A deep dive into hormonal health (for the ladies) w/ Kitty Martone

[@hannah617]

I’ve only just started listening. The way I understand it is progesterone = pleasure hormone. So the more pleasure/play/creativity in our lives, the more progesterone our bodies will produce. The more stress and disconnection with pleasure, the lack of progesterone made.

[@kaitlananderson4302]

Can you recommend any video here on KZbin that talks about this?

[@lynne3989]

​@@kaitlananderson4302 To BAD- never answered.

[@MayanPrincess3]

I’ve learned more in your videos Irene, than I have ever learned in college and in life. Imagine if we taught this as a foundational course in school

[@lightgridoracletarot7578]

It is so comforting to know there are people like you both out there doing this work and helping us. Thankyou🙏❤️

[@gprgreg]

Can you tell more about the nervous system and dental health? The say dental health can cause lots of problems in the body. Thanks for all the great videos!

[@vanessawimmer8717]

The stagnation between the research and application in practice is bologna. We have to move things along. People are suffering because data is sitting on desks collecting dust. I love Irene and Kitty. They are literally changing my life this year! 🎉

[@SunnyBunney]

I love kitty she’s so beautiful. Inside and out

[@hockey0013]

Very informative thank you!! Would love to hear her speak more on endometriosis

[@Theowlhawk]

Thank you ladies for opening this hawnet nest! So many women are suffering from trama, menopause, horrendous symptoms, vaginal atrophy lichen, sclerosis, nerve pain there, here in Ireland 🇮🇪 💖💖💖💖💖💗💗💗

[@peacheyearth]

Thank you both so much for this conversation! A real, grounded and discerning approach to hormonal and multidimensional health

[@Tigergrrll]

Would love a show about how cycles continue into menopause! I’d love to know more about this mystery

[@IreneLyon]

HI Ethansunny, Jen here from Team Lyon. Thanks for your feedback, I'll pass it along.

[@joannesandaker1781]

A fantastic podcast! Thank you!

[@evemichelle]

God is the ultimate healer 🙏 He gave me my miracle baby even though I have pcos. I prayed for healing in Jesus name. I took progesterone pessaries for the first few weeks of pregnancy which prevented miscarriage (miscarried my previous one at 9 weeks). Praise God through Jesus in His holy spirits power 🙏💖

[@maryannribble3254]

You probably know of Dr. Christiane Northrup ( Women’s Bodies ; Women’s Wisdom ) this book may be on it’s 3rd printing … Also Dr. Mark Hyman ( functional medicine /Cleveland Clinic ). This was /is an excellent conversation and resources ! Thank you so much - both of you!❤

[@louiseyoung1231]

Thank you 💜. I still struggle, even though I'm doing a lot of your recommendations. (Therapy, Food & sups & Avoiding plastics) I am better so I think I need to be patient.

[@HealthyGutGirl]

Patience is the hardest part! Hang in there and remember that high quality vitamins A B C D E and magnesium also play foundational roles in metabolic balance.

[@mandyhanna2215]

Oh my goodness, thankyou ladies for sharing your insight & knowledge. Wonderful 🌺 Mandy, Belfast

[@dawnmarie440]

I'm 50, and recently started bio identical estrogen and progesterone. I was so miserable I could not deal with all of the awful symptoms. Im starting to feel better, its a slow process the dr told me.

[@brittanysherrell8069]

Plastics in the invisalign made me sick. They wouldn't refund me because my face didn't swell... This really woke me up to the dangers of plastics and how they affect our health.

[@Space_Princess]

I loved this! I really would like to know what does it mean if someone is very sensitive to soy, broccili, caulifower, brussel sprouts, cabbage ect and is estrogen sensitive? As someone with adrenal/inflamitory PCOS, hypothyroid, C-PTSD, chronic pain, chronic fatigue, adrenal fatigue, hypermobility, gastroparisis, POTS, IBS and more, could these be the cause of the estrogen sensitivity or is it caused by a dyregulated system maybe?

[@marijastrat7863]

To understand more about sensetivity to broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, cabbage... I would look at goitrogen and iodine

[@HealthyGutGirl]

Hello! There are a few reasons these foods can trigger or inflame any of those conditions you mentioned. One is they are goitrogenic which can suppress and slow thyroid function further putting one in a hypo-metabolic state. They are also hard to digest especially for someone who has compromised digestion. And these things can have a downstream effect on estrogen, worsening estrogen dominance. Best to avoid!

