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Hormone Prosperity Podcast with Dr. Kyrin Dunston
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Hey, I’m Dr. Kyrin and I totally get it!
I’ve been where you are, suffering with the symptoms of Midlife Metabolic Mayhem, worrying about disease and early demise, not realizing I was in hormonal poverty or what to do about it.
Surviving life at midlife with no gas and no joy, overweight, tired, sexless and confused about what to do to fix it and finding NO answers in my mainstream medical profession as a Board Certified OBGYN.
Everything changed when I discovered ALL the root causes of the hormonal poverty that we women experience at midlife as the cause of the 60+ symptoms of Midlife Metabolic Mayhem, disease and early demise and followed the reqrding path back to hormonal prosperity and successful weight loss, energy, libido, hair and so much more!
I share these truths with you here so that you too can get off the couch, into your jeans and back into your joy filled life!
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Dr. Kyrin Dunston: From Exhaustion to Energy: Combating Menopause Fatigue and Hormonal Poverty
Apr 10, 202500:09:56Tap to summarizeAre you waking up exhausted, no matter how many hours you’ve slept? Do you find yourself wondering why your once-sharp brain feels foggy and why simple tasks take so much energy? You’re not alone. This week on The Hormone Prosperity Podcast, Dr. Kyrin dives into the real reasons behind extreme exhaustion during menopause and after hysterectomies—and what you can do to reclaim your vitality. Episode Highlights Why Menopause Fatigue Is More Than Just Aging Dr. Kyrin explains why hormonal poverty is not "just a part of getting older" and explores the critical differences between gradual hormonal decline and the sudden hormonal drop caused by hysterectomies. Discover why your exhaustion might be a direct signal from your body that hormonal imbalances need attention. Beyond Estrogen, Progesterone, and Testosterone Think fatigue is only about sex hormones? Think again. Dr. Kyrin reveals how cortisol, thyroid, and insulin levels play a significant role in your energy levels, mood, and even sugar cravings. Surgery as a Hidden Trigger The invisible trauma of surgeries like hysterectomies often goes unaddressed, but the effects linger. Learn how surgical stress, anesthesia, and antibiotics impact your body long after you’ve been discharged. Practical Solutions for Hormonal Poverty Dr. Kyrin doesn’t just highlight the problem—she provides actionable steps. From identifying hidden hormonal imbalances to understanding what traditional doctors often miss, Dr. Kyrin guides you toward hormonal prosperity. What You’ll Take Away An understanding of hormonal poverty and why it includes more than just menopause. Insight into why your exhaustion, mood swings, and lack of restorative sleep might not just be “in your head.” Practical, easy-to-follow steps to help you regain energy. A supportive reminder that what you’re experiencing is not normal—and that you do have the power to feel better. Your Call to Action Take the Free Hormonal Poverty Quiz Could you be in hormonal poverty? Find out in just 90 seconds! 👉 CLICK HERE to take the quiz and assess where you stand. Help Other Women Get Their Bliss Back Enjoyed this episode? Please share it with a friend who’s also struggling with hormonal imbalance or midlife metabolic mayhem. Together, we can help more women reclaim their vitality and health. Don’t forget to leave us a review or rating—your support helps build this empowering community! No one deserves to live in hormonal poverty. 🛑 Drop the disempowering question, “What’s wrong with me?” and start asking, “What would hormonal prosperity do?” (#WWPD) Catch the full episode now and start crafting the vibrant, healthy life you deserve. ✨ Listen Now ✨ Podcast Episode Transcript: Dr. Kyrin Dunston (00:00): Are you feeling extremely exhausted in menopause? Maybe after a hysterectomy or without one? Here I lay out what's going on. Why are you fatigued with hormonal poverty and mostly what to do about it. Greetings friend. Welcome to the Hormone Prosperity Podcast with me, the hormone prosperity coach, Dr. Kyrin. Here's where intelligent women over 40 go to get credible guidance and inspiration on getting out of hormonal poverty and into hormonal prosperity and the joy and vitality that brings. Go from asking disempowering questions like, what's wrong with me? To ask empowering questions like, what would hormonal prosperity do? Hashtag wwhpd, join me as we dive into today's episode and get started on your journey off the couch, into your genes and back into life, because bliss is your birthright and a healthy body filled with hormonal prosperity is the vehicle that gets you there. Welcome. Let's get started. Dr. Kyrin Dunston (01:09): Jump into the maze. Question. Hi there. I'm new here, but I had a hysterectomy last December, so I was thrown into menopause pretty quickly. I'm 53 by the way. The hot flashes, I worried about the constantly cold feet I wasn't prepared for, but the thing that's killing me is I get spells of extreme exhaustion all in caps, like, I'm too tired to talk kindly. Who else can relate? One minute I'm fine. And then the next, I feel like I haven't slept in a week. It's causing me to make mistakes at work and become irritable with my hubby. Sometimes I go to bed and sleep for hours and still feel tired when I get up. Other times I'm dying to sleep and I just can't. I have an appointment with the doctor to discuss HRT next week, but I haven't really found anyone who is suffering from the same thing. Dr. Kyrin Dunston (01:50): This is driving me crazy and I have so much I want to do and no energy to do it. The other night I was all caps too tired to order takeout. That's tired, may, and then last night I ate all of the large bounty batter, extreme blizzard. I don't normally do that. So I love this question. May you point out a bunch of different things. So many of you probably have had hysterectomies where they took your ovaries out, threw you into menopause immediately, sometimes at a young age, in your thirties, forties. And it can be extremely disturbing. You know, there's the old adage, how do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. And unfortunately, because most women go through perimenopause in a very piecemeal state, right? Little by little by little, our hormones are declining, declining, declining, declining into hormonal poverty. Dr. Kyrin Dunston (02:42): We're descending. We don't really notice what's happening until it's too late. And then we don't have that extreme comparison to I was normal. One day I went to the hospital, I had a hysterectomy, and then a few weeks later I was down here. So when it happens, very gradually we come to believe the insanity that this is normal for our age. So may you really highlight this discrepancy, and I wanna point it out for anybody watching, because whether you're in the extreme discrepancy category where you had your ovary surgically removed and you get it, something's wrong. And this is related to my hormones. That's actually what I love about this question. There's no question in your mind, this is related to my female horm...
