WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:04.360 We never really address the way that it should, which 2 00:00:04.440 --> 00:00:10.240 is with hormones. But it's frequent UTIs women when they 3 00:00:10.279 --> 00:00:14.759 start getting that dryness, they start getting more recurrent UTIs 4 00:00:15.359 --> 00:00:20.320 more often. Nowadays we even say see young women getting them, 5 00:00:20.440 --> 00:00:24.120 and it's actually when they're losing their hormones and they're 6 00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:28.519 getting less lubrication, more dryness, and now they're more prone 7 00:00:28.559 --> 00:00:29.440 to UTIs. 8 00:00:29.480 --> 00:00:32.759 And this is Wake Up with Marcy, a space for 9 00:00:32.880 --> 00:00:38.600 honest conversations about healing, recovery, and women's wellness. I'm Marcy Hopkins. 10 00:00:38.880 --> 00:00:46.520 Take a breath, You're safe here. Let's begin. Hello, Well, 11 00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:48.840 welcome back to Wake Up with Marcy. I'm your host, 12 00:00:48.880 --> 00:00:51.880 Marcy Hopkins, and I am so grateful you are here today. 13 00:00:52.320 --> 00:00:58.200 I am actually here at Relive Health in Delray Beach, Florida, 14 00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:03.000 and I am with Paul and I recently came in 15 00:01:03.320 --> 00:01:07.959 because I have been hearing so much about HRT hormone 16 00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:11.480 replacement and I'm so interested in it, and I came 17 00:01:11.560 --> 00:01:15.879 in and you guys were phenomenal. So I just wanted 18 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:20.120 to bring all of you, invite you in with us 19 00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:24.079 to have this conversation because this is a conversation that 20 00:01:24.560 --> 00:01:27.879 so many really aren't having or understand and we need 21 00:01:27.920 --> 00:01:31.879 to be having it. And Paula is truly amazing. She 22 00:01:32.120 --> 00:01:36.000 is a Doctor of Nursing Practice. She is also a 23 00:01:36.120 --> 00:01:41.879 Board certified Family practitioner. She is certified in functional medicine, 24 00:01:42.439 --> 00:01:47.519 anti aging and also peptid therapy, and the list goes on. 25 00:01:48.439 --> 00:01:52.040 So thank you Paula for being here with me today 26 00:01:52.280 --> 00:01:55.519 and my pleasure inviting me here at Relive is such 27 00:01:55.519 --> 00:01:56.480 a beautiful space. 28 00:01:56.599 --> 00:01:58.159 Now it's our pleasure to have you. 29 00:01:58.480 --> 00:02:02.239 Thank you, So tell us a little bit about how 30 00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:06.200 you got into this world of medicine and why it's 31 00:02:06.200 --> 00:02:07.040 so important to you. 32 00:02:08.439 --> 00:02:13.159 When sometime back when I started, I started in primary 33 00:02:13.199 --> 00:02:17.960 care and I saw all the patients coming in, a 34 00:02:18.000 --> 00:02:22.199 lot of them older, and they were struggling. It was 35 00:02:22.319 --> 00:02:26.919 like they had all those issues. And you send them 36 00:02:26.919 --> 00:02:30.919 to different specialists and you got everything involved, and no 37 00:02:30.960 --> 00:02:37.159 one finds what's wrong. But they are suffering. They're not 38 00:02:37.240 --> 00:02:43.080 feeling well, they have joint pain, they have mental like, 39 00:02:43.199 --> 00:02:48.120 they don't have energy, they can't work out anymore, and 40 00:02:48.639 --> 00:02:55.639 libido problems, body composition, bring fog, the frozen shoulder. You 41 00:02:55.759 --> 00:03:01.000 send them Lui Orthiopedes And now we're injecting aeroids back 42 00:03:01.039 --> 00:03:06.840 to back and nothing helps. And I started to a 43 00:03:06.879 --> 00:03:09.240 lot of them will come back and the specialists would 44 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:11.960 be there's nothing wrong, like we're just going to give 45 00:03:11.960 --> 00:03:16.159 this medication call it a day. And I started to think, like, 46 00:03:16.240 --> 00:03:18.840 there's got to be something better. There's got to be 47 00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:22.479 something that we have to find the source. We have 48 00:03:22.560 --> 00:03:26.360 to find the root cause and help them not to 49 00:03:26.479 --> 00:03:29.759 just give a band aid with a medication, but address 50 00:03:29.919 --> 00:03:35.159 what is causing it and have a better quality of life. Absolutely, 51 00:03:35.680 --> 00:03:40.039 And that's how I, yeah, enter into the journey of 52 00:03:40.120 --> 00:03:46.840 functional medicine, finding out the root cause, treating hormone imbalances, 53 00:03:47.560 --> 00:03:52.800 either from different causes, from toxins, from things we're exposure to, 54 00:03:53.080 --> 00:03:56.280 like aging. As we age, we also have the aging 55 00:03:56.319 --> 00:03:59.319 process that we lose those and we don't need to 56 00:03:59.360 --> 00:04:02.759 suffer this day and age. We have so many things 57 00:04:02.759 --> 00:04:04.759 that we can do too. Well, that's the thing. 