[@liz.a314]

I think the ideal scenario is you can eventually eat them when your gut / system heals, I don’t really believe there’s any foods we shouldn’t be able to eat - maybe some non ideals ones but shouldn’t take us out if we eat them

[@teresa1931]

Please check for gluten sensitivity.

[@G5Moore]

Yes these foods do not support thyroid health, you need more animal fats, foods that help the body to relax because a well-fed/fueled body is a body that can finally relax, that is happy and this in turn supports the creation of progesterone

[@dimaghoneim]

Thanks a lot for another amazing episode! I requested access to the “seed cycling” sheet please 🙏🏼

[@rmroberts94]

Fantastic, as always, ladies! Just FYI - the seed cycling link went to an "access denied" page.

[@sharang747]

What was the mineral brand Irene takes?

[@queengoblin]

I'm interested in hearing about the discrepancy between what is said about animal products vs estrogen dominance among popular and new thinking. We hear animal products are horrible for estrogen dominance and I myself have improved hormonal symptoms when I cut out most animal products. However some people say we need animal products and it's being said here. I think people's must be vastly different when it comes to what diet works for who. Every book and source I've read on fibroids says to eliminate and severely reduce animal products and when I do that I see improvement 🤷🏼‍♀️ I find animal products morally repulsive as well so perhaps that has something to do with it. I don't believe we should eat based on morals however, as that ignores our bodies real needs in favor of the mind. So if I crave an animal product I'll eat it since I figure my body wants it. But I don't notice any improvement in menstrual symptoms unless I eliminate animal products, wheat, sugar. The soy thing is baffling too. Studies show no negative effect from eating soy in men, and people in blue zones who eat soy regularly have the best health on the planet. I just wish more studies were done on WOMEN and women's bodies specifically because we are so vastly different from men especially hormonally. I think it's much more complicated and individual than we think. Thank you for the great video. This topic is SO important anrnim so glad more talks like this are being done. Women do not understand our own bodies. It's an epidemic.

[@HealthyGutGirl]

If you have better health cutting out animal products, well it's certainly hard to argue that. Proof is in the pudding as they say. When we promote animal products, there is a caveat which is to say, high quality, grass fed, pasture raised, raw dairy if possible, and also kefir! Just like vegetables, poor quality animal products and commercially raised with pesticides and added hormones, soy fed, grain fed, all of that is not only horrible for our health but horrible for the environment. This goes for commercially grown produce too. We have to keep in mind even plants, almost all plants have their own hormones as well. In fact phytoestrogens, though fine for some women can really worsen estrogen dominance. The best thing we can do is consume the highest quality of food that we can afford. And keep doing what's working. ;-)

[@queengoblin]

@@HealthyGutGirl thank you for the response ♥️♥️

[@cearilindubhlaoi9507]

Have you thought that maybe why you feel better is because you don't eat grains or sugar..... Meat is medicine its what we evolved to eat like our ancestors did .. Cows are designed to way grass Koala bears designed to eat a certain leaf.. If they ear anything else they are not designed to eat they get sick... We are not designed to eat grains or sugar or processed garbage we see now in grocery stores....

[@jeannettegervais379]

What kind of hormones are we to be concerned about after menopause? I always presumed you didn't need to worry about hormones after becoming menopausal.

[@HealthyGutGirl]

Hormones are crucial for life through life, albeit much lower levels. But pregnenalone, DHEA and progesterone are safe hormones to supplement that help donate to make all other hormones.

[@sandracro8345]

This video is so huge to me. I lost confidence in doctors. I had hysterectomy and after that huge emotional burst, they gave me a lot of medications SSRI etc and now I’m finally off. I found somatic work, SBSM. Now, I sense I have probably hormonal disbalanse also (age and operation) but I have no confidence in any doctor here. I hear say in video that is Ok to try the natural products for 3 months and sense the body in that period. I will start trying activated Maca - is there an opinion on it? Is there any conntact online you have or can suggest for consultations? I would realy like to go with the nature and help my body the right way. Thank you Irene for the oportunity to hear new discoveries!

[@IreneLyon]

@sandracro8345. Jen here from Irene's Team. It's great to hear that this interview with Kitty was really helpful to you. As we're not experts on supplements or hormones around here, you might check out Kitty's site to see if you can find some resources there. Here's a link: healthygutgirl.com/the-hormone-rehab-program/

[@sandracro8345]

@@IreneLyon Thank you a lot Jen!