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Dr. Kyrin Dunston: Goodbye Sagging Labia & Hello Energy Boost! Reclaim Your Vitality with Pelvic Health
Apr 1, 202500:06:14Tap to summarizeIs sagging labia holding you back? You’re not alone—and there’s hope. Aging brings unexpected changes, including to our pelvic floor health. But here’s the good news—today’s episode of The Hormone Prosperity Podcast dives into accessible ways to reclaim your confidence, energy, and vitality. Dr. Kyrin breaks down the surprising reasons why pelvic floor muscles weaken as we age, how it impacts your labia, energy, intimacy, and yes—even urinary incontinence. She also sheds light on how addressing these issues can elevate your sense of power and well-being. Discover the magical potential of the jade egg practice (spoiler alert: it’s more than just a gemstone!) and other simple exercises that can help restore muscle strength, energy flow, and that sense of you that may have felt lost. 💡 What you’ll learn in this episode: Why 3 in 4 midlife women experience pelvic health and energy issues—and what to do about it. How pelvic floor exercises can address sagging labia, improve arousal, and even reduce pelvic pain. How sexual energy is your body's most powerful resource for total vitality. What the jade egg practice is and why it could be a game changer for your health. The importance of asking empowering questions like, What would hormonal prosperity do? ✨ Don’t miss this empowering discussion where science meets self-discovery. Your Call to Action Take the Free Hormonal Poverty Quiz Could you be in hormonal poverty? Find out in just 90 seconds! 👉 CLICK HERE to take the quiz and assess where you stand. Help Other Women Get Their Bliss Back Enjoyed this episode? Please share it with a friend who’s also struggling with hormonal imbalance or midlife metabolic mayhem. Together, we can help more women reclaim their vitality and health. Don’t forget to leave us a review or rating—your support helps build this empowering community! No one deserves to live in hormonal poverty. 🛑 Drop the disempowering question, “What’s wrong with me?” and start asking, “What would hormonal prosperity do?” (#WWPD) Catch the full episode now and start crafting the vibrant, healthy life you deserve. ✨ Listen Now ✨ Podcast Episode Transcript: Dr. Kyrin Dunston (00:00): Erin says, what about her sagging labia as she's aging, what is going on? Find out how this little device might help with that, and also with your energy too. Greetings friend. Welcome to the Hormone Prosperity podcast with me, the hormone prosperity coach, Dr. Kyrin. Here's where intelligent women over 40 go to get credible guidance and inspiration on getting out of hormonal poverty and into hormonal prosperity and the joy and vitality that brings. Go from asking disempowering questions like, what's wrong with me? To asking empowering questions like, what would hormonal prosperity do? Hashtag wwhpd, join me as we dive into today's episode and get started on your journey off the couch, into your genes and back into life because bliss is your birthright and a healthy body filled with hormonal prosperity is the vehicle that gets you there. Welcome. Let's get started. Dr. Kyrin Dunston (01:07): So Jean asks, says, good grief. What has my life come to that? I'm typing this on the internet. Anyone else finding their outer labia sagging? I'm on estrogen, prometrium, alpha femme, loving it, but just the last month or so, it's like my outer labia are just drooping to the point. If I sit down, suddenly there's a vague sound of clapping flesh. If I walk around the house without undies, I can literally feel them. She says, with five E's. And not in a good way anyone. I'm not general generally concerned about the appearance, but rather the unexpected feeling and change. So Erin, I love this question because you're not alone and it speaks to the pelvic floor sagging, which can actually happen in women as we age if we don't do something to strengthen it. And this actually helps to boost your energy because your main power source is your dantian down here in your belly and your lower belly, which includes your pelvic area. Dr. Kyrin Dunston (02:15): And if you're not doing something to work those muscles in that area, guess what happens? Droop, sagging, drooping, labia, the sound of flesh, the uncomfortable feeling. And then also when it comes to sexual intimacy, a lot of women will complain about they feel inhibited sexually because they feel self-conscious about how their labia are appearing. Maybe that's you. So it's a common thing. I'm going to be teaching soon about how you use this magical device gem to work the muscles in the pelvic floor to help bring muscular integrity back to those tissues so that you can resolve that sagging labia. And maybe you've got urinary incontinence, which is contributed to by the same problem. Maybe you have difficulties with pelvic pain. Maybe you have difficulties with becoming aroused, achieving orgasm. Maybe you're having difficulties just with your energy. Really, three out of four women as they age, have that, well, yes, it's about your mitochondria and it's about your hormones, but it's also about your energy source that you're given. Dr. Kyrin Dunston (03:30): When you're born, you're given a certain amount of energy. And when all that energy is gone, that's your end of game time up. And so you can actually work to replenish that energy, particularly by using the sexual energy, which is the most powerful form of human energy that we've got. We can tap into that and we can use it to replenish our physical energy that we have for everything that we wanna do in life, right? We wanna go travel, we want to learn how to salsa dance. We want to learn how to knit. We wanna go be with our families and friends. We wanna do all the things on our bucket list. So I'm gonna be teaching you in the coming weeks and months how to harness that energy using various practices, one of which is with this beautiful egg, it's called the jade egg practice. Dr. Kyrin Dunston (04:25): But this one's not jade. It's actually a different gemstone. You can use different gemstones that have certain powers that will imbue to you. And I can help you how to know how to pick the right gemstone to use for you, the right size egg, how to use it. That's a big question. I know a lot of people aren't using it correctly. I wasn't initially told how to use it correctly. And maybe you have never heard of it and you're like, what ki I don't know what you're talking about. So I'll teach you for all different levels how to use this effectively to work on your energy in your dentin, support the muscles help your labia stop from droop...
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Dr. John Lewis | How Polysaccharides Can Help Your Health
Mar 25, 202500:51:50Tap to summarizeThis week on The Hormone Prosperity Podcast, Dr. Kyrin welcomes renowned researcher and nutrition expert Dr. John E. Lewis for a riveting, science-backed (but totally relatable) conversation about how polysaccharides—complex plant sugars—could be the key to reducing inflammation, boosting brain health, and reclaiming your vitality in midlife. 💡What You’ll Learn in This Episode: Why “all sugar is bad” is a myth—and a harmful one How plant-based polysaccharides from aloe vera and rice bran act as supercharged cell communicators The shocking lack of nutrition research (and why Big Pharma wants to keep it that way) What “food as medicine” really means in a toxic, overly processed food system The difference between eating for taste vs eating for health (and how most of us are doing it wrong) How Daily Brain Care, Dr. Lewis’s polysaccharide-powered supplement, has helped improve sleep, energy, immune balance, and mental clarity—even in Alzheimer’s patients 👩⚕️Why This Matters for Midlife Women: If you’re experiencing: Mysterious weight gain (hello, “menopot”) Brain fog and fatigue that just won’t lift Reliance on caffeine to get going and wine to wind down... You’re not alone, and you’re not broken. Dr. John and Dr. Kyrin break down how fueling your body with the right sugars—the kind that communicate with your cells, not sabotage them—can help you ditch hormonal poverty for good. 🍽️Big Takeaway: “You are what you eat, and if you eat garbage, your cells become garbage—and garbage cells can’t heal anything.” —Dr. John E. Lewis Whether you lean toward a carnivore, vegan, or somewhere-in-between diet, Dr. John’s message is clear: the key is quality, not dogma. And yes—your health can dramatically improve when you start eating what your genes, cells, and immune system actually recognize as real food. 🔬About Our Guest: Dr. John E. Lewis, PhD, is the founder of Dr. Lewis Nutrition and an internationally recognized clinical researcher with decades of experience in physiology and plant-based nutrition. His breakthrough studies on polysaccharides have shown powerful results in chronic diseases like Alzheimer’s, MS, HIV, and more. Tune in Now and Take the First Step Your health deserves clarity, truth, and transformation. Don’t miss this empowering episode of the Hormone Prosperity Podcast! Click play to listen, learn, and discover how this unconventional approach may be the missing key to your midlife health. 👉 Subscribe and listen on your favorite podcast platform now! ► Daily Brain Care supplement by Dr. Lewis Nutrition → www.drlewisnutrition.com 👉 Subscribe to the Hormone Prosperity Podcast and the Hormone Prosperity Coach YouTube channel for more inspiring content and actionable advice. Hormone Prosperity Coach https://www.youtube.com/c/KyrinDunstonMD Hormone Prosperity Podcast https://bit.ly/thehormoneprescriptionpodcast Together, we’ll empower each other to ask the right questions and find answers that lead to lasting health and happiness. Let's stop the madness and start a movement towards hormonal prosperity! 