Lara Briden's Podcast
Everything women’s health in under 15 minutes by an experienced naturopathic doctor and bestselling author of the books Period Repair Manual, Hormone Repair Manual, and Metabolism Repair for Women. Simple explanations for topics such as PCOS, endometriosis, hormonal birth control, and more. For more, visit LaraBriden.com
Episodes
16 episodes
Decoding hypoglycemia: Is it insulin resistance or dysautonomia?
Is your low blood sugar a symptom of insulin resistance or mild dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system?In this episode, Lara returns to the topic of hypoglycemia to discuss:the difference between insulin resistance and ...
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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13:26
Hypoglycemia in young women: The science behind "hangry"
Symptoms of hypoglycemia or low blood sugar include light-headedness, headaches, and anxiety. Hypoglycemia can even feel like panic attacks. In this episode, Lara discusses:why young women are more prone to hypoglycemia...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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16:27
Food addiction and other causes of abnormally high hunger
Do you feel hungry all the time? Abnormally hungry? If so, it’s worth trying to figure out why. Potential drivers of abnormally high hunger include insulin resistance, gut and microbiome issues, low blood sugar, and food addiction—just to name ...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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15:53
What's the story with dairy and periods problems?
For some women, stopping normal dairy products can relieve period symptoms. But why?In this episode, Lara discusses:the inflammatory effects of A1 casein how a mast cell histamine response can drive period pro...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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16:17
How IBS and SIBO can affect periods and hormones
Did you know that what’s happening in your gut can affect your periods and hormones? In this episode, Lara discusses:small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and its role in IBS,how SIBO can drive or worsen...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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12:15
Medications that cause weight gain
Why do antihistamines cause weight gain? And how does hormonal birth control affect metabolism?In this episode, Lara looks at:how common medications affect metabolismwhy birth control that is *androgenic* is more li...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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11:55
Does your chronotype affect your ability to lose weight?
Are you a morning person or an evening person? And could that affect your ability to lose weight?In this episode, Lara looks at chronotype, which is your individual disposition to be awake or asleep at certain times. And how th...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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12:40
Inositol for mood, sleep, and PCOS
The supplement inositol is a superstar for treating polycystic ovary syndrome. It’s also been clinically trialled for weight loss, thyroid disease, anxiety, insomnia, and premenstrual mood symptoms. In this episode, Lara looks at:<...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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10:15
Help for post-pill acne, hair loss, and weight gain
What do post-pill acne, hair loss, and weight gain all have in common? They can all be the result of a temporary surge in androgens when trying to come off certain types of hormonal birth control.In this episode, Lara discusses post-pil...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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11:57
Top 6 natural treatments for premenstrual mood symptoms
Are premenstrual mood symptoms caused by progesterone or helped by progesterone? And why do antihistamines give such relief?In this episode, Lara discusses premenstrual mood symptoms including:the role of histamine and mast ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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13:14
The most common cause of weight gain
There can be a strong hormonal component to abdominal weight gain. And in most people, that hormone is insulin. In this episode, Lara discusses insulin resistance including:why you could have insulin resistance even if ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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14:26
A safer type of hormone therapy
If you're going to take hormone therapy, it's safer to take hormones that are identical to human hormones. In other words, hormones that are body-identical or bioidentical. The concept of bioidentical used to be controversial but is now convent...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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12:39
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Endometriosis is a disease of immune dysfunction
Endometriosis is an inflammatory disease that’s affected by hormones but is not caused by hormones. Instead, endometriosis is, at least in part, a disease of immune dysfunction. In this episode, Lara discusses some of the new endom...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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12:03
Why PCOS cannot be diagnosed by ultrasound
Were you told you have polycystic ovary syndrome or PCOS based on a pelvic ultrasound? That may or may not be an accurate diagnosis because PCOS cannot actually be diagnosed or ruled out with ultrasound.In this episode, Lara discusses P...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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12:09
Natural treatment of heavy periods
In a normal period, you should not lose more than about 80 mL of menstrual fluid over all the days of the bleed. That’s equivalent to about five tablespoons spread over all the days of the bleed. In this episode, Lara discusses heavy periods in...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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