Dr. Brooke Show

For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke .   Personal episode alert….this one is a bit different than most. It's not science based and there is no tangible system taught - BUT there is next week so stay tuned! This episode is simply me sharing the nitty-gritty, personal, exhausting, ugly, humbling, guilt ridden, heartbreaking experience that has been perimenopause for me...

For more info on how I can help you visit my site, BetterByDrBrooke . There is a huge divide on using compounded pharmacies vs. your standard local pharmacy. On one hand many things compounding is the only way you can get bioidentical hormone therapy and on the other hand there's a ton of fear around using these seemingly "unregulated" facilities and formulas. As always, the truth is in the middle...

For more info on how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke .   Endometriosis can be debilitating for women and not only is treatment somewhat hit and miss, many women go undiagnosed for years. In this episode I cover some new areas of research and potential root causes of endometriosis. As well, when it comes to hormones there is a shift away from focusing only on estrogen dominance toward...

For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke . HIgh doses of naltrexone are used for certain addiction treatments, but lower and mid range doses have been shown to have hormonal, anti-inflammatory and weight loss benefits - with relatively few side effects for most women. In this episode I talk about using naltrexone with conditions such as Hashimoto's and other autoimmune a...

For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke ! Oh, juicy one, right? While there are some that say they are all garbage and others that say they are the same as taking hormones, it's no wonder it's a confusing topic. In this episode, I share how to think about most female hormone balance supplements: what the ingredients do, is there enough of anything to produce that effect...

For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke . Stressful moments happen to the best of us and we need actionable tools to complete the stress response, get back to baseline and reset our nervous system. Some of us are hardwired to be more reactive and dysregulated on an ongoing basis, so we may want to employ some of these tools as a daily habit and not just as a reactive re...

For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke . Follow up to episode #431 where I laid out how hormones change in perimenopause for women with PCOS, this episode answers questions from my listeners specific to these two conditions. I cover testing, worsening insulin resistance and weight gain, new understanding of the hormonal landscape of PCOS, breakouts and more.    Items m...

For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke . Have you heard that menopause cures or fixes PCOS? There is so much misunderstanding around PCOS leaving many women without answers and much misinformation about what this condition looks like as hormones decline in perimenopause and menopause. In this episode I cover how PCOS looks as we enter midlife, what gets better, what ge...

Candida is probably the thing women come most often with thinking that they have. Part of the reason is that the symptoms like bloating, fatigue, and sugar cravings are so common. In this episode, I cover sussing out if this is really behind your symptoms, testing (pros and cons) and how to work with both supplements and the candida diet. As well as the most important part: why do you have this op...

For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke . Often referred to as simply really bad PMS, PMDD is really its own thing and can be much more severe and debilitating than the usual PMS symptoms - though it can include those things too such as bloating, changes in digestion, fatigue and cramps. It's a complex issue and if you're suffering from it, it's wise to explore several...

For more info on how I can help you, visit BetterByDrBrooke.com . Progesterone gets all the love for being a sleep helper but estrogen is really important too! So whether your hormones are low due to not ovulating for some reason in your 20s or 30s such as PCOS, stress, etc. or you're in perimenopause or menopause, both of these hormones play a huge role in falling and staying asleep. In this epis...

The holistic vet is in the house! Dr. Wheaton is part of the team at Ollie, makers of freshly prepared and customized nutrition for your pup and he joins me to talk about what our dogs really need when it comes to proper nutrition - not shockingly it isn't the big bag of dried kibble! Better health now and a longer life by 2.5 years with better food for your furry bestie…and he mostly convinces me...

For more info on how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke . Progesterone is often an absolute godsend making us feel calmer, less bonkers, able to sleep and simply like things are gonna be OK.  It is an important part of an HRT regimen, yet some women do not feel much of a benefit from it and yet others feel mild to severe anxiety, irritability, insomnia or even panic from it. This episod...