🌟 ❓HAVE A QUESTION and want my advice? You're invited to write to me at hello@kyrindunstonmd.com. I select e-mails with a clear question around hormone poverty (such as symptoms of Midlife Metabolic Mayhem, diseases caused or exacerbated by hormonal poverty, accelerated aging, early death, etc.) and achieving hormone prosperity using the two hormone prescriptions needed (one written and the other not) that are of reasonable length and detail and of interest to significant numbers of the audience. I regret I'm not able to answer all messages sent. I appreciate your willingness to contribute to the community. Podcast Episode Transcript: Dr. Kyrin Dunston (00:00): What does it really mean to let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food? How do you navigate that in this day and age with all the complex dietary information? My guest today is gonna help shed some light on your dietary quandaries. Are all Sugars bad? GRE greetings, friend. Welcome to the Hormone Prosperity Podcast with me, the hormone prosperity coach, Dr. Kyrin. Here's where intelligent women over 40 go to get credible guidance and inspiration on getting out of hormonal poverty and into hormonal prosperity and the joy and vitality that brings. Go from asking disempowering questions like, what's wrong with me, to asking empowering questions like, what would hormonal prosperity do? Hashtag ww HPD. Join me as we dive into today's episode and get started on your journey off the couch, into your genes and back into life, because bliss is your birthright and a healthy body filled with hormonal prosperity is the vehicle that gets you there. Dr. Kyrin Dunston (01:05): Welcome. Let's get started. Hi everybody. Welcome back to another episode of the Hormone Prosperity Coach. Thank you so much for joining me today. As we dive into another episode, talking about your nutritional inputs. There is so much nutritional information out there in this day and age, many of it conflicting, and you are probably confused about which path to go on for your nutritional needs. And I know you're probably not getting supported by your HMO providers because that's not a part of our education. Nutrition really isn't. We're basically taught in, I was as a board certified, O-B-G-Y-N, you get enough calories and you don't want, it's all about calories. And you just want a variety of foods in the sad diet, standard American diet. So that's what I taught for many decades, and that ended me up with midlife metabolic many, he 243 pounds, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, depression, anxiety, hair falling out, no sex drive, brain foggy, you know, all the symptoms because many of you have them too. Dr. Kyrin Dunston (02:18): And so I've been on a journey for over a decade to heal myself, which has happened and I have lost a hundred pounds and kept it off for over a decade. So I like to bring you guests who can help inform your journey. I don't really believe there's one diet that's right for everyone. We're gonna talk about that during this episode. We're gonna talk about why all sugars are not bad, why you actually need sugar, and what to do about it. We're gonna even touch on the carnivore diet some more, and something called polysaccharides, which you may or may not be familiar with. So we're gonna talk about this in detail to give you some more inputs into your hormone prosperity journey so you can get to the hormone prosperity that you deserve. I'll tell you a little bit about Dr. John Lewis and then we'll get started. Dr. Kyrin Dunston (03:08): So, John E. Lewis PhD is the founder and president of Dr. Lewis Nutrition. He has a long track record as a scientist, author, speaker at events all over the world. He has a passion for educating others about the value of nutrition, exercise, and health through his own experiences and knowledge of eating a whole food plant-based diet for over 27 years, taking certain key dietary supplements and a rigorous daily exercise training program. He's done lots of research in the area of nutrition, which is kind of rare these days. We're gonna talk about why that is. You need to understand that. And please help me welcome Dr. John E. Lewis to the Dr. John Lewis (03:49): Show. Thank you for having me. It's my pleasure to be here. Dr. Kyrin Dunston (03:52): So I'd love to talk about nutrition for women over 40. We do, women over 40 are very interested in that because we know that it contributes to our hormonal poverty and our symptoms of midlife metabolic mayhem. So always interested in learning about new perspectives, helping everybody understand the different options available for diet. I am of the belief that there might not be one diet that's right for everyone. We have very unique biochemical individuality, so I like to give people more information to help them put it in their bodies and decide what resonates as being right for them. And you come Dr. John from a physiology background, and now you're very passionate about teaching others about nutrition and kind of a whole foods plant-based diet. How did you become so interested in nutrition as a physiologist? Dr. John Lewis (<a href='https://www.temi.com/editor/t/mguT0erAS8XxyH-EvzUZV2iAbnTQH-tMqtgZvN9vXN_yPs7xCDusyQQxtpKNWh7ZpGi6Ml1qrk0chUfOQHhKjSDbY_M?loadFrom=Document...
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Dr. Shawn Baker | Could Eating Plants Be Hurting Your Health? How The Carnivore Diet Is Reversing Chronic Disease
Mar 18, 202500:32:58Tap to summarizeHave you been told to eat more plants to be healthy, only to feel worse, not better? What if the advice you’ve been following isn’t serving you at all—in fact, what if it’s actually harming your health? It’s a bold idea, but one that today’s guest, Dr. Shawn Baker, breaks down with science, expertise, and real-life transformations. Dr. Shawn Baker isn’t just anyone. He’s the Co-Founder of Revero, an orthopedic surgeon, a world-renowned expert in treating chronic disease through medical nutritional therapy, an Amazon best-selling author, world champion athlete, international speaker, podcast host, and a trusted consultant. Oh, and did we mention? He’s one of the world’s leading advocates for the carnivore diet—a way of eating that’s helping reset health for so many, particularly midlife women like you. What You’ll Learn in This Episode: Are plants what they seem? Dr. Baker dives into the surprising ways plant-based diets can trigger inflammation and other health challenges—especially in midlife women. The carnivore diet explained—what it is, how it works, and the science behind why it’s reversing chronic disease and reigniting the health of so many. Real stories, real results—hear inspiring stories of women who’ve transformed their health by adopting a carnivore lifestyle. Hormones, weight, and energy—discover how this diet can support hormonal balance, sustainable weight management, and vitality in your middle years. Practical advice just for you—Dr. Kyrin and Dr. Baker offer actionable tips to help you start implementing the carnivore diet today with confidence. Why This Episode is a Game-Changer for Midlife Women Struggling with chronic inflammation, weight changes, or hormonal imbalance? Feel like nothing works, no matter how “healthy” you eat? This episode might just be the light at the end of the tunnel. Dr. Kyrin and Dr. Baker explore how the carnivore diet restores health through simplicity and science, challenging conventional “healthy eating” norms. Wondering if cutting plants from your diet could actually be the answer? You’re not alone, and you’re about to find out why this approach is turning heads—and changing lives. Tune in Now and Take the First Step Your health deserves clarity, truth, and transformation. Don’t miss this empowering episode of the Hormone Prosperity Podcast! Click play to listen, learn, and discover how this unconventional approach may be the missing key to your midlife health. 👉 Subscribe and listen on your favorite podcast platform now! ► Revero & Carnivore Diet by Dr. Shawn Baker 👉 Subscribe to the Hormone Prosperity Podcast and the Hormone Prosperity Coach YouTube channel for more inspiring content and actionable advice. Hormone Prosperity Coach https://www.youtube.com/c/KyrinDunstonMD Hormone Prosperity Podcast https://bit.ly/thehormoneprescriptionpodcast Together, we’ll empower each other to ask the right questions and find answers that lead to lasting health and happiness. Let's stop the madness and start a movement towards hormonal prosperity! 🌟 ❓HAVE A QUESTION and want my advice? You're invited to write to me at hello@kyrindunstonmd.com. I select e-mails with a clear question around hormone poverty (such as symptoms of Midlife Metabolic Mayhem, diseases caused or exacerbated by hormonal poverty, accelerated aging, early death, etc.) and achieving hormone prosperity using the two hormone prescriptions needed (one written and the other not) that are of reasonable length and detail and of interest to significant numbers of the audience. I regret I'm not able to answer all messages sent. I appreciate your willingness to contribute to the community. Podcast Episode Transcript: Dr. Kyrin Dunston (00:00): Would you follow the advice of a doctor who said you should only eat meat in order to be healthier? Here's one who's got the data indicating that you should consider doing just that. Dr. Kyrin Dunston (00:12): Greetings friend, welcome to the Hormone Prosperity Podcast with me, the hormone prosperity coach, Dr. Kyrin. Here's where intelligent women over 40 go to get credible guidance and inspiration on getting out of hormonal poverty and into hormonal prosperity and the joy and vitality that brings. Go from asking disempowering questions like, what's wrong with me? To ask empowering questions like, what would hormonal prosperity do? Hashtag WW HPD. Join me as we dive into today's episode and get started on your journey off the couch, into your genes and back into life because bliss is your birthright and a healthy body filled with hormonal prosperity is the vehicle that gets you there. Welcome. Let's get started. Dr. Kyrin Dunston (01:01): Hi everybody. Welcome back to another episode of the Hormone Prosperity Podcast. Thank you so much for joining me today as we talk to Dr. Shawn Baker about a very interesting and controversial topic. