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Dr Brooke Show #411 Postpartum Depression: What’s To Be Expected, When To Get Help + Tips For Better Mood Post Baby
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Is it the baby blues? Exhaustion? Expected overwhelm with a new baby? Or is it something more worrisome? In this episode I talk about the hormonal changes postpartum that can lead to anxiety, depression and sadness and what to look out for, when to get help and simple suggestions for nutrition, exercise and supplements that can help. I also cover a…
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Dr Brooke Show #410 Q&A: Androgenic Alopecia, Supplements For Breastfeeding, Infradian Rhythm & Testosterone Replacement
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Covering a lot of your questions on this show! Symptoms of low testosterone and deciding if replacement therapy is right for you, hair loss from high androgens and is that a no go for replacement, what supplements you can safely take during breastfeeding, what it means when your cycle is getting shorter, is your joint pain due to perimenopause and …
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Dr Brooke Show #409 What Women Need To Know About Multivitamins
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For more info about how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. A daily multi to cover your nutritional bases seems like a good idea right? Our soil is depleted, our life is depleting and many of us are dealing with some sort of chronic issue, making extra support something to think about. On the flipside, many are dealing with suppleme…
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Dr Brooke Show #408 Value Driven Stress Skills
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For more info on how I can helpy you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. Summer is wrapping up and fall always feels like a fresh start for me so I want us to revisit this episode and be sure you’ve all filled out the Finding Your Inner Compass Guide to identif your core values. As we go into the next season I will have a lot more content for you a…
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Dr Brooke Show #407 Navigating Supplement Marketing
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For more info on how I can help you vist my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. If you’ve ever googled a troublesome symptom, then I’m sure you’re getting fed ads for a supplement to fix it. I see it every day posted on social media as people crowd source for solutions or I’m asked on a call with a patient: should I take X for my Y? They’ve heard it’s good …
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Dr Brooke Show #406 Overwhelm, Change, Midlife + More
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The simple but surprising question to ask ourselves when we’re overwhelemed and stressed as a new tool to Opt Out Of Overwhelm (one of the 5 Pillars from my book Hangry). New tips for making change when change is hard and an update on where I am at personally on my midlife and HRT journey. It’s a personal epsiode where I share what’s been working f…
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Dr Brooke Show #405 What Women Need To Know About Collagen
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For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. Collagen is not a new supplement but there are new collagen products on the market daily and most every woman I talk to is taking collagen or feels she should be. It’s generally a scoop added to their morning coffee or post-workout shake in hopes of better joints, healthier ha…
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Dr Brooke Show #404 Truth About Natural Ozempic
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You’re seeing ads pop all over your phone and social media feeds for “natural ozempic”. Supplements that are said to work just like GLP-1 agonist medications, but is this true? In this episode I cover the most commonly marketed products to boost GLP-1: berberine, akkermansia and other GLP-1 probiotic blends and sodium-butyrate. I cover how these co…
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Dr Brooke Show #403 Q&A All About HRT In Perimenopause & Menopause Part II
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For more info on how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. Second of a two part series answering all of your questions on hormone replacement therapy for both symptom relief (i.e hot flashes, weight gain, joint pain, brain fog, etc.) and protection/longevity concerns such as supporting heart, brain and bone health. I cover questions on…
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Dr Brooke Show #402 Q&A All About HRT In Perimenopause & Menopause Part I
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For more info on how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. First of a two part series answering all of your questions on hormone replacement therapy for both symptom relief (i.e hot flashes, weight gain, joint pain, brain fog, etc.) and protection/longevity concerns such as supporting heart, brain and bone health. I cover questions on …
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Dr Brooke Show #401 Health Kids, Happy Kids with Dr. Elisa Song, MD
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For more info on how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. The amazing Dr. Song is back to talk about her new book: Health Kids + Happy Kids! Always the voice of both sound advice and holistic help for our kiddos, I’m so happy to have had a chance to chat with Elisa about her new book which covers all manner of creating healthy foundat…
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Dr Brooke Show #400 Hacking Your Female Metabolism With Lumen Founders Michal and Merav Mor
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For more info on how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. As women, our metabolism can feel elusive as it is impacted by both monthly cycles and cycles of our lifetime such as perimenopause and menopause. The cyclical nature of our hormones will impact how we metabolize both carbohydrates and fats as well as impact our mood, motivatio…
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Dr Brooke Show #399 You Don’t Need to Change to Change Everything with Dr. Beth Kurland, PhD
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To learn more about how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. In this amazing interview, I’m joined by clinical psychologist, TEDx Speaker and author, Dr. Beth Kurland to talk about her new book. She explains why chasing happiness isn’t the best idea when what we really want is a deeper sense of well-being. We also discuss the 6 vantag…
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Dr Brooke Show #398 Making Sense of Blood Sugar Testing: Hemoglobin A1C, Glycomark, CGMs and More
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For more info on how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. What test is the most accurate assessment of your blood sugar, insulin resistance or glucose variability? I cover the lab testing that you would get from your doctor: fasting glucose and Hemoglobin A1C as the most common ones, as well as Fructosamine and Glycomark. As well test…
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Dr Brooke Show #397 Benefits of Exogenous Ketone Supplements for Women Even If Not On A Keto Diet with Dr. Latt Mansor
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For more info on how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. In this fascinating episode with Dr. Latt Mansor joins me to discuss of one of my favorite new products: KetoneIQ. I've generally only considered taking exogenous ketones to support a ketogenic diet for those days when ketones and thus energy was low. However, what we now know …
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Dr Brooke Show #396 Is the Keto Diet Good For Women?
