The Balanced Dose Podcast with Firefly Medical

The Balanced Dose Podcast with Firefly Medical

@balanceddosepodcast · 18K subscribers · 29 videos · English

#bhrt #hormones #supplements #health #functionalmedicine The Balanced Dose Podcast is an honest, evidence-based conversation about hormones, supplements, and…

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43:27

Progesterone: The Hormone of Calm, Sleep, and Balance

292 views · 1w ago · 43:27

If you fall asleep fine but wake at 3 a.m. wired, progesterone might be the reason. In this episode we explore the calm-and-sleep side of progesterone and its whole-body benefits for bone, brain, and vascular health. Its metabolite allopregnanolone works on the same brain receptor as benzodiazepines, which is why it soothes and supports sleep — and why low progesterone can show up as insomnia, anxiety, and worsening PMS, often the first hormone to fall in perimenopause.

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33:40

Estrogen, Part 2: Estrogen Therapy — Benefits, Risks & How It's Done

8.6K views · 1mo ago · 33:40

Last episode mapped what estrogen does — this one is about how to replace it. We give an honest, practical guide to estrogen therapy: the symptom relief, bone protection, and cardiovascular benefits of estradiol, plus the oral-vs-transdermal question most people get backwards. Oral estradiol's first pass through the liver is what delivers the heart benefits, and the old clot and stroke warnings came from Premarin, not estradiol.

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35:41

Estrogen, Part 1: The Whole-Body Hormone

8.5K views · 2mo ago · 35:41

Estrogen was never just a fertility hormone. In Part 1 of our estrogen series, we reframe it as a whole-body, protective hormone — with receptors in your bones, brain, blood vessels, skin, joints, bladder, and beyond. We break down the three estrogens and their roles, what estrogen does throughout the body, and why low estrogen shows up as everything from joint pain and sleep changes to mood shifts and recurrent UTIs — symptoms that are so often misattributed.

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39:39

The Truth About HRT: Safety, the WHI Story & What “Bioidentical” Means

20K views · 3mo ago · 39:39

Did HRT ever actually cause breast cancer? The Women's Health Initiative tested horse-derived estrogen (Premarin) plus a synthetic progestin, not the safer bioidentical hormones. That scary "26% more breast cancer" headline was a relative risk; in absolute terms it was about 8 extra cases per 10,000 women per year — under 1 in 1,000. The estrogen-alone arm of the same study actually showed roughly a 23% reduction in invasive breast cancer.

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34:43

The Menopause Transition: From Perimenopause Through Postmenopause

10K views · 3mo ago · 34:43

She's 41, her periods are still regular, and her doctor says she's too young for hormone issues. She isn't — and most of what she's been told about the transition is wrong.In this episode, Dr. Nickie Lovat (MD, PhD, Pharmacology and Therapeutics) and Nichole Jackson-Lind, NP, map the entire menopause transition — from perimenopause through postmenopause — and clear up the misconceptions women hear at every stage.

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