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this about the carnivore diet. Dr. Baker is an orthopedic surgeon. He is a champion athlete, international speaker, author, podcast host consultant. He's got a huge social media following where he primarily teaches and is a proponent of the carnivore diet. He has an upcoming company getting ready to launch that will assist people in reversing chronic disease and inflammation, partly using the carnivore diet and other tools. And he'll tell you a little bit about that. And on the show he's joining me today because I had heard about the carnivore diet, but I really hadn't had anyone on the show to talk about it. Some of you have asked me about it and I've just said I'm not an expert in it. Dr. Kyrin Dunston (02:08): I can't, I can't comment. But it did kind of go against my sense of being correct and it just sounded not correct. But we talk about in the episode how your belief system is really something pretty solid. It can prevent you from being open to new, particularly around your health, but new information that might benefit you. So I'm a big proponent of having an open mind in every area. I wanted to have Dr. Shawn on to open my eyes and my ears to the truth and he cites on a really powerful studies that have been done, including at Harvard, that have documented the wow extreme strength of the carnivore diet in reversing chronic disease and inflammation in very impactful ways. Individual and collective societal level. I think you're gonna wanna hear about this because he is probably speaking to you too. We all in the list have some degree of chronic inflammation and disease or we're working on it whether we know it or not. Dr. Kyrin Dunston (03:19): Hopefully you are taking steps to get yourself tested and not guessing and just thinking because your mainstream doctor pokes you and listens to your lungs every year and does some blood week work and says you're fine, that you're actually means you're optimally healthy. 'cause It doesn't mean that. And if you have been listening to me long enough, you know that's a fact. So I'll tell you a little bit about Dr. Baker and then we will jump in with him. He's a medical doctor and like I said, orthopedic surgeon, world-leading authority on treating disease with medical nutritional therapy. Amazon bestselling author, world champion athlete, international speaker podcast host consultant and his company is Rivero. He'll tell you a little bit more about that. He's a proponent of the carnivore diet and educates people on social media about this powerful tool to reverse and heal chronic inflammation and disease. Welcome Dr. Shawn to the show. Dr. Shawn Baker (04:11): Thank you for letting you have the opportunity to speak to your audience. Appreciate it. Dr. Kyrin Dunston (04:14): You have so much experience in so many areas that you could speak to. But what really intrigued me about having you on the show was to talk about a topic that I heard you talking on J'S podcast about, which is the carnivore diet. I have a lot of women who ask me about the carnivore diet and I'm not an expert in why people are proponents of, well I know they say decrease inflammation is one of the biggest things. And I actually know a woman who killed herself. She has a very famous TED talk that they didn't publish <laugh> where she talked ab...
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Dr. Kyrin Dunston | High Blood Pressure & Hormonal Poverty: The Real Solutions Your Doctor Didn’t Tell You
Mar 11, 202500:13:36Tap to summarizeHey there, fabulous midlife women! Have you been feeling like your health questions are met with band-aid solutions that just don’t cut it? You’re not alone. High blood pressure and its “quick fixes” are just one of the many symptoms of midlife metabolic mayhem that are holding back so many women like you from living a vibrant life filled with joy. On this episode of the Hormone Prosperity Podcast, Dr. Kyrin tackles a relatable question from Madison—one that could be your very own. Madison’s high blood pressure is “sort of managed” by medication, but poor sleep, anxiety, weight gain (oh, the weight gain!), and other pesky perimenopause symptoms just won’t back down. Sound familiar? Dr. Kyrin takes you on a deep and empowering dive into exactly what’s behind high blood pressure—not just what mainstream medicine says, but what functional, energetic, and hormonal perspectives reveal. She covers everything from how stress and your sympathetic nervous system wreak havoc to how unresolved emotions like frustration and resentment could be physically impacting your heart health. Spoiler alert? It’s not just about salt or genetics. And no, more meds aren’t the only answer. Let's rewrite your health story from the root cause upward, together. If you’re tired of temporary fixes and ready to understand how to unlock real hormonal prosperity, this episode is for you. What You’ll Learn in This Episode Why mainstream medicine focuses on genetics and sodium for hypertension but misses the bigger picture. How your sympathetic nervous system amplifies high blood pressure—and how to calm it down. The connection between high blood pressure, hormonal imbalance, and symptoms like poor sleep, anxiety, and weight gain. The energetic perspective behind heart health—hint, it’s not just about the numbers on the BP monitor. Key Takeaways High blood pressure is often driven by stress and an overactive sympathetic nervous system—aka, your fight-or-flight response—not just your salt intake. Functional medicine focuses on why your body is sounding the alarm, not just masking symptoms with medications. Emotional imbalances like frustration and resentment could be straining your heart—literally. Addressing unresolved emotions may be just as important as addressing physical symptoms. Hormonal imbalances during perimenopause can create a vicious cycle of symptoms that make high blood pressure worse, but you can break the loop! Your Call to Action Take the Free Hormonal Poverty Quiz Could you be in hormonal poverty? Find out in just 90 seconds! 👉 CLICK HERE to take the quiz and assess where you stand. Help Other Women Get Their Bliss Back Enjoyed this episode? Please share it with a friend who’s also struggling with hormonal imbalance or midlife metabolic mayhem. Together, we can help more women reclaim their vitality and health. Don’t forget to leave us a review or rating—your support helps build this empowering community! No one deserves to live in hormonal poverty. 🛑 Drop the disempowering question, “What’s wrong with me?” and start asking, “What would hormonal prosperity do?” (#WWPD) Catch the full episode now and start crafting the vibrant, healthy life you deserve. ✨ Listen Now ✨ Podcast Episode Transcript: Dr. Kyrin Dunston (00:00): Coming up, what is high blood pressure really, and should it be treated with a medication? Or what would it look like if we treated the underlying cause of it and didn't take the medication as a part of treating our hormonal poverty? Stay tuned next as we unpack this important topic. Dr. Kyrin Dunston (00:20): Greetings friend. Welcome to the Hormone Prosperity Podcast with me, the hormone prosperity coach, Dr. Kyrin . Here's where intelligent women over 40 go to get credible guidance and inspiration on getting out of hormonal poverty and into hormonal prosperity and the joy and vitality that brings. Go from asking disempowering questions like, what's wrong with me? To asking empowering questions like, what would hormonal prosperity do? Hashtag ww HPD. Join me as we dive into today's episode and get started on your journey off the couch, into your genes and back into life because bliss is your birthright and a healthy body filled with hormonal prosperity is the vehicle that gets you there. Welcome. Let's get started. Dr. Kyrin Dunston (01:12): Hey everybody, welcome back to another episode of the Hormone Prosperity Couch. Thank you so much for joining me. As we dive into talking about Madison's question about high blood pressure and perimenopause and hormone therapy, she says, Hey folks, is there anybody here who had high blood pressure and went on HRT? My blood pressure is sort of, sort of managed by meds, but not super great. So she has uncontrolled hypertension, but my peri symptoms like poor sleeping and anxiety, can't be making it any better. Oh, and weight gain. The weight gain. And now I know a lot of you can relate. Weight gain is the symptom that makes women crazy more than anything else. It was true for me when I was in the perimenopause, and I know it's true for about 60% of you. By the time we're 50, 60% of us are overweight or obese by the time we're 60, it's three out of four of us. Dr. Kyrin Dunston (02:05): Maybe you can relate. And other symptoms she mentioned, a midlife metabolic mayhem, peri symptoms, poor sleeping and anxiety, very common. Definitely in the top five, the poor sleeping, the lack of energy, the anxiety sometimes depression also. So this is a great question, Madison. So let's dive into this. So number one, let's talk about high blood pressure from a mainstream perspective and from a functional, energetic perspective. So blood pressure is determined by the force with which your heart pumps blood out of it to make it all circulate through your circulatory system, all the way around your body, to your toes, to your brain cells, to your eyeballs, to your stomach, everywhere, right? That's what determines your blood pressure, the pumping force of your heart. If your heart stops pumping, you stop living, you un alive, right? So it's crucial. Now, what causes high blood pressure in a perfectly healthy human being, we ...
