Why It Takes More Than Hormones to Fix Your Hormones in Perimenopause and Menopause

Podcast: The Evolving Wellness Podcast with Sarah Kleiner Wellness · Sarah Kleiner

Opublikowano: 2026-09-30

Sarah Kleiner welcomes Dr. Anna Cabeca to discuss perimenopause/menopause support for hormone-hesitant listeners, hormone users, and those wanting non-hormonal approaches. Cabeca emphasizes “it takes more than hormones to fix your hormones,” advocating foundations like circadian and lifestyle factors, detoxification pathways, gut and mitochondrial health, and working with individual physiology rather than one-size-fits-all hormone protocols; she frames treatment as hormone “replenishment” and notes benefits of progesterone, pregnenolone, DHEA, and sometimes estrogen/testosterone depending on metabolism and clearance. They discuss increased post-pandemic inflammation and autoimmune issues (Hashimoto’s, dysbiosis), rising MCAS/histamine intolerance linked to estrogen fluctuations or impaired estrogen clearance...