Episode: 116 - Progesterone vs. Estrogen

Until recently, all we ever heard about was the power of estrogen (good or bad). We now know both are incredibly critical. UNDERSTANDING HORMONES: Progesterone is one of the most important hormones in the female body. Along with estrogen, progesterone helps prepare our body to either become pregnant or shed the uterine lining every month. It plays a role in every stage of the female fertility cycle, meaning from our first period to our last and even beyond. Knowing low progesterone symptoms can help you understand your body better. Whether you're concerned you may have a progesterone deficiency, or you just want to learn more about how your amazing body works, tune into today's episode to learn about a few things every woman should understand about progesterone/estrogen and how it affects us all. In this episode, Dr. Oakley covers: 1. The role of estrogen and progesterone in bone health, breast and endometrial cancer risk, fertility, weight, and heart health. 2. Why hormone balance is important regardless of whether you want to get pregnant. 3. What are the advantages of taking estrogen? 4. What Is Estrogen used to treat? 5. Progesterone is known as our calming, mood, sleep, libido and bone-enhancing hormone. Are you a candidate for progesterone therapy? 6. What does progesterone help with? So, what can you do to solve a problem like... burning pee??!!! UTIs are the devil!!! Dr. Oakley loves and recommends Utiva to her patients and she takes it daily. Check it out: https://www.utivahealth.com/ - Her favorite is the Utiva Cranberry PACs: it’s a simple, small, once-a-day pill taken for daily support of the urinary tract to prevent ongoing UTIs. PACs are also the antioxidant of the cranberry and provide other gut health benefits. Love it!! This isn't your typical cranberry pill… Girl, get you some today!!! You’re welcome.  https://www.utivahealth.com/ Thank you for listening. Please send in your comments, questions and suggestions for future topics at [email protected]. For more details on the LBP: https://theladybodpod.com/