58 00:04:05.159 --> 00:04:08.840 Yeah, I mean quality of life, having a good quality 59 00:04:08.879 --> 00:04:12.280 of life and understanding that there is help. And Mike, 60 00:04:12.319 --> 00:04:16.040 you said, not putting a band aid on and going 61 00:04:16.079 --> 00:04:20.360 to all these doctors and we're being treated but not 62 00:04:20.519 --> 00:04:24.439 knowing really what is wrong, what is happening to our bodies, right, 63 00:04:25.480 --> 00:04:30.519 So let's talk about HRT and what that is exactly. 64 00:04:31.839 --> 00:04:37.319 So HRT is hormonal replacement therapy, and I just wanted 65 00:04:37.319 --> 00:04:40.399 to touch because there's a lot of stigma, a lot 66 00:04:40.439 --> 00:04:45.040 of belief. Back in the days, we had studies that 67 00:04:45.399 --> 00:04:52.360 indicated that hormonal replacement could give cancer, could cause cancer, 68 00:04:53.279 --> 00:04:59.879 and that generation lost so much because everyone now did 69 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:03.240 want to replace the hormones. They were afraid of cancer. 70 00:05:03.959 --> 00:05:08.199 And back in the day, yes, we had equine hormones 71 00:05:08.839 --> 00:05:15.319 which were very high. Their dozing was like super physiological, 72 00:05:15.480 --> 00:05:20.199 not like the ones we have today that are bioidentical, 73 00:05:20.399 --> 00:05:25.399 that are like physiological doses that we replace. But those 74 00:05:25.439 --> 00:05:33.120 studies were done with synthetic like a derivative from horse urine, 75 00:05:33.319 --> 00:05:36.800 and they were very strong. And then yes, a lot 76 00:05:36.839 --> 00:05:41.199 of these women won. They were too late and replacing 77 00:05:41.240 --> 00:05:46.160 the hormones. And second, a lot of them had very 78 00:05:46.240 --> 00:05:49.360 high doses of astrogen, which now we don't have that. 79 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:56.079 So fortunately FDA had remove a lot of the black 80 00:05:56.120 --> 00:06:00.319 box warning saying that it causes cancer. I think now 81 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:04.399 we have a bright future for many men and women. Yes, 82 00:06:04.800 --> 00:06:09.240 men have entropause, women have menopause, And now we're seeing 83 00:06:10.360 --> 00:06:13.480 and even young patients. I see young patients that are 84 00:06:13.519 --> 00:06:17.199 losing their hormones because of toxins, because of things that 85 00:06:17.279 --> 00:06:17.879 were exposed. 86 00:06:17.920 --> 00:06:21.240 But we're eating the exposure. Everything is different today, Everything 87 00:06:21.279 --> 00:06:24.480 is different. Yeah, and our bodies are responding to that. 88 00:06:25.160 --> 00:06:29.480 And yes, and these young girls even starting their cycles 89 00:06:29.480 --> 00:06:33.000 so much earlier. And like you said, I mean I 90 00:06:33.040 --> 00:06:35.160 feel like these poor young girls. I have a daughter 91 00:06:35.240 --> 00:06:37.959 that's twenty and I felt like she was going through 92 00:06:37.959 --> 00:06:41.040 menopause at the same time I was, because we were 93 00:06:41.560 --> 00:06:45.000 having the same side effects, if you will. 94 00:06:45.639 --> 00:06:49.639 Yes, yeah, and they are and it is true. Yeah, 95 00:06:49.680 --> 00:06:54.839 Like and we see every day, hear even young creatients 96 00:06:54.959 --> 00:06:59.680 that they're losing their hormones and we're trying to find 97 00:06:59.839 --> 00:07:05.800 the root cause because they shouldn't. They shouldn't young, Yeah, 98 00:07:05.839 --> 00:07:09.639 which is different when women go through menopause than we 99 00:07:09.720 --> 00:07:13.399 have a varying failure and then we do have to replace. 100 00:07:15.120 --> 00:07:18.560 It's part of life, but we don't have to suffer anymore. 