Encore episode! Dr. Zach is back to talk about something very cool: ZBiotics new probiotic product that turns sugar (sucrose) from your diet into fiber. Sounds like magic, right? Almost. This probiotic strain normally found in our gut and on our food has been engineered to produce an enzyme called levansucrase which will produce a unique fiber rarely found in our daily diets. All of this lends to...

For more info on how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke . It's spring, so what better time to revisit those New Year's Resolutions! How are yours going? In this episode I report back on the strategies I laid out in episode #419 that kicked off 2025 as well as sharing some new and also some revamped tools for opting out of overwhelm.   Episodes  and guides mentioned in this show:   Dr Br...

Seth Spears, co-founder of the popular wellness blog and podcast Wellness Mama is here to talk about his other venture: Wellnesse. Wellnesse has several clean body and beauty products that were created after the success of Wellness Mama's DIY approach to healthy, clean beauty products -- because while DIY'ing it is aspirational, it is also time consuming. We also talk in depth about oral health an...

For more info on how I can help you visit BetterByDrBrooke.com .  As a follow-up to episode #421 specifically on microbiome shifts in perimenopause, this episode answers questions about gut health and hormones (such as symptoms that occur throughout the cycle and when starting HRT) as well as more general gut health questions. I cover how to triage: hormones, gut health, autoimmunity, etc., so you...

For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke . We talk a lot about how hormones and the gut are very interconnected and in this episode, I take a deeper dive into how the changes in estrogen and progesterone in midlife impact our microbiome diversity, the integrity of our gut lining and more. And it's a mess (much like midlife) in that hormone shifts impact the microbiome an...

I am always on the search for clean beauty and if it lives up to anti-aging hype that's a huge win! In this episode I talk with the lovely and brilliant Carolina Reis, PhD to talk about the science behind One Skin. The OS-01 compound formulated in the One Skin products is the first peptide proven to reverse skin's biological age by preventing the accumulation of senescent cells - those zombie cell...

For more info on how I can help you visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.com . It's the time of year when your inbox is flooded with both the push to make sweeping big changes and "make this your year" AND make small changes to your habits for more success. There is truth in both of these approaches and in this episode I talk about how to utilize them both with a better understanding of when you need mo...

The most downloaded episode of 2024! Thank you all for being here for this year and this wild ride that is navigating female hormones. Don't miss this encore episode of my most downloaded show of 2024! This show covers questions about progesterone from our 20s with period problems and fertility concerns to our 40s with perimenopause, sleep issues, mood issue, period chaos and beyond.    Excited fo...

Dr. Sara Naseri joins me on this episode to talk about the exciting, at home, affordable, easy to use, hemoglobin A1C testing her company QVin has developed that utilizes menstrual blood. Throughout this episode I just kept saying: why weren't we always doing this??!! But the wait is over as QVin can send an FDA approved, CLIA certified and easy to collect test right to your door. H1C is a test we...

It's that annual Thanksgiving episode where I get to share some things I'm grateful for with you all that this year what tops my list is: YOU! Hear why I'm so especially grateful for you being here this year as well as the top three things I feel grateful to be honing this past year when it comes to being who I want to be in the world. I hope these perspectives help you be the best version of your...

Castor oil packs have been around for a very long time but historically have been a bit messy and cumbersome, but Dr Marisol flipped that idea on its head with her Queen of the Thrones brand organic, easy to use castor oil packs. Did she make castor oil cool and sexy? Somehow, yes! Many of you know this brand as I've recommended it for years but finally I got Dr. Marisol on the show to talk about...

  Should ovarian health be considered a marker of longevity? Yes. Our ovarian production of adequate hormones impacts us on a daily basis including effects on cognition, energy, mood, sleep and metabolism. When our production of these hormones are low  we can deal with cyclical symptoms and PMS, infertility and a more difficult struggle into perimenopause and beyond. In this episode I talk about t...