The Dr. Terri Show

If you are a woman, there is a good chance someone handed you a prescription at 15 or 16 and told you almost nothing. Maybe it was for acne. Maybe it was for cramps. Nobody sat you down and explained that it does not only turn off your ability to get pregnant, it turns off the hormones that were building your brain. We have never followed a generation of women long enough to find out what happens when you start at 13 and stay on it until you are 35. We just did it, and we called it health care. Dr. Terri sits down with Dr. Sarah Hill, a research psychologist and professor at Texas Christian University who has spent more than 20 years studying women's hormones and neuroendocrinology. She is the author of This Is Your Brain on Birth Control and The Period Brain. Her interest in the subject started personally. After more than a decade on the pill, she went off it and, within three months, felt like parts of herself were coming back online. She went to the research literature to find out why, and found a body of evidence almost nobody was talking about. This conversation covers what hormonal contraception actually shuts down, why the alternatives are less studied than most women are led to believe, and what a generation of young women walking away from it are walking toward instead. What you'll discover: What Dr. Hill noticed within three months of going off the pill, and why she went straight to the research [15:03] Why ovulation is not just about releasing an egg, and what stops when it stops [18:23] The cultural hypothesis about hormones, femininity, and how young women dress today [23:18] Why there is no such thing as a locally acting hormone, and what that means for the hormonal IUD [24:47] How synthetic progestins interact with androgen and cortisol receptors differently than your own progesterone does [30:49] The calming compound your body makes from progesterone that synthetic progestins never produce [34:19] What the research actually says about long-term birth control and fertility, including the caveat most women never hear [40:55] Dr. Hill's take on the growing number of premenopausal women being put on estrogen therapy [47:08] The percentage of healthy, regularly cycling college-age women in her lab's studies who are not ovulating, and the reason why [55:13] What we know, and mostly do not know, about starting hormonal contraception while the brain is still developing [1:01:47] The bottom line: We cannot make good decisions without good information. For an entire generation of women, the information was never on the table. The Dr. Terri Show is presented by EVEXIAS Health Solutions. For more, visit: https://www.evexias.com Connect with Dr. Terri: 📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drterrideneui/ 📱 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrTerriDeNeui 💻 Website: https://hormonehavoc.com/ Connect with Dr. Sarah Hill: 📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahehillphd/ 💻 Website: https://www.sarahehill.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lipedema: The Painful Fat Disorder Doctors Keep Calling Obesity You've done the diets. You've done the exercise. Maybe you've done hormone therapy, and maybe you've even tried GLP-1 medications. And the weight in your legs will not move. It hurts to be touched. It bruises for no reason. And every doctor you've asked has looked at you and told you to eat less and move your body more. There's a name for what might be happening, and it is not obesity and it is not your willpower. Erika Schlick spent nearly a decade being told the same thing. She had already survived a two-year fight to get diagnosed with Lyme disease. Then, after stem cell therapy, she gained more than 50 pounds that no diet, no workout, and no medication would touch. It took eight more years to get an answer: lipedema, a connective tissue and adipose disorder that affects an estimated 1 in 9 women, was first described in 1940, and is still barely taught in medical school. In this episode she walks Dr. Terri through the hallmark signs most doctors miss, why lipedema fat behaves nothing like ordinary fat, how surgical treatment differs from cosmetic liposuction, and what it actually takes to manage the condition long term. What you'll discover: 04:35 — The tick bite in 2012 that started a fourteen-year health journey 05:27 — Lyme remission, and the weight gain that started right after stem cell therapy 06:18 — Eight more years, and why a second undiagnosable condition felt like a Rubik's Cube 07:16 — Four lipedema removal surgeries in 2024, and what recovery actually looked like 08:30 — What lipedema is, why researchers now suspect a connective tissue disorder, and why it resists diet and exercise 09:39 — The hallmark signs: disproportionate fat distribution, swelling, easy bruising, and hands and feet that are spared 10:52 — The nodular texture that gets dismissed as cellulite, and the blame patients absorb instead of a diagnosis 12:54 — Why lipedema surgery is circumferential and lymphatic-sparing, and why a cosmetic surgeon is the wrong choice 15:07 — Post-surgical management: compression, lymphatic drainage, pneumatic pumps, and an anti-inflammatory diet 17:16 — Hormones as the trigger, starting at puberty, and why the condition tracks life stage changes 18:53 — Mold, environmental toxins, and why men carry the gene but rarely express the condition 20:11 — The mast cell and Ehlers-Danlos overlap that keeps showing up in lipedema patients 22:36 — The gut as another layer of connective tissue 25:53 — Building muscle after surgery, identifying trigger foods, and a hotel room in Mexico that caused five pounds of swelling in 24 hours 27:36 — Why diagnosis is still clinical, and what a specialist actually looks for 28:39 — How to find a provider who can diagnose, operate, and manage aftercare 29:22 — Lipedema versus lymphedema, and why the distinction matters when choosing a doctor 35:24 — You know your body best. Why self-advocacy is still the deciding factor. If you have spent years being told your legs are a discipline problem, this episode gives you the language to ask a different question. The Dr. Terri Show is presented by EVEXIAS Health Solutions. For more, visit: https://www.evexias.com Connect with Dr. Terri: 📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drterrideneui/ 📱 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrTerriDeNeui 💻 Website: https://hormonehavoc.com/ Connect with Erika Schlick: 💻 Website: https://thetrailtohealth.com 📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetrailtohealth/ 🎟️ Lipedema Summit: https://event.lipedemasummit.