101 00:07:18.839 --> 00:07:22.480 I think it's amazing. And I mean when those reports 102 00:07:22.519 --> 00:07:24.800 came out, and I'll tell you, women still talk about it, 103 00:07:24.839 --> 00:07:28.000 women that I am around, and they're still fearful of it. 104 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:33.839 I hear everything, yes, and so anyway, I'm fifty six 105 00:07:34.120 --> 00:07:37.399 and I decided I had been interviewing some people on 106 00:07:37.680 --> 00:07:41.480 HRT and also met someone at another event and they 107 00:07:41.480 --> 00:07:44.279 were like, it's life changing, you have to do it, 108 00:07:45.000 --> 00:07:50.680 and so let's talk about what happens when you come 109 00:07:50.720 --> 00:07:55.639 in to let's say relive, because the process was very easy, 110 00:07:56.240 --> 00:07:59.319 and I'd love to even show what you guys shared 111 00:07:59.360 --> 00:08:03.480 with me and what I'm now using, and I'm already 112 00:08:03.519 --> 00:08:06.920 starting to see differences. 113 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:09.920 I'm happy to hear. That's what I live for. But 114 00:08:10.800 --> 00:08:14.120 pretty much when you come in, we're going to evaluate 115 00:08:14.519 --> 00:08:20.240 first if you have any symptoms, your history, risk factors, 116 00:08:20.360 --> 00:08:23.959 we have to evaluate all of that, making sure your 117 00:08:24.040 --> 00:08:28.680 lifestyle because depending on your age bracket, we want to 118 00:08:28.720 --> 00:08:32.480 make sure what are you doing. If you're younger and 119 00:08:32.480 --> 00:08:35.960 you're losing hormones, what is it that is causing What 120 00:08:36.000 --> 00:08:39.360 are the lifestyle modifications that we have to do. And 121 00:08:39.519 --> 00:08:45.000 also even if you're already hit menopause, we need lifestyle 122 00:08:45.080 --> 00:08:50.039 modifications because our bodies handle hormones like the same way 123 00:08:50.519 --> 00:08:53.360 we have dot sense. We have to metabolize them, we 124 00:08:53.480 --> 00:08:57.039 have to excrete them, we have to toxify from them. 125 00:08:57.639 --> 00:09:01.000 So we need to make sure everything is working like 126 00:09:01.039 --> 00:09:04.320 a symphony, and everything is working. So we have to 127 00:09:04.399 --> 00:09:10.440 assess where you are risk factors, the blood work. Once 128 00:09:10.480 --> 00:09:15.559 we replace the hormones and everything's doing good, we evaluate 129 00:09:15.759 --> 00:09:21.240 how you're excreting them, how you're metabolizing them, and so there's. 130 00:09:21.120 --> 00:09:23.600 A lot of steps, a lot of steps. But like 131 00:09:23.960 --> 00:09:26.399 who's a good candidate and who's not? I mean, is 132 00:09:27.320 --> 00:09:30.399 there any one way that we can figure that out. 133 00:09:30.559 --> 00:09:35.200 There's many different things that we take into consideration when 134 00:09:35.240 --> 00:09:39.840 we place someone on an HRT. Most of the people 135 00:09:40.000 --> 00:09:44.840 are I would say everyone that has hormonal imbalance is 136 00:09:44.879 --> 00:09:48.559 a candidate. I don't want to say for hormonal replacement, 137 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:54.080 but for hormone optimization. One way or another. We can 138 00:09:54.120 --> 00:09:54.759 always like. 139 00:09:55.080 --> 00:09:57.200 And can you do that when you're in paerimenopause or 140 00:09:57.279 --> 00:09:58.639 is it when you're in menopause? 141 00:09:58.759 --> 00:10:01.679 Now you should do it when you're in perimenopause. 142 00:10:02.000 --> 00:10:04.440 It was a nightmare for me, exactly. I always put 143 00:10:04.440 --> 00:10:05.480 on antidepressants. 144 00:10:06.120 --> 00:10:07.039 A lot of women are. 145 00:10:07.279 --> 00:10:10.399 I was drinking alcohol excessively. I mean, that's a big 146 00:10:10.440 --> 00:10:11.919 part of my story. 147 00:10:12.480 --> 00:10:15.519 It was awful. It is it is real. A lot 148 00:10:15.519 --> 00:10:19.720 of women get placed on and in all honesty, even 149 00:10:19.759 --> 00:10:23.120 when I was in primary care, when we saw, okay, 150 00:10:23.240 --> 00:10:26.759 you have those, your blood work doesn't show anything. And 151 00:10:26.840 --> 00:10:30.720 when you're in paerimenopause, it's like a roller coaster. So 152 00:10:30.799 --> 00:10:34.159 depending when we check your blood work might come back 153 00:10:34.240 --> 00:10:37.759 saying you're beautiful, you're not a menopause. You have all 154 00:10:37.799 --> 00:10:40.840 your hormones, but it fluctuates, and then if I check 155 00:10:40.919 --> 00:10:44.799 on the right amount that you're taking, you're dipping, then 156 00:10:44.840 --> 00:10:47.039 I'm going to see that you look like a menopausal 157 00:10:47.080 --> 00:10:53.200 woman and that's perimenopause. It's almost like going through puberty again. 158 00:10:53.759 --> 00:10:57.600 It's that roller coaster of hormones. Everything's changing, and I 159 00:10:57.600 --> 00:11:01.360 think it's harder than when you you're either a menopause 160 00:11:01.600 --> 00:11:06.919 or you're not there yet. Yeah, because absolutely it's crazy. 