[@bebaaskaful]

Dear Irene can you write down what kind of products Kitty has mentioned? The name of brand. Thank you as always for interesting interview

[@IreneLyon]

Hi bebaaskaful, Jen here from Team Lyon. You can find some of the products that were mentioned in the products area above. For the others, you might contact Kitty (via her Facebook group for example) to learn more about her recommendations.

[@evas214]

Thank you for a beautiful talk ladies 🙏 May I ask at what point in one’s cycle it is better to do a blood test for hormones? I was told by a GP that it’s the first few days of the period, is that so?

[@IreneLyon]

Eva S, Jen here from Team Lyon. I suggest that you get in touch with Kitty about that as it's more her area of expertise. ►Kitty’s Estrogen Dominance support group on Facebook: facebook.com/groups/14260...

[@lf7065]

Interesting. She talks about Premarin containing horse hormones and is against it, but then she is fine with eggs and animal products, which are high in their respective animal hormones. You can't have it both ways. Personally, I find that ingested animal hormones, just like the birth control pill I was on for a decade, have caused my hormone system great harm. Now in my 50ties, I am rarely consuming animal products. A little of that goes a very long way. I believe that this is much more helpful to my body in this phase of my life post menopause. 🙂

[@xdinoify]

Yes!!

[@queengoblin]

Yes I've noticed I only crave chicken, fish, or beef a couple times a month. No dairy. I was vegan for 6 years and quit when I realized you can't eat based on morals and ego. Your body and health doesn't care about morality. However, since then I eat mostly plants and it's improved my health.

[@HealthyGutGirl]

I am not against Premarin because it's an animal product, I am against Premarin because it is not BIO IDENTICAL to the estrogen you make. It is molecularly different and your body treats it as a XENO estrogen which is BAD BAD BAD. In addition you cannot avoid hormones in live. Even plants are filled with phytoestrogens which for women who have estrogen dominance can be very antagonizing. And that is fantastic that you have reach balance in your 50's, that's a real accomplishment while many women are struggling at this transition. WELL DONE!

[@Vme2405]

@@HealthyGutGirl I am a little confused. Is phytoestrogens a chemical that promotes estrogen or lowers it? For someone who has endometriosis for example, could eating broccoli be bad? Or is this something I should experiment with?

[@keekeejenkins6162]

Some plants have wayyyyyy more hormones than animal products.

[@ENEMA_AND_YOGA_CHANNEL]

I have been doing COFFEE ENEMAS, ESSENTIAL OIL ENEMAS, HERBAL TEA ENEMAS, OLIVE OIL ENEMAS, WATER ENEMAS, PILATES, YOGA AND YOGALATES for hormonal health, detoxing, fitness, health and wellness since 1995 when I was 13 years old.

[@PersonS6]

Any tips on what kind of birth control I could use if I don't want hormonal birth control? I was considering the copper coil (haven't look into it much) but you said in the video you weren't a fan of that either?

[@liz.a314]

FAM is great I just read an article on it - you basically measure your temperature and success rate is just as good if not better thn birth control if done correctly

[@PersonS6]

@@liz.a314 thanks for your reply. I heard that that wasn't reliable though? It seemed kinda popular a while ago but but I never hear about it anymore. Anyway I might be wrong. I'll look into it more :)

[@liz.a314]

@@PersonS6 def heard it being reliable and used by women in spiritual circles

[@steffyjustin5108]

Healing Fibroids: A Doctor's Guide to a Natural Cure Allan Warshowsky, Elena Oumano Hello, the first edition of this book is from 2002. Is it still up-to-date with recent research?

[@IreneLyon]

Hi Steffy, Seth here with Team Lyon. Sorry, I have no idea.

[@keekeejenkins6162]

There are lots of terrible recommendations in that book. Basically another one size fits all protocol. This is my opinion through experience so don't hate me for the👎but I do recommend reading it so you can understand why I or anyone would have this opinion.

[@clairestreeton7869]

thank you for this. im so confused, i am in perimenopause and been struggling with symptoms for years, been misdiagnosed with chronic fatigue but have recently been offered the mirena coil (because i need progesterone as I have a womb) and estrogen transdermal patches. I have no idea how I can support myself with replacing my estrogen levels and feel better without HRT? is it better to use the progesterone tablets placed internally?

[@HealthyGutGirl]

Mirena is a medicated synthetic birth control made of PROGESTINS not Bioidentical to the progesterone your own body produces. I would consider Bioidentical progesertone instead! Much safer.

[@sharang747]

You DO NOT LOOK 50!!! You look 30/35 at best! Omg