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For more information on how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. The ketogenic diet is a tool, a powerful tool that can be great for neuroinflammation, insulin resistance and weight loss. While it can work great for some women it can create hormone issues for others. In this episode I cover who keto is ideal for, how to do it right, c…
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Dr Brooke Show #395 Why Do I Feel Bloated?
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For more info on how I can help you, visit BetterByDrBrooke.com. Bloating is a symptom that for many women is hard to discern the cause: is it water retention? Digestive? Or new belly fat from shifting hormones? I ask about bloating on literally every call I have women women and they often don’t totally know how to answer it so I wanted to dedicate…
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Dr Brooke Show #394 Can You Choose Your Stress Response?
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For more info on how I can help you, visit BetterByDrBrooke.com. Recently, I had that experience we’re all looking for: the satisfaction of seeing that hard work we put in on ourselves show up in a very real way in my life. I have explained the 5 Different Stress Responses in an episode from spring 2023 and last week in spring of 2024 I saw my unde…
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Dr Brooke Show #393 Should You Be Taking NAD Supplements?
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For more info on how I can help you, visit BetterByDrBrooke.com. NAD supplements are all the rage in the anti-aging and longevity community, but just how effective are they? As well, if you compare various products there are a variety of ingredients and you might be wondering which are the most effective. I wanted to invite Dr. Gregory Kelly, ND fr…
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Dr Brooke Show #392 What Causes Perimenopause + Menopause Weight Gain
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For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. You may have heard lately that it’s not a “lower metabolism” that causes weight gain and more body fat around the middle during midlife. While this may be what research is showing us as not a mechanism, many of us have found our pants are indeed not fitting so great so what IS…
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Encore Episode! This is a dicey subject for sure and I’m certain it will have a lot of you rethinking your supplement regimen. Iodine is most often used to improve thyroid or breast health but it’s important to understand the whole story about how these recommendations came about and why more iodine can actually be bad for both. Iodine is an essent…
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Dr Brooke Show #390 Managing Fibroids with Functional Medicine
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For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. Fibroids can create a host of symptoms from pain and heavy bleeding to both digestive and urinary issues. In this episode I talk about what fibroids are, where they can be found and a host of lifestyle and nutrition strategies to stabilize them and greatly improve symptoms and…
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Dr Brooke Show #389 Hormone Q&A: PCOS Types, Low Progesterone Symptoms, Immune System Support & Weight Gain When Lifting
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For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. Covered a whole lot of ground on this episode! I love these Q&A shows because I can get into so many topics. On this one I talk about what to do when you’re getting repeatedly sick (hello 2024!) both to treat a cold/flu and to get sick less often. I also talk about what sympto…
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Dr Brooke Show #388 The Power of Amino Acids For Women with KION Founder Angelo Keely
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For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. I am thrilled to have KION founder Angelo Keely back on the Dr. Brooke Show to discuss some powerful new research on amino acids. It’s kinda funny that protein is something I talk about allllll the time on the show and amino acids are not new supplements by any means BUT new r…
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Dr Brooke Show #387 Eat Smarter As A Family with Shawn Stevenson
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For more info on how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. He’s back! Best selling author, host of The Model Health Show and all around great human: Shawn Stevenson. In this episode we talk all about his new book aimed at helping families eat well together. Shawn shares research on how vital it is not only to eat healthy food but to sh…
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Dr Brooke Show #386 Hormone Q&A: Sleep, Blood Sugar Crashes, HRT & Family
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For more information about how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. I cover a lot of ground in this episode! Answering questions from my Facebook group I talk about blood sugar crashes (what they are and how they impact sleep), other things to consider beyond blood sugar that have you waking up in the night, how to find the right HRT…
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Dr Brooke Show #385 Women & Heart Health
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For more info on how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. Finally, an episode about heart health screening and risk factors just for women! In this show I cover simple blood tests that can help you understand your risk factors for heart disease, heart attacks and atherosclerosis that go beyond the standard total cholesterol, triglycer…
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Dr Brooke Show #384 All About Methylene Blue