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Dr. Kyrin Dunston | From Hormonal Poverty to Passionate Prosperity: Reclaiming Libido, Vitality, and Intimacy in Midlife
Mar 4, 202500:14:57Tap to summarizeAre you finding yourself avoiding kisses, hugs, or even the thought of intimacy with your partner? Do you feel like your personality has shifted since menopause, making you more independent but less connected? You’re not alone, and you’re not imagining things. But here’s the truth—it doesn’t have to be this way. Welcome back to The Hormone Prosperity Podcast with me, Dr. Kyrin, your trusted hormone prosperity coach. In this empowering episode, we’re answering a candid and relatable question from Tiffany about losing that spark of intimacy and connection in midlife. Together, we’ll unpack myths, reveal truths, and equip you with the guidance you need to not just survive this stage of life—but thrive. What You’ll Learn in This Episode: Why libido is essential, not optional: Discover why your sex drive is one of the most powerful indicators of your overall health and vitality. The myths we’ve been sold: Find out why the belief that losing your sex drive is “normal” after 40 is a damaging lie—and how societal norms perpetuate this misconception. The secrets of cultivating vitality: Learn about Master Mantak Chia’s teachings on preserving and transforming sexual energy (Jing) into Qi—a powerful force to rejuvenate your body, mind, and spirit. Unpacking "common vs. normal": Just because many women experience midlife symptoms like low libido, hair loss, weight gain, and exhaustion doesn’t mean it’s something you have to accept. Empowering questions, powerful results: Shift from asking “What’s wrong with me?” to “What would hormonal prosperity do?” (#WWHPD). Practical steps to finding your spark: Identify what’s holding you back, learn how to address unresolved health issues, and explore the energetic and functional practices to reclaim your vitality. The ripple effect of intimacy: How rediscovering passion with your partner can increase love and positive energy in your family, community, and even the world. Episode Highlights: This episode is packed with game-changing insights and practical solutions tailored to empower midlife women. You'll feel understood, inspired, and equipped with supportive tools to reclaim the passion and intimacy that’s your birthright. From Master Mantak Chia’s wisdom on multiple orgasms (yes, really!) to understanding how healing your Jing benefits your entire life, you’ll leave this episode ready to take action. Your Call to Action Take the Free Hormonal Poverty Quiz Could you be in hormonal poverty? Find out in just 90 seconds! 👉 CLICK HERE to take the quiz and assess where you stand. Help Other Women Get Their Bliss Back Enjoyed this episode? Please share it with a friend who’s also struggling with hormonal imbalance or midlife metabolic mayhem. Together, we can help more women reclaim their vitality and health. Don’t forget to leave us a review or rating—your support helps build this empowering community! No one deserves to live in hormonal poverty. 🛑 Drop the disempowering question, “What’s wrong with me?” and start asking, “What would hormonal prosperity do?” (#WWPD) Catch the full episode now and start crafting the vibrant, healthy life you deserve. ✨ Listen Now ✨ Words to Keep Close to Heart: “Just because something is common, doesn’t mean it’s normal. You don’t have to settle. Bliss, vitality, and intimacy are your birthright—go reclaim them!” Podcast Episode Transcript: Dr. Kyrin Dunston (00:00): Are you hating, kissing and other sexual things with your partner right about now? If so, this is definitely part of hormonal poverty and we need to have a serious talk. The health consequences are devastating of having no libido and what this means for your health and your vitality and your life. Up next, Dr. Kyrin Dunston (00:24): Greetings friend. Welcome to the Hormone Prosperity Podcast with me, the hormone prosperity coach, Dr. Kyrin. Here's where intelligent women over 40 go to get credible guidance and inspiration on getting out of hormonal poverty and into hormonal prosperity and the joy and vitality that brings. Go from asking disempowering questions like, what's wrong with me, to asking empowering questions like, what would hormonal prosperity do? Hashtag ww HPD. Join me as we dive into today's episode and get started on your journey off the couch, into your gene and back into life, because bliss is your birthright and a healthy body filled with hormonal prosperity is the vehicle that gets you there. Welcome. Let's get started. Dr. Kyrin Dunston (01:16): Hey everybody. Welcome back to another episode of the Hormone Prosperity Coach. We're gonna answer Tiffany's question today about, she says, fully in menopause now, hate kissing. Anyone else moods. Just curious. Have heard others complain about zero interest in sex? Definitely have that issue. Poor husband kissing now just completely grosses me out and hubby kisses a lot. His dental health is excellent, takes great care of his teeth slash gums. It's just gross. It's so surprising how much my personality has changed since menopause arrived. I'm not snugly where I used to hold hands. Sit next to hug, touch all the time now. No thanks. Please give me space. I've talked to hubby about how I've changed since and he understands, but I do miss how I was in that way. I do like now how I feel way more independent and give less about what others think. Dr. Kyrin Dunston (02:10): I was a people pleaser for sure before. Anyway, just wondering if anyone else is grossed out by certain things. Now, I love this question, Tiffany <laugh>. I absolutely love this question. So this was me back in my forties when I was going through the change. And here I am ob, GYN and midlife and all my patients are at midlife with the same problems. And I didn't, I felt the same way. I didn't wanna kiss, I didn't wanna, I didn't want anything to do with sex. I didn't wanna ever have sex again. In fact, I told my husband, maybe you can relate. Go get a girlfriend. I'm not doing that <laugh>, it's not funny really. But I did say that. And every woman who would come see me in their forties and fifties and beyond would say the same thing. I don't care if I ever have sex again. Dr. Kyrin Dunston (02:58): And maybe you're there. So let's talk about this. I l...
