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Dr Brooke Show #396 Is the Keto Diet Good For Women?
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For more information on how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. The ketogenic diet is a tool, a powerful tool that can be great for neuroinflammation, insulin resistance and weight loss. While it can work great for some women it can create hormone issues for others. In this episode I cover who keto is ideal for, how to do it right, c…
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Dr Brooke Show #395 Why Do I Feel Bloated?
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For more info on how I can help you, visit BetterByDrBrooke.com. Bloating is a symptom that for many women is hard to discern the cause: is it water retention? Digestive? Or new belly fat from shifting hormones? I ask about bloating on literally every call I have women women and they often don’t totally know how to answer it so I wanted to dedicate…
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Dr Brooke Show #394 Can You Choose Your Stress Response?
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For more info on how I can help you, visit BetterByDrBrooke.com. Recently, I had that experience we’re all looking for: the satisfaction of seeing that hard work we put in on ourselves show up in a very real way in my life. I have explained the 5 Different Stress Responses in an episode from spring 2023 and last week in spring of 2024 I saw my unde…
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Dr Brooke Show #393 Should You Be Taking NAD Supplements?
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For more info on how I can help you, visit BetterByDrBrooke.com. NAD supplements are all the rage in the anti-aging and longevity community, but just how effective are they? As well, if you compare various products there are a variety of ingredients and you might be wondering which are the most effective. I wanted to invite Dr. Gregory Kelly, ND fr…
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Dr Brooke Show #392 What Causes Perimenopause + Menopause Weight Gain
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For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. You may have heard lately that it’s not a “lower metabolism” that causes weight gain and more body fat around the middle during midlife. While this may be what research is showing us as not a mechanism, many of us have found our pants are indeed not fitting so great so what IS…
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Dr Brooke Show #391 Understanding Iodine for Thyroid + Breast Health
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Encore Episode! This is a dicey subject for sure and I’m certain it will have a lot of you rethinking your supplement regimen. Iodine is most often used to improve thyroid or breast health but it’s important to understand the whole story about how these recommendations came about and why more iodine can actually be bad for both. Iodine is an essent…
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Dr Brooke Show #390 Managing Fibroids with Functional Medicine
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For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. Fibroids can create a host of symptoms from pain and heavy bleeding to both digestive and urinary issues. In this episode I talk about what fibroids are, where they can be found and a host of lifestyle and nutrition strategies to stabilize them and greatly improve symptoms and…
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Dr Brooke Show #389 Hormone Q&A: PCOS Types, Low Progesterone Symptoms, Immune System Support & Weight Gain When Lifting
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For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. Covered a whole lot of ground on this episode! I love these Q&A shows because I can get into so many topics. On this one I talk about what to do when you’re getting repeatedly sick (hello 2024!) both to treat a cold/flu and to get sick less often. I also talk about what sympto…
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Dr Brooke Show #388 The Power of Amino Acids For Women with KION Founder Angelo Keely
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For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. I am thrilled to have KION founder Angelo Keely back on the Dr. Brooke Show to discuss some powerful new research on amino acids. It’s kinda funny that protein is something I talk about allllll the time on the show and amino acids are not new supplements by any means BUT new r…
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Dr Brooke Show #387 Eat Smarter As A Family with Shawn Stevenson
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For more info on how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. He’s back! Best selling author, host of The Model Health Show and all around great human: Shawn Stevenson. In this episode we talk all about his new book aimed at helping families eat well together. Shawn shares research on how vital it is not only to eat healthy food but to sh…
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Dr Brooke Show #386 Hormone Q&A: Sleep, Blood Sugar Crashes, HRT & Family
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For more information about how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. I cover a lot of ground in this episode! Answering questions from my Facebook group I talk about blood sugar crashes (what they are and how they impact sleep), other things to consider beyond blood sugar that have you waking up in the night, how to find the right HRT…
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Dr Brooke Show #385 Women & Heart Health
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For more info on how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. Finally, an episode about heart health screening and risk factors just for women! In this show I cover simple blood tests that can help you understand your risk factors for heart disease, heart attacks and atherosclerosis that go beyond the standard total cholesterol, triglycer…
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Dr Brooke Show #384 All About Methylene Blue
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For more information about how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. Question from the Facebook group! What is this hot new wellness hack for better energy, disease prevention and a better mood? Actually, methylene blue is not new at all but rather a very old compound and drug that is finding new uses in health and wellness. Like many…