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For more information about how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. Question from the Facebook group! What is this hot new wellness hack for better energy, disease prevention and a better mood? Actually, methylene blue is not new at all but rather a very old compound and drug that is finding new uses in health and wellness. Like many…
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Dr Brooke Show #383 Alcohol & Your Microbiome with Zack Abbot, PhD & Founder of ZBiotics
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For more info on how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. Encore for this amazing episode because even if you never have a sip of wine this interview is fascinating! Zack is a wealth of knowledge about the microbiome as well as how to “teach” a favorable, safe bacteria that’s already in our gut how to metabolize a breakdown product of…
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Dr Brooke Show #382 Alcohol and Your Hormones
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For more info on how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. In this encore episode I dig into the nitty gritty of the specific ways alcohol impacts your sleep, the nuances of how we metabolize alcohol and how that impacts our hormones and metabolism as well as a fresh perspective on using that glass of wine for a stress reliever. Be sur…
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Dr Brooke Show #381 Four Key Aspects For Exercise For Women (Especially After 40)
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For more info on how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. WHIP: walking, heavy weights, intensity and plyometrics. That’s my system for the four things we need to have covered with our training program as women. This system becomes more important with every passing year - and for a variety of reasons, it can be harder and harder to do…
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Dr Brooke #380 Functional Dentistry with Dr. Staci Whitman
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For more info on how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. The delightful and brilliant Dr. Staci Whitman joins us today to talk about how we can improve the health of our teeth through both better topical ingredients as well as from the inside out with holistic functional medicine principles. While she’s a specialist in pediatric dent…
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Dr Brooke Show #379 Revisiting the Five Habits From Hangry: 5 Simple Steps To Balance Your Hormones & Restore Your Joy
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For more info on how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. Can we all believe it’s been 5 years since this book came out??? I can’t! She was a labor of love and years of experience that we attempted to distill into a simple framework that didn’t create more stress and overwhelm. It also had to be one that honored all of our hormones le…
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Dr Brooke Show #378 New Year, New You - Not So Fast
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For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. It’s that time again, where you’re bombarded with the notion that you need to abruptly leave your old self and create something totally new. While there is a collective energy for leveling up and positive change - and you can totally harness that! - you don’t have to completel…
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Dr Brooke Show #377 Another Year Over….
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For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. Happy New Year! In this episode I go back, way back, and share some of the journey I’ve been on as a functional medicine doc, part of the fitness industry and someone on social media. I also share some of my biggest mistakes and regrets both in practice with patients and as so…
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Dr Brooke Show #377 How To Get More Accountability In the Gym
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For more info about how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. Meet your new personal trainer: CoPilot! Strength training is ALWAYS a part of the treatment plan in my office but if you aren’t working with me directly it can be hard to find the right person to be your coach and trainer and let’s be real, personal training is traditional…
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Dr Brooke Show #376 Cortisol & Anxiety
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For more info on how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. Anxiety is a complicated issue and in various episodes I’ve discussed how the gut plays into mood, stress and anxiety as well as different types of stress responses and stress management skills. In this episode however, I’m going to dive a bit deeper just into how cortisol play…
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Dr Brooke Show #375 All About DHEA & Pregnenolone
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For more information about how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. When it comes to taking hormones, attention often goes to estrogen, progesterone and testosterone but there are two other hormones to consider: dhea and pregnenolone. These are usually thought of as “precursor hormones” that can be taken and then turned into estrogen …
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Dr Brooke Show #374 Breast Health: Beyond Mammograms
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For more info on how I can help you visit BetterByDrBrooke.com. Unlike most health conditions for women which have multiple layers of screening and various tests to assess risks and progression, breast health is generally a yearly screening mammogram with little to no conversation about other ways we can improve the health of breast tissue and what…
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Dr Brooke Show #373 All About Akkermansia: Hope or Hype?