161 00:11:07.080 --> 00:11:07.440 It was. 162 00:11:08.080 --> 00:11:11.960 It really truly affected my life in very negative ways. 163 00:11:12.279 --> 00:11:16.120 Yes, but that's the time that when you have, especially 164 00:11:16.159 --> 00:11:20.120 when you're starting to have the symptoms to have the changes, 165 00:11:20.440 --> 00:11:24.799 then we start supporting that loss. So we kind of 166 00:11:25.000 --> 00:11:27.960 give that support. So you're because you haven't lost a 167 00:11:28.039 --> 00:11:31.120 year and you're going to have periods in paerimenopause that 168 00:11:31.200 --> 00:11:35.519 you're ovaries will try to make hormones and then they'll fail, 169 00:11:35.960 --> 00:11:39.639 So you have the roller coaster when and when we're supporting. 170 00:11:39.960 --> 00:11:42.679 It's not a full replacement dose, but it's like a 171 00:11:42.759 --> 00:11:47.960 supporting those and it mitigates all those symptoms and everything 172 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:50.159 that we do that women go through. 173 00:11:50.720 --> 00:11:52.840 Yeah, so when I came in, we had a blood 174 00:11:52.879 --> 00:11:57.679 test and then from that you were able to read 175 00:11:57.799 --> 00:12:02.000 what was happening within my body. One of the things 176 00:12:02.000 --> 00:12:03.799 that you mentioned, I want to I want to expand 177 00:12:03.840 --> 00:12:06.240 on that. But one of the things you mentioned is 178 00:12:06.360 --> 00:12:10.960 family history. So what would inhibit you from not being 179 00:12:11.000 --> 00:12:13.200 able to do it due to family history? 180 00:12:13.720 --> 00:12:17.840 We would approach different ways. If you have a family, 181 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:24.440 especially a stronger family history of cancers that are sensitive 182 00:12:24.480 --> 00:12:28.519 to estrogen or to hormones, then we do have to 183 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:30.600 do it in a different way. We have to make 184 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:34.480 sure we're checking you first, make sure you're up to 185 00:12:34.600 --> 00:12:41.879 date with all your preventative screenings. Make sure you don't 186 00:12:41.919 --> 00:12:45.399 have like the genetic predisposition to develop anything, because we 187 00:12:45.440 --> 00:12:48.519 don't want to trigger anything. But still with that we 188 00:12:48.720 --> 00:12:51.120 can help with hormones. 189 00:12:51.279 --> 00:12:54.639 Okay, all right, So anyway, I came in had my 190 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:59.080 blood work done, and you said that my brain was 191 00:12:59.159 --> 00:13:05.000 triggering for the hormones to write, because right, so what 192 00:13:05.159 --> 00:13:08.240 is it to go to my brain for different Those. 193 00:13:08.159 --> 00:13:14.120 Brain signals your ovaries to produce uh huh. So we 194 00:13:14.200 --> 00:13:16.720 saw at the time that your brain was trying to 195 00:13:16.840 --> 00:13:22.240 signal very strongly to get your ovaries to produce the hormones, 196 00:13:22.480 --> 00:13:27.000 and your body was trying to give you the building blocks, 197 00:13:28.080 --> 00:13:32.320 which sometimes we see a light increase in cholesterol and 198 00:13:32.519 --> 00:13:34.840 certain markers in the in the blood work. 199 00:13:35.480 --> 00:13:37.919 But so that's what was happening. 200 00:13:38.159 --> 00:13:38.320 Right. 201 00:13:38.360 --> 00:13:42.120 Of course, my ovaries weren't responding, and also my cholesterol 202 00:13:42.200 --> 00:13:45.879 has been higher, and I even had multiple tests done 203 00:13:45.919 --> 00:13:47.840 on that and I didn't have to go on medication. 204 00:13:48.080 --> 00:13:51.639 But that is something to look into, right, I mean, 205 00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:54.960 and that has never been mentioned to me that that 206 00:13:55.000 --> 00:13:55.399 could be. 207 00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:59.080 A possibility, you know, but it's it's a common one 208 00:13:59.159 --> 00:14:02.759 of the common found things when women and men start 209 00:14:02.840 --> 00:14:06.559 losing their hormones. One of the building blocks for your 210 00:14:06.559 --> 00:14:12.200 body to make hormones is cholesterol. And when your body 211 00:14:12.320 --> 00:14:14.759 sees because your body is very spine, it's going to 212 00:14:14.799 --> 00:14:18.320 see that you no longer have that hormone, it's going 213 00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:20.720 to go, Okay, let me raise a little bit and 214 00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:23.320 give you the building block see if you can make 215 00:14:24.840 --> 00:14:25.720 is that incredible? 