12: How Your Hormonal Health Affects Your Bone Health with Dr. Wendy Warner

Is your lifestyle disrupting your hormonal health? Today on The Stronger Bones Lifestyle, we invite Dr. Warner to discuss how your hormonal health affects your bone health. After 14 years of working as a conventional ObGyn, Dr. Warner shifted to the practice of integrative holistic medicine founding Medicine in Balance, where she helps patients heal through a holistic whole-body approach. In this episode, Dr. Warner addresses the lifestyle choices that interrupt your natural hormone production and how this can affect your bone health. Conventional medicine is often 50 years behind medical breakthroughs, and in the hormonal space, doctors are often prescribing based on antiquated practices. Dr.Warner explains how far we have come in hormonal health and updates you on the innovative practices of today. It is her belief that we no longer need synthetic hormones, since the discovery of bioidentical hormones and she gives you the tools to advocate your concerns about these synthetic treatments to your doctor. Our culture downplays the importance of stress regulation, but it is the primary tool to combat decreased hormone production and imbalance. Dr. Warner shares her protocol for restoring testosterone production in both men and women, to ensure a long and healthy life. Join us as we explore how hormonal imbalance affects your bone health. Key Takeaways: [1:00] Hormone changes as you age [7:00] Stress regulation for DHEA and Testosterone [11:00] Lifestyle changes for adrenal health [13:30] Synthetic Hormone replacement therapy [22:00] Bioidentical hormone replacements [33:00] Stress-induced menopausal symptoms [36:00] Heavy metal exposure from smoking [38:00] Diet and supplements for bone health [42:00] How to address estrogen dominance [46:00] Taking Magnesium with Calcium [50:00] Calculating your nutritional needs [57:00] Committing to lifestyle changes Where to Find Our Guest: WendyWarnerMD.com Instagram Facebook Memorable Quotes: “If you can just deal with the stress, your DHEA will come back up. You will make your own testosterone ad you won't have to take this stuff.” [8:55] -Dr. Warner “The Premarin and Provera combination, if you take that for more than five years, you increase your chance of getting breast cancer, and it’s from the Provera, not from the Premarin.” -Dr.Warner “Our nutrient needs are gonna change day to day, week by week, year to year, depending on what’s going on, so that’s why I’m saying don’t get too hung up on the numbers.” [51:32] -Dr.Warner To learn more about me and to stay connected, click on the links below: Instagram: @debirobinsonwellness Website: DebiRobinson.com Healthy Gut Healthy Bones Program Scotland Retreat 2023 Cultural Immersion to Bali 2023