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For more info on how I can help you visit my site, BetterByDrBrooke. There is a huge divide on using compounded pharmacies vs. your standard local pharmacy. On one hand many things compounding is the only way you can get bioidentical hormone therapy and on the other hand there’s a ton of fear around using these seemingly “unregulated” facilities and formulas. As always, the truth is in the middle and I cover the myths about regulation, what the role of these types of formulas are and much more in this episode! Stuff I Know You Will Love  A healthy microbiome feeds on healthy fibers and who gets enough these days? And even when we make the effort, getting a wide variety of different types of fibers is a big challenge in our busy lives. ZBiotics new probiotic product: Sugar to Fiber, turns sugar (sucrose) from your diet into a unique fiber rarely found in our daily diets that directly feeds those healthy gut bugs - it's almost magic. Easy, tastes great and you can save 15% with code BETTEREVERYDAY at zbiotics

For more info on how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.   Endometriosis can be debilitating for women and not only is treatment somewhat hit and miss, many women go undiagnosed for years. In this episode I cover some new areas of research and potential root causes of endometriosis. As well, when it comes to hormones there is a shift away from focusing only on estrogen dominance towards local estrogen activity in endometriomas and progesterone resistance. This episode will give women a more holistic view on this condition as well as several new ways to think about treatment.  Stuff I Know You Will Love   If you are looking for an expert prescriber for HRT during your perimenopause or menopause journey but are at odds with your local provider being a bit behind current best practices or you simply can’t find anyone near you to help, it is MIDI to the rescueI! I’ve worked with a number of telehealth services in my search for providers that are up to date on modern menopause medicine, have great cu

For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke. HIgh doses of naltrexone are used for certain addiction treatments, but lower and mid range doses have been shown to have hormonal, anti-inflammatory and weight loss benefits - with relatively few side effects for most women. In this episode I talk about using naltrexone with conditions such as Hashimoto’s and other autoimmune and how it can play into cravings and weight loss success. With all that in mind, it has uses in a variety of symptoms of midlife as well.   Stuff I Know You Will Love  A healthy microbiome feeds on healthy fibers and who gets enough these days? And even when we make the effort, getting a wide variety of different types of fibers is a big challenge in our busy lives. ZBiotics new probiotic product: Sugar to Fiber, turns sugar (sucrose) from your diet into a unique fiber rarely found in our daily diets that directly feeds those healthy gut bugs - it's almost magic. Easy, tastes great and you can save 15% with code BETTE

For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke! Oh, juicy one, right? While there are some that say they are all garbage and others that say they are the same as taking hormones, it's no wonder it’s a confusing topic. In this episode, I share how to think about most female hormone balance supplements: what the ingredients do, is there enough of anything to produce that effect in your product, and how to know what products may or may not help you.    I also created this FREE guide to help!    Mentioned in the episode:   My female hormone balance product: balance+protect    Dr Brooke Show #375 All About DHEA + Pregnenolone  Stuff I Know You Will Love   A healthy microbiome feeds on healthy fibers and who gets enough these days? And even when we make the effort, getting a wide variety of different types of fibers is a big challenge in our busy lives. ZBiotics new probiotic product: Sugar to Fiber, turns sugar (sucrose) from your diet into a unique fiber rarely found in our daily diets tha

For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke. Stressful moments happen to the best of us and we need actionable tools to complete the stress response, get back to baseline and reset our nervous system. Some of us are hardwired to be more reactive and dysregulated on an ongoing basis, so we may want to employ some of these tools as a daily habit and not just as a reactive response to a stressor. Either way, this episode will give you some easy, tangible ways to get yourself out of a stress response and back into regulation.    Items referenced in this episode:   Guide To Finding Your Inner Compass   5 Different Types Of Stress Responses    Tools For Regulating Your Nervous System (blog article)      Stuff I Know You Will Love   You want to feed your pup as well as you feed your family but you also need it to be easy! Enter: Ollie! Fresh, clear, delivered right to your door, available in 5 flavors! A perfectly portioned, whole fresh food diet has been proven to extend your pup’s life by