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Long Does It Take You to Wake Up? The Cortisol Cheater Question You hit snooze six times. You need two cups of coffee before you can hold a conversation. Or the opposite: your eyes open at a level ten, heart already going, anxiety already running. There is a name for what is happening, and there is a test for it. Dr. Terri sits down with Carrie Jones, ND, FABNE, MPH, MSCP, the naturopathic physician known as the Queen of Hormones, for a conversation about the hormone testing almost nobody is ordering. Not blood. Not saliva. Urine metabolites, which show you not just how much of a hormone you have, but where it goes after your body is finished with it. Because that turns out to be the part that matters. Estrogen can travel down three different pathways, and one of them is protective while another is genotoxic. Testosterone can convert into something far more potent, which is why some women get hair loss and jawline acne on a dose that works beautifully for someone else. Progesterone can knock one woman out in ten minutes and do almost nothing for the woman next to her on an identical dose. None of that shows up on a standard panel. They also spend real time on cortisol, which has become the most misunderstood hormone on the internet. Dr. Carrie makes the case that we are doing to cortisol exactly what we did to estrogen after the Women's Health Initiative: blaming the messenger, missing the message, and reaching for supplements to suppress something the body is doing on purpose. This one is for anyone who has been told their hormones are fine, or who has tried hormone therapy and quit because of side effects nobody could explain. What you'll discover: What urine metabolite testing actually measures, and why hormones have to go somewhere (02:03) The three estrogen pathways, and which one you want to push toward (04:45) The pathway that explains breast tenderness, spotting, and estrogen sensitivity (07:58) Why testosterone causes acne and hair loss in some women and not others (09:23) Alpha versus beta: why two women on the same progesterone dose have completely different nights (11:16) Whether the route you take progesterone changes the effect (14:20) What cortisol metabolites reveal about your thyroid that a TSH will not (19:39) Free T3, reverse T3, and reference ranges that are normal but not optimal (21:39) Poor, poor cortisol: what it is actually doing for you, and why we get it backward (26:29) The everyday medications quietly suppressing your cortisol results (30:11) Serum, saliva, or urine: which cortisol test answers which question (34:57) The cortisol awakening response, and the cheater question you can answer yourself (36:24) When a urine metabolite panel is worth the money, and when it is not (40:22) Cruciferous vegetables, DIM, and the caution nobody gives you before you start (42:39) Supplements that support the DHT pathway, and why sourcing decides whether they work (47:01) Alcohol as a bully: how the liver decides what gets detoxified first (52:55) You are not stuck with the hormone you were dealt. You are working with a pathway, and pathways are modifiable. The Dr. Terri Show is presented by EVEXIAS Health Solutions. For more, visit: https://www.evexias.com Connect with Dr. Terri: 📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drterrideneui/ 📱 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrTerriDeNeui 💻 Website: https://hormonehavoc.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Discover the truth behind nutrition myths, intuitive eating, whole foods, sugar cravings, and simple strategies for healthier, sustainable eating. Carrots are bad. Avocados are bad. Don't eat egg yolks. Eat every two hours. Go gluten free. Detox with tea. As long as you stay under your calories, you're fine. Every single one of those is wrong. And Dr. Terri and Elizabeth DiMeo are done watching people make themselves miserable following food advice from people who have no business giving it. In this episode they go myth by myth through the top ten dietary rules that need to be retired — and replace each one with what the science actually says. From why a calorie is absolutely not a calorie, to why your gluten sensitivity may disappear entirely when you travel to Italy, to why organic crackers are still just crackers — this is the food conversation your patients, your family, and your social media feed desperately need. They close with a practical breakdown of the Dirty Dozen and Clean 15 — the Environmental Working Group's ranked list of which produce you should always buy organic and which ones you don't need to worry about — plus a simple baking soda and vinegar wash that removes pesticide residue from non-organic produce when organic isn't in the budget. Simple. Practical. No nonsense. This is what intuitive eating actually means. What you'll discover: Why a 230-calorie Snickers bar and a 230-calorie serving of broccoli are not remotely the same thing — and what "food is communication" actually means [03:20] Why fat doesn't make you fat — and what actually does [06:01] The difference between starchy and non-starchy carbohydrates — and why broccoli, arugula, and artichokes are all technically carbs [08:22] Why gluten sensitivity in the US may have nothing to do with gluten — and everything to do with glyphosate and hybridized wheat [13:36] Why skipping meals slows your metabolism — and what your body actually needs to detox every single day [17:45] The myth of eating every two to three hours — and what 100 years of human eating patterns tell us about snacking [19:59] Why organic automatically means healthy is one of the most dangerous myths in the grocery store [25:16] Why all inflammation does not come from food — and the overlooked sources most people never address [25:43] The Dirty Dozen and Clean 15: which produce to always buy organic, which ones you don't need to, and the $0 baking soda wash that removes pesticide residue [27:32] Real food. Not too much. Mostly plants. The rest is noise. The Dr. Terri Show is presented by EVEXIAS Health Solutions.Learn more and find a provider near you at evexias.com Connect with Dr. Terri: 📱 Instagram: instagram.com/drterrideneui 📘 Facebook: facebook.com/DrTerriDeNeui 🌐 Website: hormonehavoc.com CHAPTERS 00:00 — Intro & Why Food Myths Are Driving Us Crazy 03:20 — Myths 1–3: Calories, Fat & Carbs 10:32 — Myths 4–6: Eating at Night, Gluten Free & Skipping Meals 19:59 — Myths 7–10: Meal Frequency, Breakfast, Detox Teas & Organic 27:32 — The Dirty Dozen & Clean 15: What to Buy Organic and What to Skip Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PCOS Is Now PMOS. What the New Name Changes About How You Get Treated For decades, the diagnosis pointed at your ovaries. Cysts. Fertility. Birth control to regulate the cycle, and a shrug for everything else. This year, that changed. Polycystic ovary syndrome was formally renamed polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, or PMOS, in a global consensus published in The Lancet. The point was not cosmetic. It was an admission that this was never really a gynecological problem. Dr. Terri sits down with Dr. Cassie Smith, MD, dual board-certified endocrinologist, founder of Modern Endocrine, and author of Fix Your Gut, Fix Your Hormones, recorded on location at the EVEXIAS provider training. Dr. Smith has been making this argument for years, long before the literature caught up: the insulin, the inflammation, and the gut come first. The hormones are downstream. And if you only treat the hormones, you never actually fix anything. The conversation runs from the patient who was thin, had no cysts, had one symptom, and whose insulin nobody ever checked, all the way to what is happening right now with GLP-1s, the telehealth prescribing free-for-all, and the muscle loss almost nobody is monitoring. If you have been told your cycles are irregular and handed a prescription, if you are thin but feel metabolically off, or if you are on a GLP-1 and wondering whether you are doing it right, this one is for you. What you'll discover: 00:00 PCOS is officially renamed PMOS, and why the shift moves the focus off the ovaries entirely 00:59 The six different presentations of PCOS, including lean patients with no cysts and normal testosterone 01:42 The thin patient with one symptom, an irregular cycle, and an insulin level nobody ever ordered 03:33 The metabolic dumpster fire: how gut dysfunction drives estrogen, progesterone, insulin, and cortisol out of balance 04:08 What actually happens when you come off birth control after years of symptom suppression 05:36 The lab panel Dr. Smith runs first, including Free