014: Women’s health and hormones with Candace Burch

Hormones literally rule our world. When they’re out of balance, they can affect our sleep, mood, appetite, energy, libido, immune system, and so much more. It’s a delicate act to make sure that our lifestyle and nutrition habits positively affect our hormone levels, and it can be so overwhelming to sort through the information online. Doctors don’t often request thorough hormone level testing, and it’s a significant piece of our overall health.

I’m so excited for today’s podcast episode because some MAJOR knowledge was dropped my way and I can’t wait to share it with you. I was fortunate to speak with Candace Burch, who is dedicated to helping women discover and correct hormone imbalances. I talked hormones with Dr. Patrick Flynn in one of my earlier episodes, but thought it would be fun to also share tips and advice from a female hormone specialist.

 

Here are some of the things that we discuss in this episode:

– What does it mean when you have a hormone imbalance and what can you do to correct it?

– Birth control

– Soy and how it affects hormones. (I know there was some confusion regarding soy since Dr. Flynn and Whitney had conflicting views, so I thought it would be interesting to ask Candace for her thoughts on soy)

– Menopause

– How can we get more sleep (especially if we have young kids)

– The difference between synthetic and bio-identical hormones

– Adrenal fatigue and how exercise affects hormones

 

Resources from this episode:

What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer

Taking Charge of Your Fertility

Woman Code

Adrena Upift

Adrena Soothe

Blue light blocking glasses (I just ordered these)

For sleep: magnesium, resihi, protein snack before bed

Dohm machine

Get $50 any of Candace’s testing packages here with the code GINA

 

Here’s a bit about Candace: 

Candace Burch is a Hormone Health Educator and founder of Your Hormone Balance, a hormone testing + consulting practice that helps people of all ages detect and correct hormone imbalances that negatively impact health and longevity. She received her Masters in Health Education (M.A.) in 1979, and subsequently worked in medical publishing in the UK, and as Director of Education for ZRT Hormone testing labs. Candace is a co-founder of Women in Balance an educational non-profit.  Her mission as a wellness advocate is to educate, inspire and guide women towards safe natural approaches to hormone balance and breast cancer prevention.

Candace Burch has been working in health promotion and disease prevention for over 25 years as a woman’s health advocate and champion of natural approaches to hormone balance. She received her Masters in Health Education in 1979 and in her early career worked in media and publishing as a health editor and investigative journalist.

Candace developed the Body in Balance program at Metabolic Research Centers (MRC), the first nationwide weight loss center to integrate hormone testing and rebalancing into their weight loss program. As Director of Education at ZRT Laboratory (2001–2016), she worked closely with leading experts in the field of hormone testing, functional medicine, compounding and bio-identical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT).

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