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To learn more about how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com. The probiotic Akkermansia is the golden child of the supplement world right now and I get asked almost daily if we should all be taking it. Marketing sounds pretty great when it comes to weight loss, aging, longevity, blood sugar - but it is too good to be true? In this epis…
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Dr Brooke Show #372 Transformation, Grief & Going Onward with Dr Karin Louise, PhD
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For more about how I can help you, visit BetterByDrBrooke.com. In this episode I have an amazing conversation with Dr. Karin Luise an expert in change and transformation. We talk a lot about becoming better after loss including after losing relationships such as a marriage. She’s gone through a very public divorce and ultimately wanted to help wome…
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Dr Brooke Show #370 Are We Getting Gratitude Wrong?
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For more about how I can help you, visit BetterByDrBrooke.com. It’s the annual Thanksgiving episode! In this episode I talk about all the “big feelings” that can come up during this holidays that can not only derail our enjoyment but they can shed light on old hurts or disappointments that need to be healed, past traumas can get triggered and our q…
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Dr Brooke Show #369 Holiday Survival Guide Q&A with Dr Brooke
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For more about how I can help you, visit BetterByDrBrooke.com. Tackling how to recover from an evening of festivities, should you worry about balancing sugar with protein or fat during a holiday indulgence, how to handle being the one who eats weird at family gatherings, family estrangement and just how whacked will your hormones get after one mont…
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Dr Brooke Show #369 Turning Teen with Dr. Lisa Klein, MD
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For more about how I can help you, visit BetterByDrBrooke.com. Changing moods, bodies and relationships - growing up is not for the faint of heart! As my “baby” is now entering the teen years, I was thrilled to have the chance to speak with Dr. Lisa Klein, pediatrician and co-founder of Turning Teen. With her colleague Dr. Carrie Leff, Turning Teen…
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Dr Brooke Show #368 Using a CGM with Carlee Hayes of Nutrisense
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For more info about how I can help you visit my site: BetterByDrBrooke It’s all rage right now, but do you really need a CGM? And you may be thinking, why would I adopt a new health device during this holiday craze time of year? Well these little devices can be a real game changer and give you insight you can’t get with routine lab tests or even a …
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Dr Brooke Show #367 5 Ways To Think About Halloween Candy & Holiday Treats
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It’s that time of year when most of us are about to be staring down a bowl of our kid’s candy or co-worker’s Holiday M&M stash at the office. What can feel like months of sugary treats to navigate, this episode gives you some perspective and insight into how you can navigate this sweet time of year with your health, goals and mental wellbeing intac…
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Dr Brooke Show #366 Metabolism & Mindset for Moms with Steph Gruenke, RD
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My friend and colleague Steph Gruenke, formerly with Whole30 and WholeMamas joins me to talk about a more sane way to approach getting back to your health and fitness during postpartum. As my OB said to me once, “Our bodies are forever changed by our babies” it’s so important to understand how to approach this new phase through a lens of what’s new…
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Dr Brooke Show #365 Cortisol & Your Sleep
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Sleep is a complex process that is regulated by your hormones and immune system, it’s no wonder when you're stressed and inflamed how quickly your sleep goes downhill. Sleep supplements abound and most of you have had hit and miss results with “taking stuff for sleep” at bedtime. In this episode I will get into the various phases of sleep and how c…
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Dr Brooke Show #364 Dr Brooke’s Advice For New Moms & Mamas To Be
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In most ways, I still feel like a new mom - although I’ve been a mom for a dozen years somehow. I’ve been in the hopeful and new mom phase personally but also this is a huge part of my practice. In this episode I share my best advice on planning for a family (especially if there are challenges), birth plans and what I wish I knew then. To work with…
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Dr Brooke Show #362 How To Know If You Need A Higher Force Intervention
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We’ve all been there: I can’t take this anymore, I’m ready to pull out the big guns! Whether you’re considering plastic surgery, weight loss medications, HRT or other higher force interventions beyond diet, supplements, exercise and lifestyle this episode will help. To work with Dr Brooke click here and if you loved this episode please leave a revi…
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