetalking about?
Well, that's what I'm talkingabout.
And of course, if you ever dofeel ready for one-on-one
support, then I'm also here topartner with you too.
Now that that's out of the way,let's move on to this red flag
(12:46):
number three.
So we've already coveredinsulin, we've already covered
digging into the root cause ofyour PMS.
But a third thing that I see,you know, time and again
overlooked, and that my clientssee overlooked when they're
talking with their primary careproviders, is really digging
into what's going on with theirgut health.
(13:06):
And gut health is reallycritical for your hormone
balance because a lot of yoursex hormones are eliminated
through your stool.
Also, if there's somethinginflamed in your digestive
system, or if there's abacterial imbalance or you have
a yeast overgrowth, or whateverit might be, well, that can be
(13:26):
creating inflammation.
And as we discussed earlier,inflammation can contribute to
stress, and that can causefriction, um, cause your sex
hormones to be off balance too.
Now, something else that I wantto mention here is this question
of how well are you digesting?
Because it's important to beeating well, it's important to
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be eating a diverse diet, to begetting in the right amount of
protein and fats and carbs andfiguring all of that out.
But even if you have that partdown, if you're not digesting
your food well, then you're notable to absorb all of those
nutrients.
You know, I was curious to seewhat zinc levels are like in
(14:12):
Americans.
So actually, let me explain whywhy do we care about zinc
anyway?
Because zinc is a reallyimportant component of your
stomach acid.
And your stomach acid is one ofthe most important things that
kind of kicks off the rest ofyour digestive system and has
everything moving smoothly.
(14:32):
I was unfortunately, well, I wassurprised and disappointed to
see that one study showed thattwo billion people on the planet
as a whole are deficient inzinc.
I saw another resource that said73% of Americans are deficient
in zinc, um, but I couldn't finda uh I couldn't find the source
for that one.
(14:53):
Regardless, suffice it to say, alot of us are deficient in zinc.
And when we don't have enoughzinc, we don't have all of the
building blocks that we need tomake an adequate amount of
stomach acid to then be able tobreak down all of the nutrients
that we need.
Whether, again, you're gettingthose nutrients from your food
ideally, or if you are in thatpreconception phase, then are
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you getting the nutrients thatare contained within your
prenatal?
So we can't talk about hormonalhealth and hormone balance
without talking about guthealth.
They go together hand in hand.
We're getting ready to wrap upnow, but I hope this episode was
helpful for you just to walk youthrough what are the things that
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I see clients come to me withwhere they're like, dang, why
didn't anybody ask me about thatbefore?
Like, why haven't I thoughtabout that before?
And I've been trying to figureout what's going on with my
period for two years now.
So hopefully this helped you cutthat timeline in half.
If you have any questions forme, you can always connect with
me on Instagram.
(16:01):
You can find me at I'munderscore hormonal.
And um, quick reminder: everything that I share with you (16:05):
undefined
on this podcast is foreducational purposes only.
It's not a replacement formedical advice or diagnosis.
Now, if what we covered todayresonated with you and you feel
like you have already triedeverything for your hormones,
but you are still stuck, I wantto offer you this free guide
that I've put togetherspecifically for you,
(16:26):
specifically for women who feellike they have tried everything.
Head over to imhormonal.comslash guide to grab it.
And that's all for today.
I will see you on the next one.
Thanks for listening, and we'llsee you then.
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