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Hormones After 40: What Your Doctor May Be Missing | Testosterone, GLP-1s & Functional Medicine
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What if your labs are “normal,” but you still don’t feel like yourself?
In this episode, we sit down with Marielle Elliot, Nurse Practitioner with 1st Optimal, to talk about hormone optimization, functional medicine, testosterone, GLP-1 medications, peptides, gut health, and why individualized care matters.
Marielle shares her own experience struggling to get answers about her hormones, including being told she was too young to need testing. She also opens up about later being prescribed far too much testosterone by another clinic.
The conversation also covers:
00:00 GLP-1s Are Just Another Tool
02:09 Why Hormone Testing Gets Missed
03:35 Hormones, Libido, and Relationships
05:27 Why “Normal” Labs May Not Tell the Full Story
10:01 The Wild West of Hormone Clinics
10:30 What Happens When Testosterone Dosing Is Too High
14:39 Weight Loss, Insulin Resistance, and GLP-1s After 40
16:42 Preventing Muscle Loss During Weight Loss
18:03 The Future of Testosterone Therapy
21:29 Peptides, Gut Health, and Functional Medicine
If you have been eating well, exercising, getting your labs checked, and still wondering why you do not feel like yourself, this conversation will give you plenty to think about.
#HormoneHealth #HormonesAfter40 #FunctionalMedicine #WomensHealth #GLP1 #Testosterone #HRT #Perimenopause #WeightLossAfter40 #1stOptimal
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