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Dr.Kyrin Dunston | Menopause & Irregular Heartbeats: Is Your Heart Asking for Hormonal Prosperity?
Feb 25, 202500:12:19Tap to summarizeEver find yourself lying awake at night, heart racing for no reason? Or maybe you’ve noticed your heart skipping beats out of the blue? If you’re in midlife or menopause, this episode is for you. 💗 Join Dr. Kyrin as she tackles Trina’s important question about irregular heartbeats during menopause. Could these unsettling symptoms be connected to low hormone levels? And more importantly, are they warning signs of something bigger? Here’s What You’ll Learn in Today’s Episode: Why irregular heartbeats during menopause deserve your full attention—not just your worry. The role estrogen and other key hormones play in protecting your heart (and how hormonal imbalances could be contributing to your symptoms). Why mainstream medicine might dismiss your symptoms and how to advocate for yourself. The “hidden” dangers of hormonal poverty and the steps you can take to shift into hormonal prosperity. Dr. Kyrin shares her own story of struggling with irregular heartbeats, how mainstream medicine failed to provide answers, and the holistic steps she took to restore her vibrant health. Spoiler alert—it’s not about masking symptoms; it’s about addressing the root cause. 💡 Key Takeaways: Hormones matter: Did you know low estrogen during menopause can alter how your heart functions? Mainstream medicine isn’t enough: Traditional tests may miss functional issues that could jeopardize your heart health. Empower your health: Make proactive choices to move out of hormonal poverty and unlock hormonal prosperity. This episode is packed with actionable advice to help you tune into your body, identify red flags, and take the steps you need to thrive. Your Call to Action Take the Free Hormonal Poverty Quiz Could you be in hormonal poverty? Find out in just 90 seconds! 👉 CLICK HERE to take the quiz and assess where you stand. Help Other Women Get Their Bliss Back Enjoyed this episode? Please share it with a friend who’s also struggling with hormonal imbalance or midlife metabolic mayhem. Together, we can help more women reclaim their vitality and health. Don’t forget to leave us a review or rating—your support helps build this empowering community! No one deserves to live in hormonal poverty. 🛑 Drop the disempowering question, “What’s wrong with me?” and start asking, “What would hormonal prosperity do?” (#WWPD) Catch the full episode now and start crafting the vibrant, healthy life you deserve. ✨ Listen Now ✨ Podcast Episode Transcript: Dr. Kyrin Dunston Coming up next. Irregular heartbeat in menopause. Are they related? And could this be signs of bigger trouble to come find out Next. Dr. Kyrin Dunston Greetings friend. Welcome to the Hormone Prosperity Podcast with me, the hormone prosperity coach, Dr. Kyrin. Here's where intelligent women over 40 go to get credible guidance and inspiration on getting out of hormonal poverty and into hormonal prosperity and the joy and vitality that brings. Go from asking disempowering questions like, what's wrong with me? To asking empowering questions like, what would hormonal prosperity do? Hashtag ww PD. Join me as we dive into today's episode and get started on your journey off the couch, into your genes and back into life, because bliss is your birthright and a healthy body filled with hormonal prosperity is the vehicle that gets you there. Welcome. Let's get started. Dr. Kyrin Dunston Hey everybody, it's Dr. Kyrin. Welcome back to another episode of the Hormone Prosperity Coach. So glad that you're joining me today as we dive into a question from Trina who says another symptom post menopause. Anyone else experience irregular heartbeat with menopause? It scares me. It should scare you, Trina. This is big, huge problem. It's not uncommon though, one of those 60 plus symptoms of midlife metabolic mayhem that we women might have to contend with. So with estrogen dropping progesterone, dropping testosterone, dropping oftentimes cortisol dysfunction, insulin dysfunction, thyroid, DHEA, right? These are the seven main metabolic hormones we've got to contend with that inform hormonal poverty or hormonal prosperity and inform all our cells and all our systems to be healthy and thriving and growing and healing or deteriorating and cause getting ready to cause us problems that we may not know about it yet. So estrogen in particular, but all of these hormones have a role in every cell, in every system in your body, including your arteries that carry the blood throughout your body, from your heart to every cell in your brain, to every cell in your feet, to every cell in your precious abdominal cavity, chest cavity, everywhere, very intimately involved with artery function. Dr. Kyrin Dunston This is why menopause is associated. So lack of estrogen is associated with increased risk of the number one cause of death of women over 50, which is heart disease and heart attack. We're all worrying about breast cancer over here. Meanwhile, our body is like, Hey, pay attention to your heart and you're having an irregular heartbeat. So this could be a sign, Trina, that your arteries around your heart are being affected and it could be affecting the conduction system in your heart. Your heart is an electrical apparatus. Yep, it's electrical and that's why it has this internal electrical system that causes it to pump, pump, pump every day of your life. It pumps from about five weeks of birth. We can see it on an ultrasound all the way till you take your last breath, and then usually even a little bit farther if you haven't died from a heart attack, it still will pump depending on the cause of death. Dr. Kyrin Dunston It does its job. Sun, moon, shine. It doesn't care rainy, sunny deadlines. It doesn't. It just pumps. It does its job well, it needs to be nourished properly. And one of the things it needs is estrogen, but it also needs all the other hormones probably that your doctor isn't talking to you about that I wanna make sure you know about your insulin, thyroid, cortisol, DHEA, progesterone, testosterone. Your heart depends on all of these. So you need to go to your doctor. You need to start at least probably with an EKG. Now, I'm not your doctor. And this is just for educational purposes. So anything that you have a health concern about, please go see your doctor. What we do here is not, does not replace medical advice. So you need to talk with your doctor about what you're having. They probably will start with your evaluation with an EKG electrocardiogram to see if there are any abnormalities. Dr. Kyrin Dunston But if not, they'll probably put you on a Holter monitor to track your heartbeats over a 24 hour period and then have a reading to see if maybe there's something they missed on the EKG. 'cause The EKG is only for a few seconds in time. The Holter monitor is about 24 hour period, or they might do a echocardiogram to look at how your heart is functioning, how the ventricles are emptying, are they emptying properly? Is the blood flowing through your heart properly? Or they might do other imaging tests depen...
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Dr. Kyrin Dunston | HRT 101: Is Your Hormone Dosing Method Helping You or Harming You?
Feb 18, 202500:18:23Tap to summarizeWelcome to another energizing and empowering episode of The Hormone Prosperity Podcast with Dr. Kyrin! This week, we’re tackling a pressing question from our listener, Mavic, who’s confused about the various ways to dose Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). Are you wondering if that HRT pill, patch, or cream is the best choice for your body? Curious about the hidden risks of oral estradiol or why your patch might be causing skin irritation? Dr. Kyrin breaks it all down with heartfelt clarity and solid science, as she explains why the method you use to dose hormones can spell the difference between prosperity or problems for your body. What You’ll Learn in This Episode: The First Pass Effect: Find out why oral estradiol and testosterone are problematic—hint, it’s harming more than helping by overloading your liver. Better Dosing Methods: Discover why transdermal creams are the healthier alternative to patches, and how compounded bioidentical hormones can open up new possibilities for vitality. Progesterone Done Right: Why oral progesterone is Dr. Kyrin’s go-to method for stress relief and sleep enhancement—but only when it’s crafted properly! Myth-Busting Mainstream HRT: Are you still trusting the advice of a general physician or weekend-trained bioidentical hormone practitioner? Learn what to look for in a credentialed HRT expert. The all-important balance of estradiol and estriol to protect your health and happiness. Why This Episode Matters Hormones hold the key to midlife joy, vitality, and a stronger, healthier you—yet too many women are left confused by mainstream advice or trapped in hormonal poverty. Dr. Kyrin’s insights will help you leave behind one-size-fits-all solutions and make confident, informed decisions about your HRT treatment. Empower Your Journey Dr. Kyrin invites every intelligent woman to stop settling for "good enough." This episode gives you the knowledge to question your current treatments, explore more effective options, and step into the hormonal prosperity you deserve! Your Call to Action Take the Free Hormonal Poverty Quiz Could you be in hormonal poverty? Find out in just 90 seconds! 👉 CLICK HERE to take the quiz and assess where you stand. Help Other Women Get Their Bliss Back Enjoyed this episode? Please share it with a friend who’s also struggling with hormonal imbalance or midlife metabolic mayhem. Together, we can help more women reclaim their vitality and health. Don’t forget to leave us a review or rating—your support helps build this empowering community! Podcast Episode Transcript: Dr. Kyrin Dunston (00:00): Coming up next, could your hormone dosing route be putting you at risk for greater problems? Find out next. Dr. Kyrin Dunston (00:11): Greetings friend. Welcome to the Hormone Prosperity Podcast with me, the hormone prosperity coach, Dr. Kyrin. Here's where intelligent women over 40 go to get credible guidance and inspiration on getting out of hormonal poverty and into hormonal prosperity and the joy and vitality that brings. Go from asking disempowering questions like, what's wrong with me? To asking empowering questions like, what would hormonal prosperity do? Hashtag WW HPD. Join me as we dive into today's episode and get started on your journey off the couch, into your genes and back into life because bliss is your birthright and a healthy body filled with hormonal prosperity is the vehicle that gets you there. Welcome. Let's get started. Dr. Kyrin Dunston (01:01): Welcome back to another episode of the Hormone Prosperity Coach. As we dive into talking about a question from Mavic, who wants to know about different dosing routes for HRT, which is a question that I see often, a lot of you are confused about. Should using a patch, should I be using a cream, a pill, a shot? Oh, like a pellet? What should I be doing? So let's dive into this question that Mavic proposed. She says, what's the latest on oral versus patches versus gels? For HRTI was initially prescribed patches, but that horribly irritated my skin. The adhesive question mark. So I'm on oral estradiol and progesterone, but are these oral pills less effective? I'm wondering about trying gels or spray that I've read a bit about in case the oral isn't as helpful pro slash protective. So thank you for this question, Mavic, I love it. Dr. Kyrin Dunston (01:55): There is so much to dive into here for all of you, hormone seekers, hormone finders, hormone users because oh, so much to dive into. So the first thing I'm gonna like circle with my red pen, the things that really catch my attention that are crucial alerts that need to be addressed. So number one is you say, I'm on oral estradiol and progesterone, oral progesterone, no problem. Cool. That's my favorite way, way to dose it for women, because it help can help with anxiety. When it goes through the gastrointestinal tract, it stimulates the nerves and neurotransmitters that go directly to your brain. Your gut is your second brain and it helps your GABA nerve neurotransmitter, which is your calm anti-anxiety, and it helps with sleep, love, progesterone, orally. Now estradiol or any estrogen orally or testosterone, no step away from the oral estradiol, the oral testosterone. Dr. Kyrin Dunston (03:02): Why? Because when you take estradiol or testosterone orally and it goes into your gastrointestinal tract, there's something that happens called the first pass effect. First pass effect, where these hormones go into the bloodstream that go right to your liver through the portal vein. They go from the gastrointestinal tract, collects the blood in the veins, and then it goes right up to your liver, the portal vein into your liver. Now your liver is the main sanitation department or detox central for almost everything in your body, most things, and especially your sex hormones. So you have a flood of sex hormones, estradiol and testosterone coming to the liver. And what that does is it overloads your detox profile and it causes biochemical changes that can actually increase your risk for well heart disease for one, but other health problems as well. And we call that the first pass effect you do. Dr. Kyrin Dunston (04:10): It doesn't happen with progesterone. So you do not want to take estrogen or testosterone in an oral capsule. Why? It's still on the market. I don't know. Now I say I don't know, but why? If you wanna ask anything about the pharmaceutical industry and why it's allowed, it's always a for-profit motive <laugh>, because a lot of women are not comfortable with the idea of using a patch. And that's really the only other route that we have right now for estrogen, for women that's commercially prepared by one of the big pharma companies. So that's an aside. You wanna step away from the oral estrogen and testosterone. It can contribute to all kinds of hepatic and systemic problems. So one ...
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Dr. Kyrin Dunston | Your Hormones and That Glass of Wine — A Conversation You Need to Hear
Feb 11, 202500:14:27Tap to summarizeIs your favorite glass of wine doing more to your body than you think? It’s time to find out. This week on the Hormone Prosperity Podcast, Dr. Kyrin dives into an often-overlooked yet essential topic for midlife women — the connection between wine consumption and hormonal health. Sparked by a brilliant question from Alicia, a 51-year-old listener navigating hormone replacement therapy (HRT), this episode unpacks the complex relationship between alcohol, gastrointestinal health, and hormonal balance. Grab your favorite cup of tea (or rethink that Chardonnay 🤔) and join us as we explore how that glass of wine might be silently impacting your hormones. Here’s what’s brewing in this episode: Alicia’s Story What caused post-wine symptoms like diarrhea? Is it the wine, hormones, or something more? Dr. Kyrin uses Alicia's experience to address a question many of us have wondered about but were too unsure to ask. Hormonal Poverty and Prosperity Why just focusing on estrogen and progesterone isn’t enough. Dr. Kyrin explains how hormonal balance is influenced by insulin, thyroid, cortisol, and even your digestive health. The Hidden Power of Your Gut Did you know that your gastrointestinal health is the foundation of your hormone health? Learn how functional stool testing differs from the traditional approaches and why it’s key to unlocking hormonal prosperity. The Wine Dilemma Does wine disrupt hormonal harmony? Discover how alcohol impacts your body’s ability to properly detoxify and balance your sex hormones. Practical Next Steps Dr. Kyrin shares actionable advice on proper hormone testing, the importance of addressing your gut health, and how hormonal prosperity can help you regain control over your midlife well-being. This episode is for YOU if… You’re over 40 and navigating hormone imbalances. You enjoy a glass (or two) of wine but wonder if it’s doing more harm than good. You’re tired of “cookie-cutter” approaches to menopause and want a comprehensive plan tailored to your body. You’re ready to move from hormonal poverty to hormonal prosperity. 🎧 Tune in now to discover how your gut, your hormones, and that beloved glass of wine are interconnected. Don’t miss this eye-opening and empowering conversation with Dr. Kyrin, designed to help you take charge of your health! Your Call to Action Take the Free Hormonal Poverty Quiz Could you be in hormonal poverty? Find out in just 90 seconds! 👉 CLICK HERE to take the quiz and assess where you stand. Join the Hormone Bliss Challenge Want step-by-step guidance from Dr. Kyrin? The Hormone Bliss Challenge will walk you through actionable steps to rebalance your body, reclaim your sleep, and say hello to vitality. 👉 CLICK HERE to join today. Help Other Women Get Their Bliss Back Enjoyed this episode? Please share it with a friend who’s also struggling with hormonal imbalance or midlife metabolic mayhem. Together, we can help more women reclaim their vitality and health. Don’t forget to leave us a review or rating—your support helps build this empowering community! Podcast Episode Transcript: Dr. Kyrin Dunston (00:00): It's Dr. Kyrin. And in this episode we're going to answer a question by Alicia who is wondering if wine is messing with her hormones. And I love this question because it can apply if you're not doing anything to try to address your hormonal poverty. Wine can mess with your hormones. We're gonna talk about why, and it can apply if you are doing something to manage your hormonal poverty and get to hormonal prosperity. So we're gonna talk about both of these and it definitely applies to you because a large majority of people in western nations actually consume alcohol. So it's an important question for us women over 40 to ask, is wine messing with our hormones? <Laugh>? Here's the answer. So Alicia writes, I'm 51-year-old female. I just started HRT. She's using an estradiol patch and a progesterone oral daily. She's sleeping better and has more energy and she thinks her mood is better overall. Dr. Kyrin Dunston (01:03): She takes magnesium malate at night and she takes two progesterone at night. Last night she had two glasses of wine this morning she had diarrhea. Could this be caused by the wine? Is it common? Please help. I love this question. So let's talk first about somebody who's already addressing some of their hormonal poverty, poverty issues. So Alessia, if you're watching, you are addressing some, I heard you me mention estradiol and I heard you mention progesterone. So yay you. And there are other issues that go into creating hormonal poverty that you might not know about that could predispose you to having diarrhea when you consume wine and be contributing to your hormonal poverty. Because if you're only looking at two hormones, estrogen and progesterone, you're missing the point of hormonal poverty, which is not only about estrogen and progesterone. Mainstream medicine would have you believe that it's pretty much only about estrogen. Dr. Kyrin Dunston (01:5...