T3, insulin, cortisol, and a gut study 06:28 The unsexy basics: sleep, real food, sunlight, walking, and getting off the phone at midnight 07:29 Delayed childbearing, coming off the pill at 33, and the fertility math nobody explains 09:29 Treating PMOS in perimenopause when fertility is no longer the goal 10:50 Low serum testosterone with high free testosterone, and what low SHBG is telling you 11:50 The estrobolome: the gut bacteria responsible for recycling your estrogen 13:39 Why endocrinology and gynecology both missed this for so long 15:32 Fat cells as a full endocrine organ, and the signals they send when they are overfull 17:29 Ten thousand smoke signals: how inflammatory cytokines confuse your immune system 19:51 Skinny fat explained, and how you can be thin with the metabolic profile of someone who isn't 22:09 GLP-1s: what they do well, and how they are being prescribed badly 22:53 There is no magic bullet, and why your health is rent, not something you own 24:34 Telehealth vial-and-titration prescribing, the gray market, and patients with no follow-up 26:52 Doing it correctly: body composition scans, protein, resistance training, realistic timelines 29:44 GLP-1s slow gut motility. What Dr. Smith does to protect the gut long term 30:05 Fiber, hydration, and the two steps that changed one patient's life before she lost a pound The rename was the easy part. Now somebody has to start treating the whole system. The Dr. Terri Show is presented by EVEXIAS Health Solutions. For more, visit: https://www.evexias.com Connect with Dr. Terri: 📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drterrideneui/ 📱 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrTerriDeNeui 💻 Website: https://hormonehavoc.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you tired of conflicting nutrition advice on social media? One day potatoes are "bad," the next day avocados are the problem. In this episode, we cut through the noise and explain why healthy eating doesn't have to be so complicated, and why intuitive eating makes so much sense. Why extreme diet trends are doing more harm than good The truth about intuitive eating and whole foods How social media influencers create confusion around nutrition Why sugar cravings and food addictions are more complex than willpower Simple strategies to build healthier eating habits that actually last Why meeting people where they are leads to sustainable lifestyle change How cooking at home and shopping for real food can transform your health Dr. Terri is joined by Elizabeth DiMeo, MS, CNS, LDN, Director of Education and Clinical Nutritionist at EVEXIAS Health Solutions. A Certified Nutrition Specialist and Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist with 25 years in clinical practice — and a former chef — Elizabeth has spent her career translating nutrition science for both practitioners and patients. She's also the person who will tell you, without apology, that a potato roasted in olive oil with chives and grass-fed butter is not the enemy. This conversation started as a rant about Instagram and turned into something more useful: an honest look at what "intuitive eating" actually means, why restriction culture has made people afraid of real food, and how clinicians should actually counsel someone who wants to change — not with a list of things to quit, but with things to add. Along the way: the three-day food log that reveals everything, the patient drinking six Big Gulps a day who became migraine-free, what cravings are really signaling, and how reference ranges quietly normalized a metabolic epidemic. If you're overwhelmed by conflicting food advice, tired of being told everything you enjoy is killing you, or you're a clinician trying to help patients who won't follow a perfect plan — this one's for you. What you'll discover in this episode: [00:57] / 00;07;22 — The Instagram post that set this whole conversation off, and what it gets backwards about fat [05:38] / 00;12;03 — What intuitive eating actually means — and how it got confused with hedonistic eating [09:47] / 00;16;12 — Paleolithic man didn't just eat meat: why the carnivore framing misreads history [14:26] / 00;20;51 — Meeting people where they are: nutrition advice that works on a real budget [16:14] / 00;22;39 — The three-day food log, what patterns it reveals, and why shame has no place in it [20:19] / 00;26;44 — Cheese, rennet, and the serving size almost nobody is actually eating [23:56] / 00;30;21 — Add before you subtract: the counseling approach that makes change stick [24:39] / 00;31;04 — Six Big Gulps a day, chronic migraines, and a year-long taper that worked [29:05] / 00;35;30 — Cravings as nutrient deficiency: pica, ice chewing, and what salt is really telling you [31:11] / 00;37;36 — How shifting lab reference ranges quietly normalized fatty liver and elevated fasting insulin [41:54] / 00;48;19 — "If you can't pick it, pull it, or kill it" — the simplest food rule in the episode [48:03] / 00;54;28 — Farmers markets, teaching kids to cook, and making whole food a family habit Food was never supposed to be this complicated. The Dr. Terri Show is presented by EVEXIAS Health Solutions. EVEXIAS Health Solutions is an emerging leader in integrative medicine on a mission to positively impact people's lives through the transformation of health care. EVEXIAS educates and trains practitioners on new, innovative, integrative therapies that support a preventative care model that drives vitality as you age. Learn more and find a provider near you at https://www.evexias.com Connect with Dr. Terri: 📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drterrideneui/ 📱 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrTerriDeNeui 💻 Website: https://hormonehavoc.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What Nobody Is Telling You About Peptide Stacks and GLP-1s Peptides are everywhere. Stacks are trending. Influencers are dosing on camera. Clinicians are ordering compounds off websites. And somewhere in all of it, the actual science of how these molecules work — and what can go wrong when you combine them without testing — is getting completely lost. Dr. Terri sits back down with Jim LaValle, RPh, CCN, for a no-nonsense conversation on the state of the peptide and GLP-1 landscape in 2025. They cover peptide stacking, why combining untested compounds in a single vial is not precision medicine, the black market GLP-1 problem, what retatrutide actually is and why so many people are injecting a version of it that has never been tested for human safety, and what's happening to patients — and clinicians — who cut corners. They also go deep on GLP-1s done right: why 30% of Dr. Terri's patients are on one, why the ones who thrive are the ones who do the work, and why a thinner person can still be metabolically sicker than before they started. If you or someone you love is using peptides or GLP-1s — or thinking about it — this is the episode to share. What you'll discover: Why peptide stacks sound like precision medicine but are actually dartboard medicine without stability and efficacy data [04:02] What "research use only" and "physician use only" actually means on a label — and why injecting it is a gamble [09:34] The regulatory reality: why rogue labs are giving the FDA the ammunition to shut down all compounding [10:20] Retatrutide: what the three-mechanism GLP-1 actually is, why it's not legally available yet, and what patients are actually injecting when they think they're on it [25:31] Dr. Terri's clinical red flag: three postmenopausal patients on black market retatrutide all presenting with unexpected spotting [28:04] Why GLP-1s done