#124 The Hormone Hierarchy & Why You're So 'Hangry' with Dr Brooke Kalanick

DR BROOKE KALANICK

Dr Brooke Kalanick is a licensed naturopathic doctor and women’s hormone expert. She is the co-author of Hangry: 5 Simple Steps to Balance Your Hormones & Restore Your Joy and the host of the popular podcast the Dr Brooke Show. Dr Brooke specializes in PCOS, menopause, thyroid conditions, autoimmunity and various women’s hormone issues. She helps her patients get to the root cause of their hormonal imbalances and get back to feeling better with targeted diet and lifestyle habits. She teaches women how to understand their own hormone talk so they can finally work with their bodies, metabolism and hormones instead of being in a constant fight with themselves. She lives in NYC and when she’s not busy in her practice or as a mother and wife you can find her on a #mantrawalk or lifting weights.

We discuss:

The biggest factors contributing to female hormone imbalances

The ‘Hormone Hierarchy’ and why the order you treat imbalances is so important

How blood sugar dysregulation affects hormones

Cravings - how to tell the difference between a true message from our body that we need carbs or sugar and hormonal imbalances

What different cravings can tell us about our health and hormones

Exercise - the importance of strength training & daily walking in particular

Mentioned:

Previous Episode on Histamine Intolerance & MCAS

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hormones-in-harmony/id1449574387?i=1000482771815

Blog posts on Histamine Intolerance:

https://www.vivanaturalhealth.co.uk/single-post/histamine-and-your-hormones