Kyle Mamounis joins me to talk about: Why you should eat carbs The failure behind lab reading Bias in academic studies Estrogen in tissues vs estrogen in blood and so much more! About Kyle; “Got my bachelor’s in biology in 2008 and my PhD in nutritional biochemistry in 2017. Have tried most of the faddish extreme diets from ~2004 raw veganism (high fruit and high fat) through Aajonus Vonderplanitz primal, paleo, a raw paleo mostly carnivore diet, and then a diet based on Ray Peat’s ideas. I think I might be the only person to have been personally obsessed with nutrition and trying these extrem ..read more

The Real Coconut Kitchen Gut Health & Hormones Talk   6 Markers of Good Health to work towards: Steady energy throughout your day from waking to bedtime Sleeping through the night without interruption. (7-9 hours) Excellent digestion – no bloating or excessive burping after meals, at least 2 or 3 firm-ish BM’s per day Healthy libido Absence of pain Quality of mood   Testing your own thyroid at home helps to know if you are in a stable metabolic state by testing your pulse and temp daily. What does a healthy/normal metabolism look like? Warm body, hands, feet and nose. Body Temp ..read more

So much good research regarding micronized progesterone actually helping to cure and heal PR+ and ER+ breast cancer. It’s been thought for many years the opposite was true! Why? Because they never discerned the difference between progestins and progesterone IMO!! Of course progestins would make breast cancer worse in fact I’m convinced they cause most reproductive cancers!!! Bioidentical progesterone for the win! SEE FULL STUDY HERE Abstract Progesterone and progesterone receptors (PR) have a storied albeit controversial history in breast cancers. As endocrine therapies for breast cancer pro ..read more

Iron! What do hormone imbalance, hair thinning and shedding, accelerated aging and dementia all have in common? Iron! While everyone is debating how much vitamin d and zinc to take, researchers are marching on and finding deeper root causes for the above-mentioned issues. As the Healthy Gut Girl, I am always bringing every imbalance back to gut dysbiosis, and though this is profoundly true, there is a component to this that I have embraced and that is that mineral imbalance is equally as important. In fact, they work in tandem. You cannot fully absorb the minerals from your food if you have a ..read more

It’s no exaggeration to say that the gut is at the center of your health. It’s where you’re able to digest and absorb all of the important vitamins and minerals that make body functions possible. Your digestive system is also one of your best defenses against sickness, boosting your immune system and protecting your body from harmful organisms.   Unfortunately, a weak gut can lead to a host of different problems for your body. We touched on this in our article ‘How to Heal a Leaky Gut’, where we talk about the causes for leaky gut and what to do to heal it. Today, we’re going ..read more

How can the country that consumes the most milk and cheese have the highest rates of bone loss diseases and imbalances? Because there is a K2 deficiency of epic proportions in this country. Why? We are one of the highest consumers of #glyphosate, the most commonly used pesticide in food and beverages. We are also at the top of the list of countries who use the most antibiotics. Not just therapeutically but in our livestock which we then eat and who’s urine gets in to our ground water. What do glyphosate and antibiotics have in common? They disrupt gut bacteria and cause gut dysbiosis. And w ..read more

There are many complex issues with hormones and taking bioidentical hormonal therapy. One is the fact that progesterone is a diuretic which would mean that we see an increase of urination when first starting progesterone therapy, however, often times women actually report retaining water when on progesterone. We know that low doses of progesterone can antagonize estrogen and some experts think this is actually the reason for the water weight gain. But this study below indicated the actions of progesterone in the kidneys can play a role in fluid balancing and my hypothesis is, what if our kidne ..read more

I’ve been taking your progesterone cream and love it! Then I have recently tried your progesterone oil and noticed that it makes me sleep much better and calms down my brain more. It somehow acts differently. (This is 200mg of the cream compared with 25 mg of the oil) Is there any more information about how the cream and oil work differently?   This comes down to the very complex steroidal pathways that our hormones travel and when our livers break down the progesterone what happens to it. And depending on which pathway the progesterone travels will determine your side effect. The Al ..read more

Do you have any literature or studies about the benefits of supplementing DHEA or Testosterone?   Hello Paige, It’s a nice coincidence that you would send this inquiry just after I had a webinar on testosterone and DHEA with Dr. Doreen Satiel. More research is coming out on DHEA supplementation and that’s the good news, This link talks about the promising effects of supplemental DHEA on everything from gut health to lupus. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25022952/ This link is specific to post menopausal women and absorption but absorption varies in every individual bu ..read more

The easiest way to explain the dangers of progestins and the vast difference between progestin and bioidentical progesterone is this: PROGESTINS ARE NEVER GIVEN TO A PREGNANT WOMAN BECAUSE THEY ARE CONSIDERED A DRUG AND CAN CAUSE A PREGNANT WOMAN TO MISCARRY AND ALSO CAUSE GREAT COMPLICATIONS TO THE FETUS AND MOTHER. see here and here NATURAL BIO-IDENTICAL PROGESTERONE IS GIVEN TO PREGNANT WOMEN TO HELP PREVENT MISCARRIAGE AND TO PREVENT COMPLICATIONS. see here   BUT HERE’S MORE: Natural progesterone is not a drug, nor is it necessary to have a prescription to acquire this natural substan ..read more