wrong are creating scurvy, bone loss, hair loss, and skinny fat — and what done right actually looks like [33:14] How to protect gut integrity, lean mass, and metabolic rate while on a GLP-1 [32:48] Why food noise comes back every time the dose drops — and how addressing sympathetic dominance may be the real fix [38:07] The full circle: GLP-1s, nervous system, dopamine, and why stress is what created the craving in the first place [38:07] A tool used wrong is still a tool used wrong. Do this right or don't do it. The Dr. Terri Show is presented by EVEXIAS Health Solutions.Learn more and find a provider near you at evexias.com Connect with Dr. Terri: 📱 Instagram: instagram.com/drterrideneui 📘 Facebook: facebook.com/DrTerriDeNeui 🌐 Website: hormonehavoc.com Connect with Jim LaValle: 🌐 Website: jimlavalle.com 🔬 Metabolic Code: metaboliccode.com CHAPTERS 00:00 — Peptide Stacks: Why Combining Without Testing Is Dartboard Medicine 09:34 — Research Use Only: What That Label Actually Means 17:00 — The FDA Landscape, Rogue Labs & What's Coming 25:31 — Retatrutide, Black Market GLP-1s & Clinical Red Flags 32:21 — GLP-1s Done Right: Muscle, Gut Health & Metabolic Protection Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your Nervous System Is the Vital Sign Nobody Is Checking Blood pressure. Heart rate. Respiratory rate. These are the numbers medicine has built its entire screening system around. But what if the thing driving all of those numbers, the autonomic nervous system, is never actually assessed? Dr. Terri sits down with returning guest Jim LaValle — internationally recognized clinical pharmacist, board-certified clinical nutritionist, and founder of the Metabolic Code platform — for a conversation that connects dots most clinicians never connect. The nervous system as a root driver of cardiovascular disease, thyroid dysfunction, gut permeability, autoimmune disease, blood sugar dysregulation, and sleep failure. If you're doing all the right things and still not getting results, this episode may be the missing piece. They cover heart rate variability, what your wearable data is actually telling you, why 60% of people who die of a heart attack have no arterial disease present, and the specific supplements, adaptogens, theanine, holy basil, phospholipids, aged garlic extract, that can begin to calm a chronically activated sympathetic nervous system while you work on the root cause. This is a masterclass in practical nervous system medicine. Bring a pen. What you'll discover: Why heart rate variability is as important as blood pressure — and what it tells you about your cardiovascular risk [20:21] The shocking stat: 60% of people who die of a heart attack have no arterial disease present. What is actually killing them [22:22] How chronic sympathetic dominance suppresses T3, causes gut permeability, triggers autoimmune thyroiditis, and disrupts sleep — all from the same root cause [44:45] How to use your wearable data practically: what to look at in the morning, how to read your sleep data, and why your sleep score may be lying to you [50:32] Box breathing vs. meditation: why they are two different tools that work best together — and how to know when you've actually arrived in that meditative state [35:12] Why 5am boot camp may be the worst thing you can do for your nervous system — and what to do instead [59:15] The supplement protocol for calming sympathetic dominance: theanine, loric acid, holy basil, kava, phospholipids, magnesium threonate, and Kyolic aged garlic extract [1:12:24] How blood sugar directly drives sympathetic tone — and why people with diabetes almost always end up with heart disease [1:01:58] Why childhood stress and prenatal maternal stress can hardwire sympathetic dominance into the nervous system before a child is even born [1:06:13] You cannot optimize what you have not calmed. The Dr. Terri Show is presented by EVEXIAS Health Solutions.Learn more and find a provider near you at evexias.com Connect with Dr. Terri: 📱 Instagram: instagram.com/drterrideneui 📘 Facebook: facebook.com/DrTerriDeNeui 🌐 Website: hormonehavoc.com CHAPTERS 00:00 — The Nervous System as a Vital Sign & Heart Rate Variability 22:22 — Sympathetic Dominance: What It Looks Like and What It Causes 44:45 — Thyroid, Gut, Sleep & the Downstream Cascade 50:32 — Reading Your Wearables: HRV, Sleep Data & What to Track 1:12:24 — The Supplement Protocol for Calming the Nervous System Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What Your Mammogram Is Missing, And the Technology That Changes Everything Linda Creed wrote The Greatest Love of All. She wrote it in 1977, and when Whitney Houston released it in 1986 it spent fourteen weeks at the top of the charts. One month after it hit number one, Linda died of metastatic breast cancer. She was Dr. Jenn Simmons' hero. And that loss became the reason Dr. Jenn became Philadelphia's first fellowship-trained breast surgeon — and eventually, the reason she walked away from conventional oncology entirely. Because what she found inside that system wasn't healing. It was pattern recognition, symptom suppression, and a mammography screening program that the American College of Physicians now says offers no survival benefit at any age. In this episode, Dr. Terri sits down with Dr. Jenn Simmons, integrative oncologist, breast surgeon, and founder of PerfeQTion Imaging, for one of the most important conversations in the show's history. They cover what mammograms actually do and don't do, why thermograms are being misused, why stage zero is not cancer, why bioidentical hormones do not cause breast cancer and may actually be protective, and the FDA-cleared technology Dr. Jenn has built that screens for breast cancer without pain, compression, or radiation — with forty times the resolution of MRI. Every woman needs to hear this episode. And so does every clinician still telling women they can't have hormones after a breast cancer diagnosis. What you'll discover: The story of Linda Creed, writer of The Greatest Love of All, and how her death from metastatic breast cancer became Dr. Jenn's life mission [01:53] What the American College of Physicians published in April 2026 about mammogram screening — and why it confirms what integrative medicine has been saying for years [around 20:00] The mammogram math: screen 2,000 women for ten years, potentially extend one life, diagnose ten with cancer they never needed to know about, and subject 200 to unnecessary biopsies [around 22:00] Why thermograms are not a screening tool for breast cancer and what they should actually be used for [29:39] Why stage zero is not cancer — and why the breast cancer world hasn't renamed it the way other specialties have [38:53] The truth about bioidentical hormones and breast cancer: what the data actually shows, and why women who take hormones after a breast cancer diagnosis have better outcomes [42:01] How PerfeQTion Imaging uses sound waves through a warm water bath to create a 3D reconstruction of the breast — no pain, no compression, no radiation, 40x the resolution of MRI [34:29] How breast cancer is a metabolic disease — and why screening for metabolic dysfunction can identify risk years before it ever shows on imaging [34:29] What it means to give every patient a health plan, not just a treatment plan [around 23:00] Breast health is health. And now there's a better way to protect it. The Dr. Terri Show is presented by EVEXIAS Health Solutions.Learn more and find a provider near you at evexias.com Connect with Dr. Terri: 📱 Instagram: instagram.com/drterrideneui 📘 Facebook: facebook.com/DrTerriDeNeui 🌐 Website: hormonehavoc.com Connect with Dr. Jenn Simmons: 