#84: How Diet Can Affect Your Hormones with Dr. Neal Barnard
“If there is a 15 year old girl who just has cramps and her family is telling her “that’s just part of being a woman”, well maybe not. Let’s see if we can fix this. Or if a guy has erectile dysfunction and he thinks he just needs Viagra, maybe not! So let’s tackle these things.” -Dr. Neal Barnard, PCRM
Dr. Neal Barnard is a legend.
Founder and president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, prolific research scientist with over 90 scientific publications and 20 books. Amazing public speaker. …and rockstar. Yes, many don’t know that Dr. Barnard is in a band and writes songs!! He has a compassionate heart and he cares so deeply and passionately that he works tirelessly to educate others and get life-saving information to the masses through a variety of platforms.
Dr. Barnard has a new book and it’s all about HORMONES! I had the privilege of reading his new book, Your Body in Balance: The New Science of Food, Hormones and Health. This is important work and I hope that many will hear the message of the power of diet and lifestyle to balancing hormonal dysregulation. Please share this information widely! You never know who it may help!
In this episode, I interview Dr. Neal Barnard about his new book and what diet and lifestyle changes we can make to balance our hormones.
We discuss:
How often we can really blame hormones on our ailments
What the common dietary approach is for hormonal balancing
Why dairy is toxic to ovaries
How dairy can affect male fertility
Dietary fat and why it may cause hormone problems
Ketogenic diets
The common link between PCOS and diabetes
A dietary approach for acne
What Dr. Barnard wishes more people knew
What personal habit he is most proud of
What first prompted him to consider changing his diet 4 decades ago
I hope that you find this episode helpful! Have a plantastic week! Stay tuned for another great episode next week!
Dr. Neal Barnard
More about my honored guest:
Neal Barnard, MD, FACC, is an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, DC, and President of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.
Dr. Barnard has led numerous research studies investigating the effects of diet on diabetes, body weight, and chronic pain, including a groundbreaking study of dietary interventions in type 2 diabetes, funded by the National Institutes of Health, that paved the way for viewing type 2 diabetes as a potentially reversible condition for many patients. Dr. Barnard has authored more than 90 scientific publications and 20 books for medical and lay readers, and is the editor in chief of the Nutrition Guide for Clinicians, a textbook made available to all U.S. medical students.
As president of the Physicians Committee, Dr. Barnard leads programs advocating for preventive medicine, good nutrition, and higher ethical standards in research. His research contributed to the acceptance of plant-based diets in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. In 2015, he was named a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. In 2016, he founded the Barnard Medical Center in Washington, DC, as a model for making nutrition a routine part of all medical care.
Working with the Medical Society of the District of Columbia and the American Medical Association, Dr. Barnard has authored key resolutions, now part of AMA policy, calling for a new focus on prevention and nutrition in federal policies and in medical practice. In 2018, he received the Medical Society of the District of Columbia’s Distinguished Service Award. He has hosted four PBS television programs on nutrition and health.
Originally from Fargo, North Dakota, Dr. Barnard received his M.D. degree at the George Washington University School of Medicine and completed his residency at the same institution. He practiced at St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York before returning to Washington to found the Physicians Committee.
You can learn more at: www.pcrm.org
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