Loss of estrogen around peri-menopause and after the menopause or during the period of breast feeding, after giving birth, causes vaginal dryness, painful intercourse and lack of interest in having sex because no-one wants to do something that is painful. Further the lack of estrogen causes disturbed sleep and fatigue and slows down metabolism. No […]
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Learn about my self-paced 8 module course to help you be healthy and lose weight and register at www.integrativebeing.org Dr. Beatriz Olson’s 8 module self-paced course will help you and your family start off the year right. You get: Value, Inspiration, Information, and Skills to succeed 8 hours of video lectures and cooking
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The human intestine is colonized with bacteria. These good bacteria work together to digest foods, create vitamins and nutrients to be absorbable, regulate our immune system and communicate to the liver and the brain the state of health inside the body. These groups of bacteria are called the microbiome. The microbiome creates a unique environment
I am sharing current thoughts on how the thyroid and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis can affect fertility and my take on this. You can just read from the key points to the references, and/ or you can read deeper into my blog after the references for more of a sense of the current research. Key points
I was asked by many friends why there is no FDA approved testosterone preparation for women in 2020 after my recent presentation on my new YouTube channel “Integrative Endocrinology with Beatriz Olson”, on the value of testosterone replacement for women who are bothered with low libido and have hypo-sexual dysfunction disorder (HSDD)? This is
Depression in the perimenopause has been found to be due to swings in estrogen levels and deficiency of progesterone because there are no or few ovulatory cycles at this time of life. We women knew this personally, but it takes years for academic medicine to give affirmation to what we women intuitively knew. It
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Cow Milk and Adult Health. Dairy news that may surprise you. There seems to be no benefit to taking calcium supplements or sustaining a high dairy intake to improve bone mass or prevent osteoporosis or osteopenia related hip fractures. It just does not work. In fact higher milk consumption translates to a higher risk
The deiodinase 2 enzyme (DIO2) in the brain is responsible for converting T4 to T3 in the brain. Sixteen percent of the population carries a variation in the DIO2 gene that may affect how they respond to thyroid therapy after thyroidectomy. These individuals show in genetic testing a “CC” type or rs225014 polymorphism in the DIO2 gene.
New treatment for Graves Opthalmopathy is a game changer and can prevent long standing proptosis and diplopia in patients with Grave disease. Graves eye disease occurs because of autoimmune development of TSH receptor antibodies and IgF I receptor antibodies binding to both TSH receptor and IGF-1 receptors on orbital fibroblast. These orbital fibroblast then
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In this article I share with you my personal experience on monitoring the effects of diet, frequency and timing of meals, exercise, and stress on my sugar. I used the Free Style Libre monitor and sensor on two separate 14 day cycles. You never have to prick your finger to know your sugar. All you
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