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What to do about premenstrual water retention? | Masterjohn Q&A Files #113 Apr 24, 2020

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Question: What to do about premenstrual water retention?

Chris: I looked at a really good paper that showed that in women who had water retention symptoms with PMS, the main difference in their hormones was that they weren't clearing progesterone as fast from their ovulation-related peak. I was discussing this with a different friend who had found that she would consistently get water retention in response to using progesterone creams.

Carrie: A big reason, that we are protected up to the point and then we go through menopause and we'd lose all that estrogen. A man's production of estrogen and a postmenopausal woman's production of estrogen.

This Q&A can also be found as part of a much longer episode, here: https://chrismasterjohnphd.com/podcast/2019/10/19/ask-us-anything-hormones-dr-carrie-jones-may-10-2019

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Chris Masterjohn, PhD, is the Founder and Scientific Director of the mitochondria test Mitome.

COVID-19: Could Elderberry Cause a Cytokine Storm? Extremely Unlikely. Apr 23, 2020

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Chris Masterjohn, PhD, is the Founder and Scientific Director of the mitochondria test Mitome.

COVID-19: Two Easily Available Lab Markers to Identify Patients at Risk of Severe Cases Apr 23, 2020

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Dietary nutritional advice for breast cancer prevention and thoughts on HRT? | Masterjohn Q&A Files #112 Apr 23, 2020

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Question: Dietary nutritional advice for breast cancer prevention and thoughts on HRT?

Carrie: Well, that's probably better for you when it comes to like nutrient ratios and stuff. But I will say working for an estrogen lab, we're looking at phase one and phase two detoxification and what we're trying to assess with estrogen. Men and women, we make estrogen, and then we detox our estrogen. We go through phase one detoxification. Well, it becomes a reactive oxygen species essentially. Then we quickly neutralize it. Our body has these systems in place to protect us.

This Q&A can also be found as part of a much longer episode, here: https://chrismasterjohnphd.com/podcast/2019/10/19/ask-us-anything-hormones-dr-carrie-jones-may-10-2019

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Chris Masterjohn, PhD, is the Founder and Scientific Director of the mitochondria test Mitome.

COVID-19: If You Lose Your Sense of Smell or Taste, What Are the Chances You Have It? Apr 22, 2020

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COVID-19: The Nose Gets Infected, and the Nerves Get Damaged Apr 22, 2020

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What are causes for night sweats in men?| Masterjohn Q&A Files #111 Apr 22, 2020

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Question: What are causes for night sweats in men?

Carrie: Oh. Well, it can be hormonal just like it can be for women. I test all the same hormones in men. I check their thyroid with night sweats. I definitely even check the same thing. I check cortisol and I do norepinephrine markers with night sweats. This is also assuming that I don't suspect cancer because night sweats can be a key note, especially in men, night sweats can be a key note for cancers, and so I want to make sure I'm not suspicious of that. But it's to say for women, blood sugar issues, hormone issues, cortisol issues and making sure you're not sleeping in an extra hot room because men can get their night sweats from being overheated just like women can, sort of those basic things too.

This Q&A can also be found as part of a much longer episode, here: https://chrismasterjohnphd.com/podcast/2019/10/19/ask-us-anything-hormones-dr-carrie-jones-may-10-2019

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Chris Masterjohn, PhD, is the Founder and Scientific Director of the mitochondria test Mitome.

COVID-19: Getting Zinc and Copper Into the Nose, Mouth, and Throat Apr 21, 2020

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COVID-19: It Infects the Throat, Not Just the Lungs Apr 21, 2020

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With an ovary removed, when should I think about increasing progesterone or estrogen? | Masterjohn Q&A Files #110 Apr 21, 2020

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Question: With an ovary removed, when should I think about increasing progesterone or estrogen?

Carrie: You may actually need more progesterone. Like I was saying in the very beginning of this, that progesterone actually turns into that neurosteroid allopregnanolone, which can cross the blood-brain barrier and bind itself to GABA and affect sleep. It's very calming, obviously relaxing. It's GABA.

Carrie: Obviously, there are other things that affect sleep too. If your norepinephrine is going up at night, if you got blood sugar issues, if your cortisol is going up at night -- and norepinephrine is a big trigger for hot flashes for women, especially night sweats. It's one of its symptoms. Women think it's hot flashes and night sweats from hormones and really it's from norepinephrine. Getting stress under control, winding down at night, those things, if you're on any kind of adrenal support, nourishing adrenal as opposed to stimulating adrenal can be really helpful also.

This Q&A can also be found as part of a much longer episode, here: https://chrismasterjohnphd.com/podcast/2019/10/19/ask-us-anything-hormones-dr-carrie-jones-may-10-2019

Access the show notes, transcript, and comments here.

Chris Masterjohn, PhD, is the Founder and Scientific Director of the mitochondria test Mitome.