🌐 Website: realhealthmd.com 🔬 PerfeQTion Imaging: perfeqtionimaging.com 📚 Book: The Smart Woman's Guide to Breast Cancer CHAPTERS 00:00 — Linda Creed, Whitney Houston & Dr. Jenn's Origin Story 10:25 — The Paradigm Shift: From Surgery to Functional Oncology 20:00 — The Truth About Mammograms, Thermograms & MRI 34:29 — PerfeQTion Imaging: The Technology Replacing Mammography 42:01 — Hormones, Breast Cancer & What the Data Actually Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your Daughter Shouldn't Be Starting Her Period at Nine Something is happening to our girls. And the medical establishment's answer is to move the goalposts — lower the age, redefine normal, and call it a day. Dr. Terri isn't buying it. In this episode, she sits down with Dr. Tara Scott, board-certified OB/GYN, integrative medicine physician, and nationally recognized women's hormone expert, to go deep on one of the most urgent and overlooked conversations in women's health: why young girls are entering puberty earlier than ever before, what's driving it, and what parents can actually do about it. This isn't just about food or beauty products, though those matter. It starts in the womb. Researchers have found over 300 different chemicals in the umbilical cords of newborns — phthalates, parabens, forever chemicals, pesticide residues — all of them endocrine disruptors that mimic estrogen and tell the body to activate early. Both Dr. Terri and Dr. Scott watched this play out with their own daughters. Dr. Terri's first daughter, born before her integrative medicine shift, started her period at ten. Dr. Scott switched her twins to organic milk at age four after reading the research on hormones in conventional dairy and her younger daughter started her period at almost fourteen. The data isn't abstract. It lived in their own homes. And it's pointing somewhere every parent needs to understand. If you have daughters, granddaughters, or a young woman in your life this episode is for you. What you'll discover: Why the American Academy of Pediatrics is considering moving the definition of normal puberty younger and why Dr. Scott says that's exactly the wrong response [07:29] How endocrine-disrupting chemicals enter the body before birth and compound every year of a child's life [01:33] The milk experiment: what happened when Dr. Scott bought organic milk for her daughters and conventional for her husband and son [09:24] Why melatonin is a selective estrogen receptor modulator and what screen time at night is doing to hormone development [13:04] The Hormone Zoomer: what it tests for, what Dr. Scott found when she ran it on herself, and why even people who've already cleaned up their lifestyle may be surprised [42:32] What a real endocrine detox looks like, sweating, water quality, sleep, cruciferous vegetables, and why sulforaphane is the one thing Dr. Scott would recommend across the board [47:41] Dr. Scott's message to every woman in her 20s and 30s: no woman is too young to get her hormones checked [50:19] How to have the generational conversation with mothers and grandmothers who grew up in a completely different era of food and medicine [03:47] The goalpost didn't move. Something changed. And we can fix it. The Dr. Terri Show is presented by EVEXIAS Health Solutions.Learn more and find a provider near you at evexias.com Connect with Dr. Terri: 📱 Instagram: instagram.com/drterrideneui 📘 Facebook: facebook.com/DrTerriDeNeui 🌐 Website: hormonehavoc.com Connect with Dr. Tara Scott: 🌐 Website: drtarascott.com 📱 Instagram: @drhormoneguru Testing mentioned in this episode: 🔬 Hormone Zoomer (Vibrant America): vibrant-america.com CHAPTERS 00:00 — Introduction & Why This Conversation Can't Wait 05:45 — Dr. Terri's Four Daughters and the Food Connection 12:18 — Epigenetics, Western Diet & What the Data Shows 22:00 — Endocrine Disruptors: From the Womb to the Beauty Shelf 46:01 — Toxic Load, Detox Basics & the Role of Sulforaphane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why won't he ever say he's wrong? Why does he hold everything close to the chest? Why does it feel like nothing you do no matter how reasonable actually gets through to him? Dr. Terri's guest has a message that will change how you see every man in your life: he's not misbehaving. He's not broken. He's running on instinct, and once you understand the instinct, everything changes. In this episode, Dr. Terri welcomes back longtime friend and relationship expert Alison Armstrong, author of The Queen's Code and founder of PAX Programs, for a deep, rich conversation about why men and women keep missing each other — and how to finally stop. Alison breaks down what she calls the journey "from furious to curious": the powerlessness that triggers manipulation and punishment in relationships, why men instinctively conceal rather than reveal, and why the very qualities women find frustrating in men are often acts of protection, not indifference. The conversation goes even deeper into what Alison calls the "ever presence of death" — the quiet, unspoken awareness that drives men's need for purpose, and why a man without purpose can become dangerous to himself. Alison shares the moment this insight reframed her own relationship, and why men's drive to provide, protect, and be needed isn't a character flaw — it's wired into how they're built. She and Dr. Terri also unpack the appreciation equation, the danger of judging a partner by your own strengths, and why proving you don't need someone is the fastest way to lose their devotion. This episode is for any woman who has ever wondered why her approach to her husband, son, or father "should" work and doesn't — and for anyone ready to trade righteous indignation for real partnership. What you'll discover: The "from furious to curious" framework — and the powerlessness that drives the anger spectrum [07:31] Why dependency creates manipulation in everyone, and why it's not personal [13:04] What men are actually hunting for in a partner: complementary strength, not equality [16:33] The "ever presence of death" and why purpose is the thing that keeps men healthy [34:24] Why withholding appreciation is a form of emasculation — even when it doesn't look like one [24:23] The appreciation equation, the currencies of appreciation, and why your version may not match his [30:43] Where to start: Alison's free sample teachings on Understanding Women and Understanding Men [02:54] The bottom line: men aren't misbehaving — they're protecting, providing, and looking for someone who admires their strengths. Understanding the instinct changes the relationship. Connect with Alison at https://www.alisonarmstrong.com/ --- The Dr. Terri Show is presented by EVEXIAS Health Solutions. For more, visit: https://www.evexias.com Connect with Dr. Terri: 📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drterrideneui/ 📱 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrTerriDeNeui 💻 Website: https://hormonehavoc.