For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke. Follow up to episode #431 where I laid out how hormones change in perimenopause for women with PCOS, this episode answers questions from my listeners specific to these two conditions. I cover testing, worsening insulin resistance and weight gain, new understanding of the hormonal landscape of PCOS, breakouts and more.    Items mentioned in the show: Dr Brooke’s FREE Guide to PCOS + Perimenopause   PCOS Kit bundled price for PCOS supplement formulas (best price!) Better Gut Kit bundled price for gut healing regimen  balanced + beautiful PCOS formulated multi clear+normalize androgen balancing formula better+turmeric emulsified, highly absorbable liquid turmeric balance+protect estrogen and progesterone balancing formula  Stuff I Know You Will Love   If you are looking for an expert prescriber for HRT during your perimenopause or menopause journey but are at odds with your local provider being a bit behind current best practices or you simp

For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke. Have you heard that menopause cures or fixes PCOS? There is so much misunderstanding around PCOS leaving many women without answers and much misinformation about what this condition looks like as hormones decline in perimenopause and menopause. In this episode I cover how PCOS looks as we enter midlife, what gets better, what gets worse and your best strategies to manage it.    Items mentioned in the show: Dr Brooke’s FREE Guide to PCOS + Perimenopause   PCOS Kit bundled price for PCOS supplement formulas (best price!) Better Gut Kit bundled price for gut healing regimen  balanced + beautiful PCOS formulated multi clear+normalize androgen balancing formula better+turmeric emulsified, highly absorbable liquid turmeric balance+protect estrogen and progesterone balancing formula  Stuff I Know You Will Love   If you are looking for an expert prescriber for HRT during your perimenopause or menopause journey but are at odds with your local prov

Candida is probably the thing women come most often with thinking that they have. Part of the reason is that the symptoms like bloating, fatigue, and sugar cravings are so common. In this episode, I cover sussing out if this is really behind your symptoms, testing (pros and cons) and how to work with both supplements and the candida diet. As well as the most important part: why do you have this opportunistic infection in the first place? Is it the microbiome, hormone shifts, blood sugar, etc? We always want to be solving that problem as well as clearing any candida infection if present.  Stuff I Know You Will Love   If you are looking for an expert prescriber for HRT during your perimenopause or menopause journey but are at odds with your local provider being a bit behind current best practices or you simply can’t find anyone near you to help, it is MIDI to the rescueI! I’ve worked with a number of telehealth services in my search for providers that are up to date on modern menopause medicine, have great c

For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke. Often referred to as simply really bad PMS, PMDD is really its own thing and can be much more severe and debilitating than the usual PMS symptoms - though it can include those things too such as bloating, changes in digestion, fatigue and cramps. It’s a complex issue and if you’re suffering from it, it’s wise to explore several facets such as inflammation, histamine, etc. as well as understanding how hormone fluctuations might be the biggest driver of this condition. I cover all of that in this episode, please share if you know a woman that needs this info!   Stuff I Know You Will Love    A healthy microbiome feeds on healthy fibers and who gets enough these days? And even when we make the effort, getting a wide variety of different types of fibers is a big challenge in our busy lives. ZBiotics new probiotic product: Sugar to Fiber, turns sugar (sucrose) from your diet into a unique fiber rarely found in our daily diets that directly feeds t

For more info on how I can help you, visit BetterByDrBrooke.com. Progesterone gets all the love for being a sleep helper but estrogen is really important too! So whether your hormones are low due to not ovulating for some reason in your 20s or 30s such as PCOS, stress, etc. or you’re in perimenopause or menopause, both of these hormones play a huge role in falling and staying asleep. In this episode, I cover exactly how estrogen and progesterone impact neurotransmitters like serotonin and GABA as well as impact circadian rhythm, your vagus nerve and inflammation which all affect sleep. Stuff I Know You Will Love    A healthy microbiome feeds on healthy fibers and who gets enough these days? And even when we make the effort, getting a wide variety of different types of fibers is a big challenge in our busy lives. ZBiotics new probiotic product: Sugar to Fiber, turns sugar (sucrose) from your diet into a unique fiber rarely found in our daily diets that directly feeds those healthy gut bugs - it's almost magi

