The Wellness Mama Podcast
The Wellness Mama Podcast is a weekly series covering the topics of holistic health, real food, stress, sleep, fitness, toxins, natural living, DIY, parenting, motherhood, and other health tips to give you actionable solutions to improve your family’s life! Brought to you by Katie Wells of WellnessMama.com
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Testosterone for Women: Testing, Natural Methods and Replacement with Dr. Deborah Matthew
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Katie Wells/Dr. Deborah Matthew
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Episode 931
Episode Highlights With Deborah
- Why testosterone is important for women and often not talked about as much
- Women can have up to 10x as much testosterone as estrogen
- Testosterone is important for sexual health, bone health, and how we feel
- Birth control pills can lower testosterone and why this matters
- Stress and cortisol can lower testosterone as well
- How testosterone protects bones and muscles and is linked to energy
- What kinds of testosterone testing are available and which ones to get
- The diet and lifestyle factors that can really affect testosterone
- Half of your testosterone comes from adrenals and half from ovaries and how stress affects both
- How DHEA comes into play with testosterone
- Lifestyle factors we can focus on to improve testosterone and foods that help
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