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Dr Brooke Show #383 Alcohol & Your Microbiome with Zack Abbot, PhD & Founder of ZBiotics
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For more info on how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. Encore for this amazing episode because even if you never have a sip of wine this interview is fascinating! Zack is a wealth of knowledge about the microbiome as well as how to “teach” a favorable, safe bacteria that’s already in our gut how to metabolize a breakdown product of…
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Dr Brooke Show #382 Alcohol and Your Hormones
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For more info on how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. In this encore episode I dig into the nitty gritty of the specific ways alcohol impacts your sleep, the nuances of how we metabolize alcohol and how that impacts our hormones and metabolism as well as a fresh perspective on using that glass of wine for a stress reliever. Be sur…
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Dr Brooke Show #381 Four Key Aspects For Exercise For Women (Especially After 40)
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For more info on how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. WHIP: walking, heavy weights, intensity and plyometrics. That’s my system for the four things we need to have covered with our training program as women. This system becomes more important with every passing year - and for a variety of reasons, it can be harder and harder to do…
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Dr Brooke #380 Functional Dentistry with Dr. Staci Whitman
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For more info on how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. The delightful and brilliant Dr. Staci Whitman joins us today to talk about how we can improve the health of our teeth through both better topical ingredients as well as from the inside out with holistic functional medicine principles. While she’s a specialist in pediatric dent…
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Dr Brooke Show #379 Revisiting the Five Habits From Hangry: 5 Simple Steps To Balance Your Hormones & Restore Your Joy
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For more info on how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. Can we all believe it’s been 5 years since this book came out??? I can’t! She was a labor of love and years of experience that we attempted to distill into a simple framework that didn’t create more stress and overwhelm. It also had to be one that honored all of our hormones le…
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Dr Brooke Show #378 New Year, New You - Not So Fast
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For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. It’s that time again, where you’re bombarded with the notion that you need to abruptly leave your old self and create something totally new. While there is a collective energy for leveling up and positive change - and you can totally harness that! - you don’t have to completel…
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Dr Brooke Show #377 Another Year Over….
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For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. Happy New Year! In this episode I go back, way back, and share some of the journey I’ve been on as a functional medicine doc, part of the fitness industry and someone on social media. I also share some of my biggest mistakes and regrets both in practice with patients and as so…
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Dr Brooke Show #377 How To Get More Accountability In the Gym
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For more info about how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. Meet your new personal trainer: CoPilot! Strength training is ALWAYS a part of the treatment plan in my office but if you aren’t working with me directly it can be hard to find the right person to be your coach and trainer and let’s be real, personal training is traditional…
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Dr Brooke Show #376 Cortisol & Anxiety
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For more info on how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. Anxiety is a complicated issue and in various episodes I’ve discussed how the gut plays into mood, stress and anxiety as well as different types of stress responses and stress management skills. In this episode however, I’m going to dive a bit deeper just into how cortisol play…
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Dr Brooke Show #375 All About DHEA & Pregnenolone
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For more information about how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. When it comes to taking hormones, attention often goes to estrogen, progesterone and testosterone but there are two other hormones to consider: dhea and pregnenolone. These are usually thought of as “precursor hormones” that can be taken and then turned into estrogen …
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Dr Brooke Show #374 Breast Health: Beyond Mammograms
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For more info on how I can help you visit BetterByDrBrooke.com. Unlike most health conditions for women which have multiple layers of screening and various tests to assess risks and progression, breast health is generally a yearly screening mammogram with little to no conversation about other ways we can improve the health of breast tissue and what…
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Dr Brooke Show #373 All About Akkermansia: Hope or Hype?
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To learn more about how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. The probiotic Akkermansia is the golden child of the supplement world right now and I get asked almost daily if we should all be taking it. Marketing sounds pretty great when it comes to weight loss, aging, longevity, blood sugar - but it is too good to be true? In this epis…
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Dr Brooke Show #372 Transformation, Grief & Going Onward with Dr Karin Louise, PhD
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For more about how I can help you, visit BetterByDrBrooke.com. In this episode I have an amazing conversation with Dr. Karin Luise an expert in change and transformation. We talk a lot about becoming better after loss including after losing relationships such as a marriage. She’s gone through a very public divorce and ultimately wanted to help wome…
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Dr Brooke Show #370 Are We Getting Gratitude Wrong?
