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Back to Episodes71. What Your Hormones Are Trying to Tell You: Biomarkers, Hormone Therapy, and Peptides With Katy Whalen
Description
In this episode, Sam sits down with Katy Whalen, co-founder of Joi + Blokes, to understand which of your symptoms might be related to hormonal imbalances or deficiencies...and, more importantly, what to do about it. They discuss how to advocate for yourself at the doctor's office, what low progesterone, estrogen, and testosterone feel like, what NAD+ actually is, and the very first step she'd take to feel GOOD if she could go back and do it all over again.
Listen to this episode if you just feel kind of...off.
Key moments:
02:01 Katy’s personal health journey
02:39 How they knew something was wrong
05:34 How traditional medicine proposed to resolve her symptoms
08:49 How to advocate for yourself at the doctor’s office
13:03 Thyroid, testosterone, and peptides
16:11 Which biomarkers to keep an eye on (and what’s “normal” vs. “optimal”)
18:14 How deficiencies are treated
19:28 What is hormone therapy and how is it administered?
21:32 What low progesterone feels like
22:49 What low estrogen feels like
23:41 What low testosterone feels like
24:30 How to get hormone therapy
25:03 What are peptides?
26:22 What is NAD+ and what does it do?
27:21 The peptides most people need and want the most
29:27 Can peptides and GLP-1s work even if you don’t make diet/lifestyle changes?
36:41 How to cut through all the wellness trends and noise to figure out what your specific body needs
39:14 The rise of bespoke/personalized medicine
40:41 What to do NOW (even if you feel good!) to be proactive for later
43:17 The future of healthcare in America
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