hormones

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About “Natural” Progesterone

2019-06-28T14:41:40-05:00

Dr. Berkson’s Birthday and Holiday Gift to protect your breasts and brains of those you love! Everything you ever wanted to know about natural progesterone… Progesterone is now regarded as so breast protective that there’s a scientific call to add it to breast cancer medications like Tamoxifen! It also promotes brain and sleep health in both men and women and works with Vitamin D to reduce inflammation in the nervous system and brain. Part 1 — Introduction to A Growing Understanding of Progesterone What is progesterone? Progesterone is a hormone. Its name comes from “pro”— meaning to support, and “gest” — [...]

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About “Natural” Progesterone2019-06-28T14:41:40-05:00

Secrets to Eating Less Without Starving or Going Postal (#24)

2019-09-06T09:33:22-05:00

Appetite control has a number of unappreciated factors. Dr. Berkson shares some secrets for success. Learn how to eat less more easily. Learn which digestive enzymes, hormones and foods help you accomplish your healthy eating goals. It is more difficult now to keep a healthy weight than it was in the 1980’s. But armed with this smart information you can be a healthy, and leaner, winner!

Secrets to Eating Less Without Starving or Going Postal (#24)2019-09-06T09:33:22-05:00

Hormone Mimics Damage Your Gut Microbiome & 7 Steps to Protect Yourself (#19)

2020-02-20T14:52:25-06:00

Our toxic soup is attacking our gut bugs, and thus our overall health. Intestinal gut bugs (microbial flora) are in constant communication with our immune system, hormones and brain. If we are toxic, flush with endocrine disrupting pollutants, many of our systems can go south. Take action!

Hormone Mimics Damage Your Gut Microbiome & 7 Steps to Protect Yourself (#19)2020-02-20T14:52:25-06:00

Epigenetics, Hormones, and Hope (#17)

2019-09-06T10:34:55-05:00

Enjoy this highly inspirational show on the power of your choices. Learn how moment-by-moment, your foods, thoughts, actions and decisions, have the ability and power to morph your genes to act - for better… or for worse.  Genes are not set in stone, they are highly influenced by your daily actions through the power of epigenetics. Even women with serious breast cancer genes can take strategic and positive actions that morph their fate toward better protection. This is a podcast you will want to listen to over and over again -  to boost your HOPE on down days and to reinforce it on up days!

Epigenetics, Hormones, and Hope (#17)2019-09-06T10:34:55-05:00

The Melatonin Insulin Link

2020-07-22T14:54:38-05:00

It’s Complicated I adore that movie with Meryl Strep directed by one of my favorite directors, Nancy Meyers, called “It’s Complicated.” That sums up so much of life. Well, it’s also an accurate way of looking at marvelous melatonin. Melatonin is a multi-tasking complicated hormone. Many of us think of it as a sleep hormone. But it’s much, much more. Just a few examples: Melatonin is one of the most powerful and least damaging anti-oxidants there are. It fights multiple types of cancer as we sleep.  And, it helps prevent, but sometimes promotes, type-2 diabetes! The Melatonin/Pancreas Story When you sleep, [...]

The Melatonin Insulin Link2020-07-22T14:54:38-05:00

Estrone – A Most Maligned Estrogen

2019-04-03T10:07:20-05:00

Estrogens have had a bad rap for a long time but they are major signaling molecules in the body that have many beneficial and complex activities. There are actually over 60 estrogenic-acting estrogens in the human body, though 3 are the most famous Charlie’s Angel estrogens: Estradiol (the strongest “purest estrogen” that delivers signals to most estrogen receptors), Estriol (a gentler estrogen that sends anti-cancer signals) and, Estrone (known as the bad sister estrogens like the bad sisters in Cinderella, that is more predominantly produced in menopause and is often regarded as a pro-carcinogenic (cancer-causing) estrogen. Are all estrone type estrogens nasty? Maria wrote and asked [...]

Estrone – A Most Maligned Estrogen2019-04-03T10:07:20-05:00

Receptor Detox – What is Endocrine Disruption and How to Protect Your Family (#5)

2019-09-06T10:45:05-05:00

We live in a toxic world, and these toxins can assault your children’s brains, your fertility and your risk of diseases like cancer, diabetes and even cognitive decline. Learn some simple measures to protect yourself and your family.

Receptor Detox – What is Endocrine Disruption and How to Protect Your Family (#5)2019-09-06T10:45:05-05:00

Epigenetics, Hormones & Hope

2019-04-03T09:56:51-05:00

It’s never to late to LIVE your dreams, not just DREAM them. By Dr. Devaki Lindsey Berkson   Ever buy into the American hypnotic spell that only youth is better? Consider this. My dear friend and I worked out together. Liz is an iconic physical therapist who really knows the secrets of the body. She’s a deep, insightful woman. After critiquing each other’s gym postures and laughing a lot, we cooled off over protein shakes. We started talking about the wisdom that is unveiled after being in practice for many years—for her, almost thirty years, and for me, over 40. Liz [...]

Epigenetics, Hormones & Hope2019-04-03T09:56:51-05:00

10 Reasons Younger Men Have Less Healthy Testosterone by Berkson

2019-04-03T10:08:14-05:00

Too many young men, in their 20's and up, can have a gorgeous woman stand right in front of them, but the dashboards on their physiology blink warning, system break down. What’s up with that? Younger males are seeking out erectile dysfunction clinics. Younger males are being diagnosed with hypogonadism in which the body doesn’t make adequate testosterone or use it properly. There is a growing appreciation that T signals are sputtering. Testosterone is a major sex steroid signaling system that promotes diverse functions in both males and females. In both genders it is well known for it’s sexual actions such [...]

10 Reasons Younger Men Have Less Healthy Testosterone by Berkson2019-04-03T10:08:14-05:00
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