The holistic vet is in the house! Dr. Wheaton is part of the team at Ollie, makers of freshly prepared and customized nutrition for your pup and he joins me to talk about what our dogs really need when it comes to proper nutrition - not shockingly it isn’t the big bag of dried kibble! Better health now and a longer life by 2.5 years with better food for your furry bestie…and he mostly convinces me to get a dog by the end!   Learn more and save 60% off your starter box when you subscribe at Ollie.com/bettereveryday Stuff I Know You Will Love    A healthy microbiome feeds on healthy fibers and who gets enough these days? And even when we make the effort, getting a wide variety of different types of fibers is a big challenge in our busy lives. ZBiotics new probiotic product: Sugar to Fiber, turns sugar (sucrose) from your diet into a unique fiber rarely found in our daily diets that directly feeds those healthy gut bugs - it's almost magic. Easy, tastes great and you can save 15% with code BETTEREVERYDAY at zb

For more info on how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke. Progesterone is often an absolute godsend making us feel calmer, less bonkers, able to sleep and simply like things are gonna be OK.  It is an important part of an HRT regimen, yet some women do not feel much of a benefit from it and yet others feel mild to severe anxiety, irritability, insomnia or even panic from it. This episode talks about the reasons why you may not be tolerating progesterone and what you can do about it.  Stuff I Know You Will Love   Aging is a part of life, but our cells don’t always complete their normal life cycle so well due to a host of factors in our modern world. When cells don’t go through a healthy life cycle process they become what are called “zombie cells” - nonfunctional and unhelpful but still sucking up resources from the healthy cells around them. This process of senolysis can be aided by key ingredients found in Neurohacker’s amazing product: Qualia Senolytic. Clear out those dead cells and see your br

Encore episode! Dr. Zach is back to talk about something very cool: ZBiotics new probiotic product that turns sugar (sucrose) from your diet into fiber. Sounds like magic, right? Almost. This probiotic strain normally found in our gut and on our food has been engineered to produce an enzyme called levansucrase which will produce a unique fiber rarely found in our daily diets. All of this lends to better microbiome diversity and gut health. We cover how Sugar to Fiber works and how easy it is to add to your busy day on this episode.    Previous Dr Brooke Show episode with Zach: Alcohol & Your Microbiome    Try Sugar to Fiber and save 15% with code BETTEREVERYDAY! Stuff I Know You Will Love Finally, a better toothpaste! Wellness Whitening Toothpaste utilizes micro-hydroxyapatite to actually heal small cracks and remineralize your teeth without ingredients you don’t want like fluoride, glycerin, sodium lauryl sulfate or unwanted sweeteners. And it comes in great flavors! My kids of course like strawberry

For more info on how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke. It’s spring, so what better time to revisit those New Year’s Resolutions! How are yours going? In this episode I report back on the strategies I laid out in episode #419 that kicked off 2025 as well as sharing some new and also some revamped tools for opting out of overwhelm.   Episodes  and guides mentioned in this show:   Dr Brooke Show #419 Fresh Take on New Year’s Resolutions With Your Big Picture in Mind   Finding Your Inner Compass: Dr Brooke’s Core Value Exercise (FREE download)    Dr Brooke Show #418 Value Driven Stress System Stuff I Know You Will Love Finally, a better toothpaste! Wellness Whitening Toothpaste utilizes micro-hydroxyapatite to actually heal small cracks and remineralize your teeth without ingredients you don’t want like fluoride, glycerin, sodium lauryl sulfate or unwanted sweeteners. And it comes in great flavors! My kids of course like strawberry and I love cinnamint! Visit www.wellness.com/bettereveryday to ch

Seth Spears, co-founder of the popular wellness blog and podcast Wellness Mama is here to talk about his other venture: Wellnesse. Wellnesse has several clean body and beauty products that were created after the success of WellnessMama’s DIY approach to health, clean beauty products because while DIYing it is aspirational, it is also time consuming. We also talk in depth about oral health and on Wellnesse’s toothpastes which come in several great flavors and what you want (like micro-hydroxyapatite) and avoids what you don’t want (glycerine, sulfates, etc.).  Stuff I Know You Will Love Finally, a better toothpaste! Wellness Whitening toothpaste utilizes micro-hydroxyapatite to actually heal small cracks and remineralize your teeth without ingredients you don’t want like fluoride, glycerin, sodium lauryl sulfate or unwanted sweeteners. And it comes in great flavors! My kids of course like strawberry and I love cinnamint! Visit www.wellness.com/bettereveryday to check it out and save!  You want to feed your pup

