71. What Your Hormones Are Trying to Tell You: Biomarkers, Hormone Therapy, and Peptides With Katy Whalen

In this episode, Sam sits down with Katy Whalen, co-founder of Joi + Blokes, to understand which of your symptoms might be related to hormonal imbalances or deficiencies...and, more importantly, what to do about it. They discuss how to advocate for yourself at the doctor's office, what low progesterone, estrogen, and testosterone feel like, what NAD+ actually is, and the very first step she'd take to feel GOOD if she could go back and do it all over again. Listen to this episode if you just feel kind of...off. Key moments: 02:01 Katy’s personal health journey 02:39 How they knew something was wrong 05:34 How traditional medicine proposed to resolve her symptoms 08:49 How to advocate for yourself at the doctor’s office 13:03 Thyroid, testosterone, and peptides 16:11 Which biomarkers to keep an eye on (and what’s “normal” vs. “optimal”) 18:14 How deficiencies are treated 19:28 What is hormone therapy and how is it administered? 21:32 What low progesterone feels like 22:49 What low estrogen feels like 23:41 What low testosterone feels like 24:30 How to get hormone therapy 25:03 What are peptides? 26:22 What is NAD+ and what does it do? 27:21 The peptides most people need and want the most 29:27 Can peptides and GLP-1s work even if you don’t make diet/lifestyle changes? 36:41 How to cut through all the wellness trends and noise to figure out what your specific body needs 39:14 The rise of bespoke/personalized medicine 40:41 What to do NOW (even if you feel good!) to be proactive for later 43:17 The future of healthcare in America Join ⁠⁠⁠WHOOP⁠⁠⁠. Follow along: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/lifeincapslock⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.tiktok.com/@lifeincapslock⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.youtube.com/@lifeincapslock⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Threads: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.threads.net/@lifeincapslock⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices