Menopause Is a Muscle Problem, Not Just a Hormone Problem
Menopause is changing your body, but the part nobody talks about isn't hot flashes. It's muscle. Women lose lean mass fastest in perimenopause, the loss probably starts closer to 35, and no pill, pat...
24 Sep 22min
The Truth About Testosterone in Women
You say "steroids" and picture a baseball scandal, a jacked guy, a bad spray tan. But cortisol is a steroid. Estrogen is a steroid. The cream you put on poison ivy is a steroid. The word covering all ...
17 Sep 25min
Fathers Lose Testosterone When They Raise Their Kids | Aldrich Chan, Psy.D.
Most people assume becoming a parent is an emotional change, but a measurable part of it is hormonal, and it happens in fathers too. I sat down with Aldrich Chan, Psy.D., to talk about what changes in...
15 Sep 1h 46min
The Bone You Have At 50 Was Built Before You Turned 18
You might think bone density is something you build slowly over a lifetime, but nearly all of your peak bone mass is set before age 18, in a four-year window most parents never see coming. In this sol...
10 Sep 24min
The Testosterone Myth Women Have Been Lied To About │ Dr. Susan Hardwick-Smith
You have probably been told that testosterone is a male hormone. Women produce more of it than estrogen, and for many of us it is the first hormone to go, sometimes reading zero five years before meno...
8 Sep 1h 21min
5 Protein Myths Your Doctor Is Still Repeating In The Exam Room
You probably ate something today with high protein printed across the front of it, and there is a good chance it did almost nothing for your skeletal muscle. There is no meaningful enforcement standar...
3 Sep 16min
STOP Treating Low Testosterone As Depression: The 160 Reading Navy Doctor Refused | Tim Parlatore
A Navy captain with 24 years of service went to medical for exhaustion, weight gain, and low mood, and was told to see a therapist and eat less. When he asked for a testosterone test his physician ask...
1 Sep 1h 45min