For more info on how I can help you visit BetterByDrBrooke.com.  As a follow-up to episode #421 specifically on microbiome shifts in perimenopause, this episode answers questions about gut health and hormones (such as symptoms that occur throughout the cycle and when starting HRT) as well as more general gut health questions. I cover how to triage: hormones, gut health, autoimmunity, etc., so you know where to start; how to deal with SIBO flares; how to tackle gut health and autoimmunity together; why elevated liver enzymes do not mean you need to do a detox and a whole lot more!    Stuff I Know You Will Love   If you are looking for an expert prescriber for HRT during your perimenopause or menopause journey but are at odds with your local provider being a bit behind current best practices or you simply can’t find anyone near you to help, Join MIDI! I’ve worked with a number of telehealth services in my search for providers that are up to date on modern menopause medicine, have great customer service and who

For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke. We talk a lot about how hormones and the gut are very interconnected and in this episode, I take a deeper dive into how the changes in estrogen and progesterone in midlife impact our microbiome diversity, the integrity of our gut lining and more. And it’s a mess (much like midlife) in that hormone shifts impact the microbiome and microbiome shifts impact hormones. But the good news is that gut health is an area where you can intervene and have big impacts in how you feel and your overall health.    Stay tuned for the next episode as well where I will be answering questions on hormones and digestion taken from my Facebook group!  Stuff I Know You Will Love NAD levels start to decline by up to 65% between ages 30 and 70 and this can lead to more signs of aging, less energy and worse recovery. Qualia NAD+ is formulated to target the entire process our cells undergo to make, use and then recycle NAD+ for optimal results that you can see and fe

I am always on the search for clean beauty and if it lives up to anti-aging hype that’s a huge win! In this episode I talk with the lovely and brilliant Carolina Reis, PhD to talk about the science behind One Skin. The OS-01 compound formulated in the One Skin products is the first peptide proven to reverse skin’s biological age by preventing the accumulation of senescent cells - those zombie cells that hinder our healthier cells from rejuvenating. We get into how the products are designed, where to start if you just want to try one thing and my experience with One Skin.  Visit oneskin.co/BETTEREVERYDAY and use code BETTEREVERYDAY for 15% off your first order.   Stuff I Know You Will Love NAD levels start to decline by up to 65% between ages 30 and 70 and this can lead to more signs of aging, less energy and worse recovery. Qualia NAD+ is formulated to target the entire process our cells undergo to make, use and then recycle NAD+ for optimal results that you can see and feel. With so many NAD boosting produc

For more info on how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. It’s the time of year when your inbox is flooded with both the push to make sweeping big changes and “make this your year” AND make small changes to your habits for more success. There is truth in both of these approaches and in this episode I talk about how to utilize them both with a better understanding of when you need more grace and when you need more grit. As well as a fresh take on looking at what to do with those daily habit and weekly goals when you’ve had a really tough week and feel like you failed on both the short term and longer term goals. Happy 2025!    Stuff I Know You Will Love   If you are looking for an expert prescriber for HRT during your perimenopause or menopause journey but are at odds with your local provider being a bit behind current best practices or you simply can’t find anyone near you to help, Join MIDI! I’ve worked with a number of telehealth services in my search for providers that are up to date on mode

The most downloaded episode of 2024! Thank you all for being here for this year and this wild ride that is navigating female hormones. Don’t miss this encore episode of my most downloaded show of 2024! This show covers questions about progesterone from our 20s with period problems and fertility concerns to our 40s with perimenopause, sleep issues, mood issue, period chaos and beyond.    Excited for what’s to come in 2025….stay tuned! Stuff I Know You Will Love   If you are looking for an expert prescriber for HRT during your perimenopause or menopause journey but are at odds with your local provider being a bit behind current best practices or you simply can’t find anyone near you to help, Join MIDI! I’ve worked with a number of telehealth services in my search for providers that are up to date on modern menopause medicine, have great customer service and who are licensed in all 50 states and I’m so thrilled to have found my provider with MIDI. If you too need help with getting HRT please use this link to c