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Dr. Kyrin Dunston | It’s Not “Just” a Hormone Problem—Here’s What You’re Missing
Feb 6, 202500:12:42Tap to summarizeHave you been told your depression is random? That it just came out of nowhere? Maybe your doctor prescribed synthetic hormones to manage your heavy periods or irregular cycles, and now… things just feel off. You're questioning, “What’s wrong with me?” even though your life looks great on paper. This week on the Hormone Prosperity Podcast, Dr. Kyrin dives into why depression, anxiety, weight gain, and other midlife struggles often aren’t the isolated issues they seem to be—and why a simplistic approach to “hormone problems” might be actually making things worse. What You’ll Learn in This Episode: It’s Not Just About Sex Hormones While estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone are critical to your physical and emotional wellbeing, they’re just one piece of a much bigger hormonal puzzle. Insulin, thyroid, cortisol, DHEA, and even oxytocin all play a role in your mood, energy, and vitality. Why Synthetic Hormones Fall Short Mainstream solutions like progestin IUDs and birth control pills don’t address the root causes of hormonal poverty—in fact, they can suppress your body’s natural systems and create more problems like depression, low libido, or fatigue. Symptoms Are Signposts, Not Problems Just like water on your bathroom floor isn’t the problem—it’s a sign of a leak—heavy periods or mood swings are symptoms, not root issues. Treating symptoms alone won’t bring you the health and joy you deserve. The Path to Hormonal Prosperity With proper testing, a holistic approach, and the right guidance, you can uncover the deeper issues behind hormonal imbalances and take action to reclaim the vibrant, joy-filled life you’re meant to have. Your Call to Action Take the Free Hormonal Poverty Quiz Could you be in hormonal poverty? Find out in just 90 seconds! 👉 CLICK HERE to take the quiz and assess where you stand. Join the Hormone Bliss Challenge Want step-by-step guidance from Dr. Kyrin? The Hormone Bliss Challenge will walk you through actionable steps to rebalance your body, reclaim your sleep, and say hello to vitality. 👉 CLICK HERE to join today. Help Other Women Get Their Bliss Back Enjoyed this episode? Please share it with a friend who’s also struggling with hormonal imbalance or midlife metabolic mayhem. Together, we can help more women reclaim their vitality and health. Don’t forget to leave us a review or rating—your support helps build this empowering community! Podcast Episode Transcript: Dr. Kyrin Dunston (00:00): It's a sex hormone problem, but it is not just a sex hormone problem. And that's what I wanna educate you about so that you're not looking in the wrong place for the answers that you're never gonna find. Greetings friend. Welcome to the Hormone Prosperity Podcast with me, the hormone prosperity coach, Dr. Kyrin. Here's where intelligent women over 40 go to get credible guidance and inspiration on getting out of hormonal poverty and into hormonal prosperity and the joy and vitality that brings. Go from asking disempowering questions like, what's wrong with me? To asking empowering questions like, what would hormonal prosperity do? Hashtag wwp d, join me as we dive into today's episode and get started on your journey off the couch, into your genes and back into life because bliss is your birthright and a healthy body filled with hormonal prosperity is the vehicle that gets you there. Welcome. Let's get started. Dr. Kyrin Dunston (01:07): Great question from Christine about use of the progestin IUD to control menstrual symptoms and it causing depression. Maybe you've had that problem. Maybe you can relate. When I practiced mainstream gynecology, progestin containing IUDs like the marina, were standard of care to use to help control women's abnormal bleeding with their menses, particularly in the perimenopausal period. So right before you go through menopause, one of the main symptoms of midlife metabolic mayhem caused by hormonal poverty is irregular, prolonged pain, painful bleeding. And standard of care for that in mainstream medicine is some type of hormonal suppression using synthetic artificial hormones like the birth control pill or the maneuvering or implants or progestin containing IUD. So I used to use those as part of my mainstream practice routinely, but depression was often the side effect. And maybe you are on some type of hormonal suppression in the perimenopausal period, not realizing you are in hormonal poverty and you are experiencing depression too. Dr. Kyrin Dunston (02:26): So I wanna talk to you about what exactly is happening that's causing the depression. No, you didn't all of a sudden get a mood disorder out of nowhere. Most of these women will tell me, I don't have any reason to be depressed. My life is actually pretty good. I have everything that I want and need. I have great relationships, I love my job, but I just feel depressed for no reason. I can't tell you how many times I have heard that complaint when I practice mainstream medicine. And so what is happening here is that these artificial synthetic hormones, whatever form they come in, are used to shut down the brain's signaling to the ovaries to make their naturally occurring hormones, right? Estrogen, progesterone, testosterone that keep you healthy, your neurotransmitters balanced, keep you happy, no anxiety, no depression, and feeling good and joyful in your life. Dr. Kyrin Dunston (03:27): So if this is shut down, sure it stops your uterus, ovaries from functioning and your uterus. So the outward sign of that function, the bleeding goes away. And most women will become what we call amenorrheic, meaning no periods when they are suppressed with these medications that are given in a certain way, like continuous birth control pills or the implants or the ring or the progestin containing IUD. So your doctor suppresses your uterus from bleeding and then claims victory. Oh, you're not bleeding, symptom is gone and you actually claim victory too. You think it's great, but then, oh, what's wrong with me? I'm depressed. Well, I actually, when I practice, mainstream medicine would draw women's hormone levels just to see where they were. And a lot of these ...
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