Q&A: Hormones & Women's Health, Grounding, And Mushrooms

<p class="p1">Join Dr. Jeffrey Gladden and Steve Reiter in this episode of the Gladden Longevity Podcast. In this episode, they speak on various topics and answer questions from listeners. They go into hormonal changes and how they affect women's potential for longevity. They also delve into the importance of grounding and its benefits and chat about how some mushrooms work against inflammation. Listen to find out more. </p> <p class="p1">Listen to this episode to learn about making 100 the new 30 and living beyond 120! </p> <p class="p1"> </p> <p class="p1">Steve starts with how listeners love to hear from Dr. Gladden. (0:35) </p> <p class="p1">Dr. Gladden explains that many health benefits come with progesterone, estrogen, and testosterone in your system. (2:40) </p> <p class="p1">Dr. Gladden emphasizes that synthetic progesterone is actually carcinogenic. (4:00) </p> <p class="p1">Dr. Gladden notes that there are a lot of reasons to take or not take birth control. (6:01) </p> <p class="p1">Dr. Gladden shares an observation about how OBGYNs have limited knowledge of women's hormones as they are more focused on mitigating symptoms than optimizing health. (8:00) </p> <p class="p1">Dr. Gladden recounts some of the lessons he learned from a talk by Daisy Robinson. (10:02) </p> <p class="p1">Dr. Gladden talks about how one’s ovarian reserve is a function of how many eggs are still in the vault and shares how going into menopause early makes a woman age faster. (12:15) </p> <p class="p1">Dr. Gladden gives an example of people whose bones, muscles, libido, brain, and skin improved from replacing hormones with bioidentical hormones. (14:00) </p> <p class="p1">Dr. Gladden presents a reasonably priced NAD Med solution where you can measure your NAD levels. (17:15) </p> <p class="p1">Dr. Gladden posits that by increasing the lifespan of your ovaries, you are actually increasing your own lifespan. (19:37) </p> <p class="p1">Dr. Gladden reveals that if you have an issue with early menopause in your family, then it is someth