216 00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:31.320 Our bodies are so fascinating their the machines. So anyway, 217 00:14:31.399 --> 00:14:35.720 so you provided for those listening, these are creams. Those 218 00:14:35.720 --> 00:14:39.399 are creams compounds that have been created specifically for me. 219 00:14:39.559 --> 00:14:41.240 So everyone would have their own. 220 00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:46.240 Their own, yes, so into their own needs. We monitor 221 00:14:46.320 --> 00:14:48.960 with symptoms and how you deal with them. 222 00:14:49.559 --> 00:14:52.159 Right, so you start with a certain dosage and then 223 00:14:52.200 --> 00:14:57.000 see how your body would respond. And you also help 224 00:14:57.120 --> 00:15:02.039 men with this. Is that correct? Okay, because that's tell 225 00:15:02.080 --> 00:15:03.120 us a little bit about that. 226 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:07.919 So men also go through something very similar to menopause, 227 00:15:07.960 --> 00:15:12.320 which is called andropause, and with aging, they start losing 228 00:15:12.360 --> 00:15:18.799 their hormones too. Male main hormone is testosterone. It's very 229 00:15:18.840 --> 00:15:25.840 interesting because once man start losing their testosterone, it actually 230 00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:32.679 predisposes them to diabetes, to high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, 231 00:15:33.279 --> 00:15:34.120 it does all of that. 232 00:15:34.519 --> 00:15:36.440 I don't know anybody talking about. 233 00:15:36.279 --> 00:15:41.039 That woman too. So we yes, we should, because we 234 00:15:41.120 --> 00:15:47.000 can be preventing a lot of disease, chronic disease of aging. Yes, 235 00:15:47.600 --> 00:15:50.080 when we replace the hormones. Yeah. 236 00:15:50.960 --> 00:15:54.480 So, and also I just want to say so I'm 237 00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:59.600 about three and a half weeks in now, and today 238 00:16:00.240 --> 00:16:03.279 m hmm. I realized today was my first day, like 239 00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:07.399 I've always been a napper meeting rest, and today was 240 00:16:07.440 --> 00:16:12.080 my first day that I have felt alert, I have 241 00:16:12.200 --> 00:16:18.360 felt awake, I have felt good, and it's amazing, amazing. 242 00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:21.440 I haven't felt like this, and I can't tell you 243 00:16:21.639 --> 00:16:26.840 how long I am blown away by the fact that 244 00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:32.639 I feel clear headed and that I just feel so 245 00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:37.240 alert and happy. Yes, so it has been just incredible. 246 00:16:38.279 --> 00:16:41.440 Yeah, yeah, I was saying, that's when patients say that 247 00:16:41.639 --> 00:16:43.120 it's life changing, it. 248 00:16:43.039 --> 00:16:46.960 Is, and yes, and that's what makes me so excited 249 00:16:47.000 --> 00:16:48.120 about what's to come. 250 00:16:49.200 --> 00:16:55.080 Yes, not even considering the changes that you don't see 251 00:16:55.600 --> 00:16:58.559 and you don't feel, but they are happening because now 252 00:16:58.559 --> 00:17:03.559 you're preventing oste, you're preventing sarcupedia, meaning like you're not 253 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:06.319 going to be losing your muscle mass, you're going to 254 00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:09.359 have more like less of the brain fog. A lot 255 00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:13.519 of women complaining of like frozen shoulder, frozen joints, so 256 00:17:13.559 --> 00:17:19.079 they're now able to exercise, to be active without hurting everything. 257 00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:21.240 So there's so much. 258 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:25.920 I also had problems with my legs when I would sleep, 259 00:17:27.559 --> 00:17:30.799 and meaning that I would have what is that called 260 00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:35.359 when your your legs will like jolt and they have 261 00:17:35.559 --> 00:17:39.039 like hyper active and you feel like, I don't know, 262 00:17:39.079 --> 00:17:40.720 it really affected my sleep? 263 00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:45.400 Yes, yes, that's another thing. Yeah, a lot of patients 264 00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:51.640 is such an incredible change in sleep. Yes, how restorative 265 00:17:51.960 --> 00:17:56.079 and better qualities to sleep they have after they start 266 00:17:56.119 --> 00:17:57.519 replacing their hormones. 