Lara Briden's Podcast
Episodes
Irregular periods: Is it PCOS, hypothalamic suppression, or something else?
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve struggled with irregular periods, you might have noticed it can be a little tricky to figure out exactly what’s going on—and, therefor...
The hidden story of endometriosis: Pain, lesions, and the microbiome
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve been diagnosed with endometriosis, the big question is: What type of lesions?In this episode, Lara challenges long-held assumptions to exp...
Decoding hypoglycemia: Is it insulin resistance or dysautonomia?
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Is your low blood sugar a symptom of insulin resistance or mild dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system?In this episode, Lara returns to the topic...
Hypoglycemia in young women: The science behind "hangry"
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Symptoms of hypoglycemia or low blood sugar include light-headedness, headaches, and anxiety. Hypoglycemia can even feel like panic attacks. In this ...
Food addiction and other causes of abnormally high hunger
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Do you feel hungry all the time? Abnormally hungry? If so, it’s worth trying to figure out why. Potential drivers of abnormally high hunger include ...
What's the story with dairy and periods problems?
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For some women, stopping normal dairy products can relieve period symptoms. But why?In this episode, Lara discusses:the inflammatory effects of A1 cas...
How IBS and SIBO can affect periods and hormones
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that what’s happening in your gut can affect your periods and hormones? In this episode, Lara discusses:small intestinal bacterial ove...
Medications that cause weight gain
16 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Why do antihistamines cause weight gain? And how does hormonal birth control affect metabolism?In this episode, Lara looks at:how common medications a...
Does your chronotype affect your ability to lose weight?
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you a morning person or an evening person? And could that affect your ability to lose weight?In this episode, Lara looks at chronotype, which is y...
Inositol for mood, sleep, and PCOS
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The supplement inositol is a superstar for treating polycystic ovary syndrome. It’s also been clinically trialled for weight loss, thyroid disease, ...
Help for post-pill acne, hair loss, and weight gain
11 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What do post-pill acne, hair loss, and weight gain all have in common? They can all be the result of a temporary surge in androgens when trying to com...
Top 6 natural treatments for premenstrual mood symptoms
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are premenstrual mood symptoms caused by progesterone or helped by progesterone? And why do antihistamines give such relief?In this episode, Lara disc...
The most common cause of weight gain
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There can be a strong hormonal component to abdominal weight gain. And in most people, that hormone is insulin. In this episode, Lara discusses insul...
A safer type of hormone therapy
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you're going to take hormone therapy, it's safer to take hormones that are identical to human hormones. In other words, hormones that are...
Endometriosis is a disease of immune dysfunction
20 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Endometriosis is an inflammatory disease that’s affected by hormones but is not caused by hormones. Instead, endometriosis is, at least in part, a d...
Why PCOS cannot be diagnosed by ultrasound
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Were you told you have polycystic ovary syndrome or PCOS based on a pelvic ultrasound? That may or may not be an accurate diagnosis because PCOS canno...
Natural treatment of heavy periods
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In a normal period, you should not lose more than about 80 mL of menstrual fluid over all the days of the bleed. That’s equivalent to about five tab...
Pill bleeds are not periods
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The pill is commonly prescribed to "regulate periods," but it can't actually do that because withdrawal bleeds from contraceptive drugs...