About this episode

Dr. Nina Fuller-Shavel discusses the rising cancer rates in midlife women and the hidden factors contributing to this trend.

Integrative oncologist Dr. Nina Fuller-Shavel joins me to explain why cancer rates are climbing in midlife women, even those who look healthy on paper. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN -       Why cancer rates are rising even in midlife women who look and feel healthy -       The gut-estrogen connection: how your microbiome affects hormone-driven cancer risk -       The 3 simple interventions that cut cancer risk by 60% in a landmark trial -       How strength training lowers inflammation and disease risk -       Why lifetime estrogen exposure matters more than the estrogen drop in perimenopause -       Why standard HRT dosing gets it wrong, and what blood levels to actually ask for -       Why TSH alone can't tell the full thyroid story, and what a full panel should include -       How chronic stress and trauma quietly drive long-term disease risk TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Why Cancer Rates Are Rising in Midlife Women 09:44 The Vitamin D, Omega-3 and Strength Training…

People in this episode

Host: Angela Foster

Guest: Dr. Nina Fuller-Shavel

Topics covered

• cancer risk
• midlife women
• gut health
• hormones
• strength training
• HRT
• chronic stress

Keywords

• cancer
• midlife
• estrogen
• microbiome
• HRT
• thyroid
• inflammation
• stress
• trauma
• strength training

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