267 00:17:57.839 --> 00:18:02.400 What are some of the side effects of perimenopause menopause 268 00:18:02.599 --> 00:18:06.279 that that isn't normal? Like we all know about the 269 00:18:06.319 --> 00:18:09.039 hot flashes, and we talk about the brain fog and such, 270 00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:13.960 but there are definitely some side effects that women are 271 00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:17.440 really not aware of. And I mean, I'll just say 272 00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:18.680 vaginal dryness. 273 00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:22.559 Vaginal dryness is a very common and with a vaginal 274 00:18:22.680 --> 00:18:27.039 dryness there is one that is very common. I saw 275 00:18:27.079 --> 00:18:32.000 a lot in primary care, and we never really address 276 00:18:32.279 --> 00:18:35.640 the way that it should, which is with hormones. But 277 00:18:35.720 --> 00:18:41.480 it's frequent UTIs women when they start getting that dryness, 278 00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:46.559 they start getting more recurrent UTIs more often nowadays we 279 00:18:46.640 --> 00:18:50.960 even say see young women getting them, and it's actually 280 00:18:51.119 --> 00:18:55.279 when they're losing their hormones and they're getting less lubrication, 281 00:18:55.640 --> 00:18:57.960 more dryness, and now they're more. 282 00:18:57.799 --> 00:19:01.839 Prone to UTIs and a lot of women feel uncomfortable 283 00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:05.279 to talk to the gynecologists about these things, so they're 284 00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:06.519 not being honest. 285 00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:09.839 They're not No, so there's sometimes the visit is so quick, 286 00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:14.000 where like you're in and out in five minutes. Yeah, 287 00:19:14.119 --> 00:19:16.119 so sometimes they don't even have time. 288 00:19:16.680 --> 00:19:23.920 So functional medicine, a functional medicine is where we would 289 00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:27.079 receive the hormone replacement, right. I mean, you're not going 290 00:19:27.119 --> 00:19:28.559 to your general practitioner. 291 00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:33.440 It could be someone that specializes in hormones. But functional 292 00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:39.759 medicine is when we're looking you at your health as 293 00:19:39.799 --> 00:19:43.359 a whole, and we're addressing the root causes of everything. 294 00:19:43.839 --> 00:19:46.039 So not only are we going to do hormones, but 295 00:19:46.079 --> 00:19:48.640 we're going to make sure your body is handling the 296 00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:54.000 hormones well, that you're doing all the lifestyle changes that 297 00:19:54.519 --> 00:19:58.599 we're addressing anything else that can be causing your body 298 00:19:58.880 --> 00:20:03.720 not to be optimized, because you should be optimized. You should. 299 00:20:04.160 --> 00:20:11.119 You should sleep well, wake up energized, have energy throughout 300 00:20:11.160 --> 00:20:15.240 the day, not needing several cups of coffee or other 301 00:20:15.319 --> 00:20:19.319 things to stay awake, to have clarity of mind, to 302 00:20:19.400 --> 00:20:23.640 be able to exercise, to be active, all the quality 303 00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:25.440 of life that everyone should have. 304 00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:31.920 Amazing so let's talk about some of the negative side effects. Though, 305 00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:37.039 maybe someone has started HRT and I mean, what's something 306 00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:39.839 to look for that maybe it's not working right. 307 00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:45.440 There is a lot of dozing adjusting in the beginning. 