About this episode

Liz Earle discusses the impact of declining hormones on cognitive function and shares her personal experience with testosterone.

Struggling with brain fog and poor focus? Liz explains how declining hormones can affect cognitive function during perimenopause and menopause and tackles common misconceptions around hormone therapy. She also talks about her own experience with testosterone and mental clarity. Plus: Ways to treat skin hyper-pigmentation, what to do if you can't get an HRT referral, diet tweaks after gall bladder surgery and dealing with restless leg syndrome. In this episode: ·     Can testosterone cause cancer? ·     How to help with restless leg syndrome ·     Adapting your diet after gall-bladder surgery ·     What to do if you have high levels of lipoprotein ·     Treating skin hyper-pigmentation on a budget ·     How to find informed menopause support Links mentioned in the episode: ·      Newson Clinic ·      Read Louise Newson’s book The Power of Hormones ·      British Menopause Society information on HRT ·      Magnesium glycinate…

People in this episode

Host: Liz Earle

Topics covered

• hormone therapy
• menopause
• testosterone
• cognitive function
• skin hyper-pigmentation
• diet after surgery
• restless leg syndrome

Keywords

• testosterone
• menopause
• hormone therapy
• brain fog
• skin hyper-pigmentation
• diet
• restless leg syndrome

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Newson Clinic, British Menopause Society, Emr-tek.com

Products: Magnesium glycinate, Tudca supplement, Lumbrokinase supplement, Skin Diligent Vitamin C Serum-in-Oil, hydroquinone

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