Lara Briden - The Period Revolutionary
Leading the change to better periods and hormones
If you suffer hair loss, facial hair (hirsutism), or acne, then you know all about androgen excess or high male hormones. You may have been given the diagnosis of PCOS, but there are actually several different reasons for androgen excess in women, including androgen hypersensitivity, adrenal androgen excess, high prolactin, menopause, and hormonal birth control … Read more
Every time I tweet my concern about women losing their periods to a low-carb or keto diet, I get a lot of angry responses. “It’s purely anecdotal,” men explain to me. “There is no known mechanism, so it can’t really be happening.” Except it is really happening. Ask anyone who works with young menstruating women. … Read more
PMS is my favorite thing to treat because it responds so well to natural treatment. I love to hear patients say: “I was surprised when my period just arrived. I didn’t even feel it coming.” No irritability. No headache. No food cravings. It is possible. The first step to easy periods is to value female hormones. … Read more
Natural progesterone fared well in the new KEEPS study. It proved to be effective for menopausal symptoms, but without the risks of conventional HRT. When I first started practicing in the 1990s, many of my patients needed a way off the nasty HRT duo of Premarin (horse estrone) and Provera (medroxyprogesterone). As the WHI study was to … Read more