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For more about how I can help you, visit BetterByDrBrooke.com. It’s the annual Thanksgiving episode! In this episode I talk about all the “big feelings” that can come up during this holidays that can not only derail our enjoyment but they can shed light on old hurts or disappointments that need to be healed, past traumas can get triggered and our q…
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Dr Brooke Show #369 Holiday Survival Guide Q&A with Dr Brooke
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For more about how I can help you, visit BetterByDrBrooke.com. Tackling how to recover from an evening of festivities, should you worry about balancing sugar with protein or fat during a holiday indulgence, how to handle being the one who eats weird at family gatherings, family estrangement and just how whacked will your hormones get after one mont…
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Dr Brooke Show #369 Turning Teen with Dr. Lisa Klein, MD
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For more about how I can help you, visit BetterByDrBrooke.com. Changing moods, bodies and relationships - growing up is not for the faint of heart! As my “baby” is now entering the teen years, I was thrilled to have the chance to speak with Dr. Lisa Klein, pediatrician and co-founder of Turning Teen. With her colleague Dr. Carrie Leff, Turning Teen…
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Dr Brooke Show #368 Using a CGM with Carlee Hayes of Nutrisense
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For more info about how I can help you visit my site: BetterByDrBrooke It’s all rage right now, but do you really need a CGM? And you may be thinking, why would I adopt a new health device during this holiday craze time of year? Well these little devices can be a real game changer and give you insight you can’t get with routine lab tests or even a …
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Dr Brooke Show #367 5 Ways To Think About Halloween Candy & Holiday Treats
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It’s that time of year when most of us are about to be staring down a bowl of our kid’s candy or co-worker’s Holiday M&M stash at the office. What can feel like months of sugary treats to navigate, this episode gives you some perspective and insight into how you can navigate this sweet time of year with your health, goals and mental wellbeing intac…
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Dr Brooke Show #366 Metabolism & Mindset for Moms with Steph Gruenke, RD
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My friend and colleague Steph Gruenke, formerly with Whole30 and WholeMamas joins me to talk about a more sane way to approach getting back to your health and fitness during postpartum. As my OB said to me once, “Our bodies are forever changed by our babies” it’s so important to understand how to approach this new phase through a lens of what’s new…
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Dr Brooke Show #365 Cortisol & Your Sleep
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Sleep is a complex process that is regulated by your hormones and immune system, it’s no wonder when you're stressed and inflamed how quickly your sleep goes downhill. Sleep supplements abound and most of you have had hit and miss results with “taking stuff for sleep” at bedtime. In this episode I will get into the various phases of sleep and how c…
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Dr Brooke Show #364 Dr Brooke’s Advice For New Moms & Mamas To Be
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In most ways, I still feel like a new mom - although I’ve been a mom for a dozen years somehow. I’ve been in the hopeful and new mom phase personally but also this is a huge part of my practice. In this episode I share my best advice on planning for a family (especially if there are challenges), birth plans and what I wish I knew then. To work with…
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Dr Brooke Show #362 How To Know If You Need A Higher Force Intervention
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We’ve all been there: I can’t take this anymore, I’m ready to pull out the big guns! Whether you’re considering plastic surgery, weight loss medications, HRT or other higher force interventions beyond diet, supplements, exercise and lifestyle this episode will help. To work with Dr Brooke click here and if you loved this episode please leave a revi…
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Dr Brooke Show #363 Hormone Q&A Part II: Endometriosis, Building Muscle, DEXA Scans, Hormone Testing & Gut Health
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Answering more of your hormone questions on this episode and I cover a lot of ground! The nitty gritty on endometriosis and hormones, should you focus on building muscle and training heavier in phases or all the time and best practices for assessing body comp and hormone testing. Oh and a bit about gut health as well! These questions are all pulled…
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Dr Brooke Show #361 Hormone Q&A Part 1: Coffee, Hysterectomy, Heart Health & HRT
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Is coffee really all that bad for your hormones? What is best for hormone replacement after a hysterectomy - especially if you are younger? Also, what does and doesn’t get fixed with a hysterectomy? Heart palpitations and hormones - all that and more in this episode. These questions are all pulled from my FREE PRIVATE Facebook group: Hormones & Hap…
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Dr Brooke Show #360 All About Melatonin
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You know melatonin as the sleep hormone but it does so very much more than that. In this episode I’ll cover the many actions of melatonin because it’s a very interesting hormone and antioxidant. While it’s so powerful and has clear benefits and a great safety profile, should everyone run out and grab a bottle? I will get into dosing, side effects, …
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Dr Brooke Show #359 How To Get Better At Stress, Part II
