Angela Foster Performance Podcasts - Episode 85
EP 85 – Optimise Hormone Balance, Thyroid Function And Ignite Your Life With Jenn Pike
Angela is joined by functional diagnostic nutritionist and medical exercise specialist, Jenn Pike who discusses the importance for women in understanding their four-phase cycle and how in doing this they can empower their health.
When women learn to optimise their hormones and achieve the right balance they are able to achieve more and Jenn and Angela discuss the role that functional testing plays in understanding where you are and what you may need to adjust to achieve optimal and enduring health.
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Optimise Hormone Balance, Thyroid Function And Ignite Your Life With Jenn Pike
Angela is joined by functional diagnostic nutritionist and medical exercise specialist, Jenn Pike who discusses the importance for women in understanding their four-phase cycle and how in doing this they can empower their health.
When women learn to optimise their hormones and achieve the right balance they are able to achieve more and Jenn and Angela discuss the role that functional testing plays in understanding where you are and what you may need to adjust to achieve optimal and enduring health.
Key Takeaways
- The cycle is made up of 4 very distinct phases and you can be different in each phase. The four-phase cycle is in sync with the lunar cycle.
- Muscle is an endocrine organ with secretions that are communicating with other organs in the body.
- When you begin taking a contraceptive you stop ovulation
- The chemical progesterone is a level of mimicry in the body that is nothing like the hormones produced naturally.
- Synthetic hormones impact your gut microbiome.
- If girls had been educated about what was actually happening and to understand it’s an amazing and special part of being female they would be empowered.
- Every time a woman is put on a form of medication because of her period it’s like putting a mask over her face she is silenced
- The transition to puberty and the transition to menopause should be a beautiful thing.
- There are many different approaches before medication should be considered.
- When you are going into menopause look at the fundamentals of whether your blood sugar is stable.
- There are so many things you can do and functional testing can be really beneficial for women.
- 3T3 is what your body uses for regulating your cardiovascular, circulatory, neurological and other systems.
Best Moments
‘The ovaries are like the final frontier they get all their messages from further upstream’
‘Women have been unprepared and uneducated for so long’
‘You need to become a lioness for your health and roar’
About the Host
Angela Foster
Angela is a Nutritionist, Health and Performance Coach. She is also the Founder and CEO of My DNA Edge, an Exclusive Private Membership Site giving individuals the tools and bio hacks needed to optimise their genetic expression for optimal health and performance.
After recovering from a serious illness in 2014, Angela left the world of Corporate Law with a single mission in mind:
To inspire and educate others to live an energetic, healthful and limitless life.
Angela believes that we can truly have it all and has spent the last 5 years researching the habits and routines of high performers, uncovering age-old secrets, time-honoured holistic practices and modern science to create a blueprint for Optimal Human Performance.
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