308 00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:51.640 It is true. So sometimes let's say if progesterone, when 309 00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:57.160 we start with progesterone and estrogen, some women might retain 310 00:20:57.240 --> 00:21:01.079 a little fluid, which sometimes it's normal. It activates a 311 00:21:01.200 --> 00:21:04.200 system that it's like a diuretic system, and as your 312 00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:09.079 body adjusts to it, sometimes you retain fluid in the 313 00:21:09.119 --> 00:21:13.279 beginning and then you start diarrasing normally again. So sometimes 314 00:21:13.400 --> 00:21:18.920 that can happen. Breast tenderness. If you have access hormones, 315 00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:22.400 you're gonna have symptoms. So you start getting a little 316 00:21:22.880 --> 00:21:27.279 some mood swings, some breast tenderness. Someone might going to 317 00:21:27.359 --> 00:21:31.640 have like breakthrough bleeding. So those are problems. There's a 318 00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:37.519 nuisance that can happen, and it's it's really easily fixable. 319 00:21:37.880 --> 00:21:45.559 That's about the dose. Yes, okay, right, so let's talk about. 320 00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:47.960 The peptide therapy. 321 00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:48.559 Mm hmm. 322 00:21:49.279 --> 00:21:52.839 I don't know a lot about peptide therapy, but I 323 00:21:52.880 --> 00:21:54.400 hear that's a game changer too. 324 00:21:55.079 --> 00:21:57.799 Yes, I think it's becoming very popular. It is becoming 325 00:21:57.920 --> 00:22:02.160 very populous. It's been in it around for. 326 00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:04.759 A while, but we're just catching on. 327 00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:09.920 Yes, yes it's been around it but pretty much. Baptized 328 00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:16.279 are short chain you know, acids, and they signal things peptize. 329 00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:20.640 What our love about peptides is that they respect the 330 00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:26.200 mechanisms that your body have, the safety mechanisms. So let's say, 331 00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:29.599 when I replace hormone, I have to be very careful 332 00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:34.400 because i'm telling mandating your body to do something that 333 00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:38.279 it needs to do. When I give you peptides, I'm 334 00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:42.119 asking kindly your body to do something. And if your 335 00:22:42.119 --> 00:22:44.839 body is not ready for it, or if you don't 336 00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:48.440 have the terrain for it to happen, it's not going 337 00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:51.480 to do anything. Well. When sometimes I see people that 338 00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:54.359 use baptists like I haven't seen anything, I'm like, well, 339 00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:58.559 it's probably because your body we're not ready to receive 340 00:22:58.599 --> 00:22:59.680 the peptize yet. 341 00:23:00.039 --> 00:23:02.599 Well, tell me what exactly are there for? What tell 342 00:23:02.680 --> 00:23:04.279 us when when do we need them? 343 00:23:04.440 --> 00:23:08.400 A lot of different pep tides. There's peptides for healing 344 00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:13.759 that are peptides to improve your mitochondrial health that are 345 00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:18.279 peptides that help with gut healing, some help, some help 346 00:23:18.359 --> 00:23:26.559 with tendon ligaments. Some actually help with bacterial fungo infections. Uniaming, like, 347 00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:31.440 there's so many different ones. It's incredible, it is. It 348 00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:36.480 is a whole world. The most common one you know 349 00:23:36.640 --> 00:23:40.480 is the weight loss one right, which is now very popular, 350 00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:47.240 the gp ones right, EMPI, the manjaros that found. Yes, uh, 351 00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:51.039 but we have many O. There's some help with visceral 352 00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:53.079 fat fatty liver. 353 00:23:53.599 --> 00:23:56.119 Now are using all the same kind of peptides for 354 00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:59.319 that or we have many different times, many different ye 355 00:23:59.519 --> 00:24:01.200 any differferent types of paptides. 