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In this follow up episode to #358, I dive more into identifying your core values to create your inner compass. This guide will help make all the daily decisions you need to make with so much more clarity and thus, way less stress. I also walk you through the physiological aspects of your stress response and how to get yourself out of it because str…
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Dr Brooke Show #358 How To Get Better At Stress, Part I
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In this episode I tackle a few very big questions from you all when it comes to stress. The bulk of all of our concerns come down to something along the lines of: how do I find the time, money and energy to take care of myself and my family/friends/loved ones? With so much information about stress and so much “how to '' available to us for meal pre…
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Dr. Brooke Show #357 All About HCL, Pro, Pre and Antibiotics
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Grab your notebooks, this episode is jam packed with information that will help you make sense of when to use prebiotics vs. probiotics, how antibiotics and probiotics differ in efficacy of treating common gut infections like H.Pylori and if you should really take antibiotics and probiotics together. Most importantly this episode will give you a ro…
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Dr Brooke Show #356 Omics, Root Causes & Branches of Health with Andrea Nakayama
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Root cause medicine is all the rage if you follow any functional medicine experts and while that is an important part of treating you as a whole, root causes are not the only thing we need to think about. My guest on this episode, functional nutritionist Andrea Nakayama, so beautifully talks about the roots but also the branches, the various system…
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Dr Brooke Show #355 Better Pre and Postnatal Care is NEEDED with Julie Sawaya
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Did you know that 95% of women taking a prenatal are still nutrient deficient? The founders of Needed saw this as a big problem and I couldn’t agree more! But Needed quickly became a bigger solution to a bigger problem by providing more options for new moms and moms to be. Women need so much support during the time from thinking about getting pregn…
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Dr Brooke Show #354 How To Get Started or Hit Restart
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Fall is in the air and often with a change of season or the end of summer fun we feel the need to “get back on track” or hit restart. Some of you may also be feeling like you’ve been meaning to get started for a long time now but just can’t quite make it happen. This is usually the time when we want to grab a quick fix or a 30 day plan or do a juic…
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Dr Brooke Show #353 Stresses You Can’t Avoid & Stresses You Can
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Focusing on simply “reducing your stress” can end up leaving us feeling more stressed out because the truth is, there are some stresses you can’t just opt out of, stop or reduce. I talk a lot about those in various episodes of the show, but this episode is about stresses you CAN do something about. Sometimes it’s about getting help or gaining bette…
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Dr Brooke Show #352 Stop Trying to Find Work-Life Balance & Do This Instead
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I try not to play favorites with my episodes, but this is going down as one of my favorite episodes to record because I have found this framework so profoundly helpful. On this show I talk about letting go of the idea of striking a balance in life because this notion is nonsense and leave us always stressed and guilty because the truth is every day…
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Dr Brooke Show #351 Healing Low Back Pain with Megan Dahlman, CSCS
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Low back pain can be so disruptive to your training, your sleep and your hormones given that inflammation from nagging injuries can impact hormones across the board. One of the key aspects of treating this condition is knowing where you need to be stronger and where you need less focus on strength and more on flexibility. Megan covers all that as w…
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Dr Brooke Show #350 Encore replay: Perimenopause & Menopause Q&A
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A follow up podcast to episode #349 where I answer questions from you about perimenopause and menopause. This episode covers a range of symptom questions, how to know if what’s happening with your cycle is perimenopause or something else, when to see your doctor, how menopause looks different for women who have had a hysterectomy and much more! Epi…
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Dr Brooke Show #349 Encore Replay: ALL About Perimenopause & Menopause
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In this episode, I go over all aspects of this dicey hormonal time, the symptoms that can arise, when to see your doc and of course what you can do to feel better! This time in a woman’s life can be stressful for so many reasons relating to transitions, up and down hormones, reflecting and reassessing our lives and so many changes in family and rel…
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Dr Brooke Show #348 Alcohol & Your Microbiome Zack Abbot, PhD & Founder of ZBiotics
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Even if you never have a sip of wine this interview is fascinating! Zack is a wealth of knowledge about the microbiome as well as how to “teach” a favorable, safe bacteria that’s already in our gut how to metabolize a breakdown product of alcohol through genetic modification. It sounds like science fiction - and it sounds scary. I mean GMO right?? …
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