The Hormone-Food Connection with Dr. K. Dunston (Doctors+)

Are you suffering from hormonal imbalance and would you even know if you were? From diabetes and weight gain to infertility and moodiness, hormonal imbalance can cause many health problems for both men and women. In this episode, Dr. Kyrin Dunston MD, a board certified Obgyn and Functional Medicine practitioner, discusses the various hormones in our body and why diet can play an important role in hormonal balance. She shares her own personal and professional journey to achieving better health outcomes and offers diet tips to balance hormones.In this episode you’ll hear:2:00 – Dr. Dunston’s personal and professional journey to becoming a functional medicine practitioner; from being overweight, anxious, depressed and suffering from chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia to discovering functional medicine and regaining her vitality.10:30 – Difference between functional medicine and mainstream medicine12:30 – Functional medicine and the cause of health problems: hormone imbalance, toxicity, nutritional deficiency, energetic imbalance14:30 – Are most functional medicine practitioners MD’s?15:00 - What to do when you’re not feeling right16:45 - Symptoms of sex hormone imbalance in all ages19:45 – Perimenopause, menopause and different types of hormone replacement therapy (synthetic hormone replacement, bioidentical hormones)23:00 - Dr. Dunston’s position on bioidentical hormones26:10 – At what age should a woman check her sex hormone levels?30:40 – Types of hormones and can we address hormonal imbalance with diet?34:20 - Blood sugar roller coaster – are you hangry?38:00 – How should we eat? 43:00 – The problem with standard diets today50:45 – Dr. Dunston’s top food picks 56:00 - Greenwashing