356 00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:07.000 Some help with a libido mini pathtides already after approved, 357 00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:13.200 some are not. So there's a lot of great areas 358 00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:18.920 we never hear. We really try to go for pharmaceutical 359 00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:22.599 so we use compounding pharmacies. We don't use any labs. 360 00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:26.440 We want to make sure our patients are getting quality. 361 00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:30.200 They're not. They're getting why it's written in the vial 362 00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:36.079 and there's no fillers, there's no contamination. But unfortunately, nowadays 363 00:24:36.079 --> 00:24:41.839 we do have peptides everywhere, Like you'll google it and 364 00:24:41.920 --> 00:24:42.519 you can get it. 365 00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:45.160 What you're getting, I know what you're getting. 366 00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:48.279 You don't know what exactly, So that's the danger. 367 00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:54.880 So tell us relive relive health, what is it overall? 368 00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:59.359 What is the mission of relive and what all are 369 00:24:59.400 --> 00:25:02.799 you offering here? What can someone come in and you know, 370 00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:07.279 regain a holistic and happy life. 371 00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:14.240 So our mission, our goal is to really get you optimized, 372 00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:18.319 to get to have for you to have the best 373 00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:22.759 quality life that you can have, to be your best, 374 00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:24.200 to fear your best. 375 00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:30.559 Yes, amazing. And what about for a woman out there 376 00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:35.640 that is just feeling really low and maybe she's afraid, 377 00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:37.240 what would you say to her? 378 00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:39.680 I would say, come see. 379 00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:42.119 Us because we will help you. 380 00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:47.440 And we have a many different We really have a 381 00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:52.559 variety of treatments here from we have a hormone replacement, 382 00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:55.519 we have pap tides. We take a full dive into 383 00:25:55.640 --> 00:26:00.880 functional medicine, so we have specialty tests that we'll look 384 00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:10.160 into your microbiome. We'll look into micronutrients, food sensitivity, mold toxicity, 385 00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:19.400 lime disease, fungoing, bacteria, overgrowth, You're name it. Amazing, We're 386 00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:23.119 addressing everything so you live your best life. 387 00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:27.839 It's amazing. Well I'm already feeling better. And the gut 388 00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:32.119 health one, it's actually getting a little better already, I 389 00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:36.880 will say, but that is something that I struggle with 390 00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:38.440 and I think a lot of women. 391 00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:42.359 Especially with age, we have a lot of issues. 392 00:26:42.599 --> 00:26:45.039 Actually, I don't know, if I think back, I think 393 00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:46.759 it's most of my life something. 394 00:26:46.839 --> 00:26:49.799 You know, the amount of patients when I ask them 395 00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:53.319 if they because sometimes they don't even stop and think. 396 00:26:53.839 --> 00:26:56.920 But when I ask if they have constipation, or if 397 00:26:56.960 --> 00:27:03.240 they have abnormal stools or more or bloating or reflux 398 00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:09.720 or stomach issues, it's a lot. Yes, it's a line. 399 00:27:09.640 --> 00:27:13.400 And especially now with all that are in our foods, 400 00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:16.880 and our foods are just different today, Yes, they are 401 00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:20.680