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Diagnosis Your Doctor Is Too Afraid to Make You've been depressed, exhausted, foggy, and in pain for years. You've tried the antidepressants. You've done the workups. Everything comes back normal. But you are not normal. You are not well. And nobody can tell you why. What if it's Lyme? Dr. Terri sits down with Pamela Cipriano, DNP, APRN — a functional medicine and Lyme disease specialist who trained under one of the country's leading Lyme experts — to have the conversation most conventional doctors won't. From a teenager who spent two years in a psychiatric facility before anyone thought to test him for Lyme, to the political reality that doctors in Texas can be reported to their board just for making the diagnosis — this episode exposes why one of the most common tick-borne diseases in the country is also one of the most misdiagnosed. The symptoms of Lyme overlap almost perfectly with depression, anxiety, hormone imbalance, autoimmune disease, and neurological disorders. That's not a coincidence. It's a diagnostic crisis. If you've been chasing answers and hitting walls, this episode is for you. What you'll discover: Why the standard two-tier Lyme test misses the majority of cases and what patients should be asking for instead [12:23] How Lyme can hide in the body for decades before a stressful event triggers full-blown symptoms [06:09] The teenager misdiagnosed with a psychiatric disorder who spent two years institutionalized before anyone tested him for Lyme [20:19] Why doctors in Texas risk board complaints just for diagnosing Lyme disease and what that means for medical freedom [08:18] How Lyme symptoms overlap with hormone deficiency, creating a compounding diagnostic blind spot [31:15] Co-infections like Bartonella and Babesia: what they are, why most doctors aren't testing for them, and how they change the treatment picture [28:15] The connection between Lyme, mold toxicity, and chronic illness and why the best providers look at all of it together [33:47] How to find a provider trained to properly test and treat Lyme when only a few hundred specialists exist in the entire country [39:14] You are not crazy. You are not anxious. You may just not have the right diagnosis yet. The Dr. Terri Show is presented by EVEXIAS Health Solutions.Learn more and find a provider near you at evexias.com Connect with Dr. Terri: 📱 Instagram: instagram.com/drterrideneui 📘 Facebook: facebook.com/DrTerriDeNeui 🌐 Website: hormonehavoc.com Connect with Dr. Pamela Cipriano: 🌐 Website: thepracticeofhealthandwellness.com 📱 Instagram: instagram.com/practicehealthwellness 📘 Facebook: facebook.com/Dr.Pamela.Cipriano Labs mentioned in this episode: 🔬 IGeneX: igenex.com 🔬 Galaxy Diagnostics: galaxydx.com CHAPTERS 00:00 — Introduction & Dr. Cipriano's Journey Into Lyme 07:37 — Why Lyme Is Underdiagnosed and Politically Suppressed 12:23 — The Problem With Standard Testing 20:19 — Misdiagnosis Stories: Psychiatry, Seizures & Missed Cases 28:15 — Co-infections, Mold Toxicity & What to Test For Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You've cleaned up your diet. You're taking your hormones. You're doing everything right. And you're still dealing with headaches. Brain fog. Anxiety. Fatigue you can't explain. What if the problem isn't your hormones at all and it's been sitting in your pantry the whole time? In this episode, Dr. Terri sits down with nutritionist Elizabeth DiMeo to break down excitotoxins, chemicals hiding in everyday processed foods that literally overstimulate and damage brain cells. From aspartame to MSG to yeast extract and carrageenan, these ingredients are showing up in food bars, baby formula, school lunches, diet sodas, and snack foods that most of us consider perfectly fine. And the symptoms they cause look almost identical to hormone deficiency. This isn't about shame. It's about information the food industry has never wanted on the label. If you've ever been handed a Prozac prescription for anxiety, a Ritalin referral for your kid, or told your symptoms are just stress, this episode is for you. What you'll discover: What excitotoxins actually are, how they get into the food supply, and why their symptoms are so easy to misdiagnose [06:09] Why the symptom list for excitotoxin overload and hormone deficiency look nearly identical — and what that means for your treatment plan [06:31] The compounding effect: how a typical "healthy" day of eating can layer excitotoxin exposure from breakfast through dinner [13:21] Why children are the most vulnerable — and what's hiding in baby formula, school lunches, and the snacks marketed as nutritious [12:00] The three-year-old who was nearly put on Ritalin — and what happened one week after his mom pulled food dyes from his diet [24:01] Why the same food companies sell chemical-free versions of their products in Europe but not in the US [26:28] Practical weeknight swaps and meal prep strategies that cut your excitotoxin load without overhauling your entire life [27:55] Eat food God made, not man made — the simple framework that ties it all together [22:59] The symptoms are real. The diagnosis might be wrong. Start with the food. The Dr. Terri Show is presented by EVEXIAS Health Solutions.Learn more and find a provider near you at evexias.com Connect with Dr. Terri: 📱 Instagram: instagram.com/drterrideneui 📘 Facebook: facebook.com/DrTerriDeNeui 🌐 Website: hormonehavoc.com --- 00:00 — Introduction & What Are Excitotoxins? 06:09 — Symptoms, Misdiagnosis & The Hormone Connection 13:00 — Children, Baby Formula & The Compounding Effect 22:59 — Food Policy, MAHA Movement & Real Food Principles 27:55 — Practical Swaps & Weeknight Meal Strategies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You've heard about hot flashes. Maybe you've even had them. But the hormone shift that's quietly dismantling your mood, your metabolism, your sleep, and your sense of self? That started years before menopause and most women have no idea. In this solo episode, Dr. Terri DeNeui maps the full three-decade hormone timeline every woman needs to understand: the testosterone loss that begins in your 30s (and its devastating, and overlooked connection to depression), the progesterone decline that hits like a wall in your 40s, and the estrogen fluctuation that makes the late 40s and early 50s the most miserable stretch for many women. She also makes the case for thyroid as the most underdiagnosed piece of the puzzle and explains why a normal TSH doesn't mean your thyroid is actually working. Along the way, she takes on the antidepressant default, sharing her own doctoral research showing that women who optimized their testosterone resolved their depression entirely and the birth control pill habit that well-meaning gynecologists are still prescribing after 40, despite a very real and elevated stroke risk. This episode is for women in their 30s, 40s, and 50s who've been told their labs are fine but know something is wrong and for anyone who wants to understand what's actually happening before settling for symptoms management. What you'll discover: Why testosterone, not estrogen is the first hormone women lose, and what that means for mood, focus, and body composition [04:50] The doctoral research that changed how Dr. Terri thinks about depression in women and antidepressants [05:17] Progesterone: the calming hormone that disappears in your 40s and why heavy, painful cycles are a deficiency not a life sentence [07:19] Why birth control pills after 40 carry serious stroke risk and what to use instead [08:50] The estrogen fluctuation that makes the late 40s and early 50s the hardest stretch for most women [09:43] Why "normal" lab ranges are based on a sick, unhealthy population and where you actually want your numbers [19:44] Thyroid: the most underdiagnosed condition in older women and why TSH alone doesn't tell the full story [16:33] T4 vs. T3 — and the key enzyme most women are quietly losing as they age [17:26] Why women need hormone optimization across the full lifespan not just to manage symptoms during the transition [14:04] The bottom line: your hormones don't just affect how you feel during menopause they shape every decade of your health. Finding a clinician who understands optimization, not just symptom management, changes everything. The Dr. Terri Show is presented by EVEXIAS