Dr. Elizabeth Boham

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The Dr. Hyman Show · Reclaim Your Hormones: How to Treat PMS and PCOS Naturally · 9 Dec 2024 podcast

we should probably talk about soy a little bit because honestly, this is probably the most common question I get because people are so confused about soy and like, oh my goodness, should we eat soy or not eat soy? Um, so, so soy, right? Soy foods.

are in they have these things called phytoestrogens in them and this is what got everybody nervous right so they have these they have these these components these phytonutrients these components in them that can actually impact the estrogen receptor and so For a bunch of years ago, oncologists used to say, oh no, it can impact the estrogen receptor. I don't want you to eat soy.

But what we know, actually, is that they bind to the estrogen receptor, preventing your own estrogen from binding to the estrogen receptor. And as a result, you have a lower estrogen-like impact in the body. And so multiple studies have shown that soy is actually associated with a lower rate of breast cancer.

Edamame, right?

Yeah, like balancing your blood sugar, balancing your blood sugar by making sure that every meal has a good source of healthy fat, has a good source of fiber, and has a good source of protein, right? So that prevents the spikes in blood sugar and the spikes in insulin, right? So you make sure your meals are balanced like that, then you won't get those ups and downs in your energy.

And so you just feel better. And that helps with preventing that high insulin.

Right, right, right. So then that helps with the balance of all the hormones, as you were mentioning earlier. And so when a woman is going through perimenopause, you know, the first place we look at is, okay, what are these personalized lifestyle factors? What can we really focus on with them?

I mean, there might be times where we at the Ultra Wellness Center may use some hormones to help with their... Regesterone. Yeah, to help with their sleep if necessary. But many times just a woman understanding what's going on and then making some shifts in their lifestyle can make a huge impact and make them feel better.

The Dr. Hyman Show · Is Your Thyroid the Hidden Root Cause of Your Health Issues? · 18 Nov 2024 podcast

Well, I think the first thing that as functional medicine docs we recognize is that we're not asking that question why, right? So we're not looking for that underlying root cause, which so often helps us when we're treating our patient because it helps us figure out for them, for that individual person, what do we need to do to help their thyroid work better.

So is it because of a nutritional deficiency? We know that we need iodine and selenium and iron and all sorts of good amino acids.

Right.

Yes, yes. And so if people aren't eating enough of certain foods, we might see nutritional deficiencies, or maybe if their digestive system is a mess, they're not absorbing their nutrients well. So we have to ask that question, why? Because sometimes that will just help the thyroid work better when we help support it nutritionally.

Or maybe it's an autoimmune condition, like you mentioned, Hashimoto's. And then it gets us thinking of a lot of different things, right? It gets us thinking about, well, why does this person have autoimmunity?

Yeah, it really is.

Well, you know, the body, when in an autoimmune condition, the body starts to fight itself off, right? So it starts to, it looks at the thyroid gland and says, okay, I'm gonna fight you off. I'm gonna attack you. And when it attacks the thyroid gland, the thyroid gland doesn't work as well.

and so then you get low well in many cases you get a low thyroid so what causes the autoimmune disease is the big question we always ask in functional medicine why right and and everybody's different right for one person it may be gluten we know gluten uh is associated with a lot of hashimoto's thyroiditis not all but some but my experience like you look at thyroid antibodies and you compare it with the gluten antibodies in that patient and it's about my thing is about 30 of the time

Yeah, I think it could be. It could be. It might even be a little higher. It depends because of the patients we're seeing. So we might be seeing more patients who have a lot of different digestive issues going on. And so I might see it even a little more frequently.

But we always think about the digestive system, right? You've got autoimmunity, you've got to think about what's going on in the digestive system. But then you think about, could there be an overgrowth of bacteria? Certain bacteria in either the digestive system or other parts of the body have been shown to trigger autoimmunity in some people.

We know that imbalances in iodine, actually excessive amounts of iodine.

Yeah. Hashimoto's, because it was found first in Japan, where they have lots of iodine. We know iodine's important for the thyroid. But too little is not good, but too much is also not good. So we pay attention to that. And toxins, of course, right? Toxins can be triggers for autoimmune disease in some people.

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