Health Solutions. For more, visit: https://www.evexias.com Connect with Dr. Terri: 📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drterrideneui/ 📱 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrTerriDeNeui 💻 Website: https://hormonehavoc.com/ --- 00:00 Introduction 00:48 Testosterone Loss & Depression — What Your 30s Are Already Doing to Your Hormones 05:17 Progesterone Decline, Heavy Cycles & Why Birth Control Pills After 40 Are Dangerous 09:43 Estrogen Fluctuation & the Most Miserable Years of the Hormone Transition 13:44 Why Women Need Hormones for Life — Not Just to Manage Symptoms 16:33 Thyroid: The Most Underdiagnosed Hormone & Why Your Labs Are Lying to You Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You're eating the same. You're working out the same. Nothing in your lifestyle has changed — and yet your body is. Belly weight that wasn't there before. A metabolism that feels like it stalled overnight. Clothes that fit differently for no reason you can name. If that sounds familiar, Dr. Terri has a message: this isn't a willpower problem. It's a hormone problem. And it started earlier than you think. In this solo episode, Dr. Terri DeNeui breaks down exactly what's happening to women's bodies after 40 — and why the standard answers (eat less, move more, try a GLP-1) are missing the point. From testosterone loss that begins in your 30s to progesterone decline, thyroid dysfunction, gut dysbiosis, and the under-discussed cost of chronic stress, she maps the full picture of metabolic change — and what it actually takes to reverse it. She also shares her own story: how shifting from HIIT and cardio to strength training in her early 50s, combined with hormone optimization, brought her waist back to premenopausal size and changed her metabolism in ways she hadn't thought possible. GLP-1 medications get airtime too — not as villains, but with an honest accounting. Dr. Terri explains why her clinic runs a full hormone assessment before recommending them, why so many patients optimize their hormones and never need the medication at all, and why muscle loss — the quiet, invisible side effect — is the thing most GLP-1 prescribers aren't tracking. This episode is for women in their 30s, 40s, and 50s who know something is off but can't get a straight answer — and for anyone who wants to understand metabolism before reaching for a shortcut. What you'll discover: Why testosterone is the first hormone to go — and what its loss does far beyond libido [02:01] The progesterone-belly fat connection that hits hardest in your 40s [06:32] Why "muscle is the currency of aging" — and how to spend it wisely [08:22] Dr. Terri's personal story: the shift from cardio to strength training that changed everything [08:55] The real risk of GLP-1 medications — and the body composition test every patient should get first [11:47] Skinny fat: what it is, why it's metabolically dangerous, and how GLP-1s can make it worse [12:39] Gut dysbiosis, leaky gut, and stress as root causes of metabolic dysfunction [14:49] Estrogen, menopause, and the final piece of the hormone picture [18:26] Where to start if you've never really strength-trained before [19:38] The bottom line: there is no shortcut that works long-term — but there is a root-cause path that does, and it starts with your hormones. ---- The Dr. Terri Show is presented by EVEXIAS Health Solutions. For more, visit: https://www.evexias.com Connect with Dr. Terri: 📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drterrideneui/ 📱 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrTerriDeNeui 💻 Website: https://hormonehavoc.com/ ---- 00:00 Introduction 2:01 Hormones & Metabolism After 8:22 Muscle, Strength Training & Body Composition 9:41 GLP-1 Medications — What You Need to Know 14:33 Gut Health, Stress & Estrogen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your Free T3 Is in Range — and That's the Problem Women are diagnosed with thyroid conditions at far higher rates than men — but what if the real thyroid crisis isn't being diagnosed at all? In this episode, Dr. Terri breaks down the overlooked, under-tested, and misunderstood reasons why women's thyroid systems fail, and why the standard lab panel almost every clinician runs is only telling half the story. From the gut's central role in hormone conversion, to the three minerals most women are chronically deficient in, to the enzyme that stress quietly dismantles — Dr. Terri maps out a comprehensive picture of thyroid dysfunction that goes far beyond what most patients hear at a routine checkup. If you've ever been told "your thyroid is normal" but you're still cold, fatigued, foggy, or stuck — this episode was made for you. This episode is for women who've been dismissed with a normal TSH, anyone on Synthroid or levothyroxine who's still symptomatic, and clinicians ready to expand their thyroid testing approach. What you'll discover: Why women are more vulnerable to thyroid conversion failure — and how hormones, gut health, and chronic stress all play a compounding role [6:21] The ferritin threshold that makes or breaks T4-to-T3 conversion — and what to do if you fall in the "gray zone" [9:24] How selenium deficiency can cause thyroid cells to literally burst from the inside out — and the direct link to Hashimoto's most doctors miss [15:39] The full comprehensive thyroid panel you should be asking for: TSH, free T4, free T3, and TPO antibodies [21:31] Why a free T3 "within range" is not the same as optimal — and what the bell curve data actually reveals about all-cause mortality risk [22:47] The deiodase enzyme most clinicians never discuss — and why synthetic T4 medications may be making conversion even harder [27:34] If your thyroid labs come back "normal" but you're still symptomatic, the problem isn't you — it's the range. -- The Dr. Terri Show is presented by EVEXIAS Health Solutions. For more, visit: https://www.evexias.com Connect with Dr. Terri: 📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drterrideneui/ 📱 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrTerriDeNeui 💻 Website: https://hormonehavoc.com/ -- 00:00:00 — Introduction 00:06:21 — Why Women's Thyroids Are Different 00:09:24 — The Nutrients Your Thyroid Needs (Iron, Iodine, Selenium) 00:16:10 — Hashimoto's, Leaky Gut, and Root Causes 00:19:23 — What Clinicians Get Wrong About Thyroid Labs 00:27:34 — Deiodase Enzymes, Synthroid, and the Conversion Problem Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Most women are told their labs are normal — and still feel terrible. They're exhausted, their mood is off, their sex drive has disappeared, and no one has a real answer. What if the problem isn't that something is wrong with you, but that the right questions were never asked? Dr. Terri sits down with Dr. Johnny J. Peet, MD, a gynecologist who spent 15 years on the hospital treadmill before walking away to build an integrative practice focused almost entirely on hormones and sexual medicine — none of which, he admits, he learned in residency. Together they break down what women in their 30s, 40s, and 50s are actually dealing with, why the standard of care keeps missing it, and what a properly trained provider would do differently. From the testosterone drop that happens after your second baby (your brain is doing it on purpose) to the estrogen-and-breast-cancer fear that was never supported by science, this episode covers the conversations most OB-GYN appointments never make time for. If you're a woman who's been told everything looks fine — but nothing feels fine — this one is for you. What you'll discover: Why thyroid and testosterone start declining in your 30s — long before menopause ever enters the conversation [03:20] The androgen deficiency triad: unexplained fatigue, mood problems, and sexual dysfunction [04:45] The supplement baseline every woman needs, regardless of how clean her diet is [08:30] Birth control pills, progestin IUDs, and copper IUDs — what the data actually says [10:31] Why there is still no FDA-approved testosterone product for women, and what that silence signals [19:06] The brain biology behind why testosterone drops after your second baby — and why it's normal, but optional [22:20] What the largest hormone study ever published actually found about estrogen and breast cancer risk [26:34] How Dr. Peet left a 15-year OB-GYN practice, hit total burnout, and rebuilt everything around what actually helps patients [27:30] What gynecology residency doesn't teach about hormones — and where clinicians actually have to go to learn it [29:14] Your hormones aren't a mystery. They just need a provider who knows what to look for. Find a EVEXIAS trained provider near you ---- The Dr. Terri Show is presented by EVEXIAS Health Solutions. For more, visit: https://www.evexias.com Connect with Dr. Terri: 📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drterrideneui/ 📱 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrTerriDeNeui 💻 Website: https://hormonehavoc.com/ CHAPTERS 00:00 — Introduction & Women's Health Month 03:20 — Thyroid, Testosterone & the Slow Decline 10:09 — Birth Control, IUDs & Hormone Disruption 18:23 — Testosterone in Women 26:34 — Estrogen, Breast Cancer & Making the Switch to Integrative Medicine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

China Controls Our Antibiotics. That's Not a Trade Issue — It's a Health Crisis. Dr. Terri and EVEXIAS co-founder Dan DeNeui just got off a two-week sprint through Washington, from the MAHA event with Secretary Kennedy and Dr. Oz, to lunch with former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, to the America's First Policy Institute conference. What they brought back isn't political talking points. It's a clear-eyed picture of where medicine is headed, and how close we are to a crisis most people haven't even thought about. Peptides are legally back on the table, for now. But the two and a half years they were off market created a gray market that's still operating, still cutting corners, and still putting patients at risk. Meanwhile, the peptide stacks trending on TikTok aren't just sketchy, they're illegal, and the practitioners prescribing them are going to find out the hard way. Dr. Terri and Dan explain exactly what's safe, what's not, and how to tell the difference. Then there's the supply chain conversation nobody is having loudly enough. Over 80% of the active pharmaceutical ingredients used to make American medications, including antibiotics, come from China and India. The same is true for fertilizer. If either of those supply lines gets cut, it's not an economic problem. It's a warfare problem. Your cells don't care what party you voted for. They just know they need to function. This one is for anyone who wants to understand what's actually happening at the intersection of health policy, food security, and medicine, and why it matters to them personally. What you'll discover: What Dr. Terri and Dan took away from the MAHA event and their conversation with Scott Gottlieb [03:29] Why MAHA is not a political issue — and why your cells don't know if you're a Democrat or Republican [04:58] The peptide gray market: what it is, how it grew, and why it's still dangerous [09:03] The sushi rule for compounding pharmacies — and how to know if yours is cutting corners [12:00] Why EVEXIAS sued the FDA over peptides — and what that means for their credibility in this space [13:13] Peptide stacks: why mixing compounds in a single vial is illegal, unpredictable, and putting practitioners at risk [17:35] The $99 GLP-1 question — and the patient who died of acute pancreatitis from an online platform [24:20] Why fertilizer supply is a national security issue — and what one fertilizer manufacturing plant means for your food [31:36] The API supply chain problem: why China controlling our antibiotic ingredients is a form of warfare [34:58] Why hormone optimization with pellet therapy is still the best place to start — and Dr. Terri's 84-year-old mom as proof [30:04] The decisions being made in Washington right now will directly affect the medications you can access, the food on your table, and the healthcare you receive for decades to come. Dr. Terri and Dan break it all down — so you're not caught off guard. ---- The Dr. Terri Show is presented by EVEXIAS Health Solutions. For more, visit: https://www.evexias.com Connect with Dr. Terri: 📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drterrideneui/ 📱 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrTerriDeNeui 💻 Website: https://hormonehavoc.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You've heard that probiotics are important — but do you actually know what to take, why it matters, and whether what you're buying is doing anything at all? In this episode, Dr. Terri sits down with Elizabeth for a no-fluff breakdown of everything probiotics: what they are, why modern life is depleting them, and why strain specificity is the future of gut health. They cover the surprising reason you might be too clean for your own good, why rotating your probiotics matters more than chasing the highest CFU count, and how the gut microbiome connects to weight management, hormone health, insulin resistance, depression, cardiovascular disease, and more. You'll also hear how two targeted EVEXIAS formulations — the EVEXIAS GL Pro and the vaginal/bladder-specific probiotic — were designed with clinical research behind them, and why Akkermansia muciniphila may be the most depleted and most important strain in the American gut. Plus: the case for GI mapping, what conventional GI doctors are missing, and why the Japanese eating raw fish into their 100s might have something to teach us about the standard American diet. If you or someone you love is dealing with chronic inflammation, recurring infections, weight struggles, or GI issues — this episode is a must-listen. In This Episode You'll Learn: What probiotics and prebiotics actually are — and why you likely need them even if you eat well The modern lifestyle factors quietly decimating your gut microbiome (including one you'd never expect) Why taking the same probiotic for years may be doing you less good than you think How gut dysbiosis drives hormone imbalances, insulin resistance, depression, cardiovascular disease, and more What makes next-gen, strain-specific probiotics different — and the clinical research behind EVEXIAS GL Pro How the vaginal and bladder microbiomes connect to gut health, and why chronic infections often start in the gut When and why GI mapping is worth it — and what conventional gastroenterology is missing Episode Chapters: 00:02:55 – Probiotics 101: What They Are and Why the American Gut Is in Trouble 00:07:54 – The Hidden Causes of Gut Depletion: Over-Sanitation, Glyphosate, and Modern Diet 00:11:45 – Dysbiosis as the Root Cause: From Hormones and Insulin Resistance to Heart Disease 00:17:59 – Strain Specificity and Next-Gen Probiotics: Why Diversity and Rotation Matter 00:22:01 – Targeted Formulas: The Vaginal Microbiome, EVEXIAS GL Pro, and the Case for GI Mapping Helpful Links: GLPRO Fact Sheet Need Probiotics? Find an EVEXIAS provider near you Here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your Gut Is Controlling Your Hormones — And No One Told You You've done everything right. You're on hormone therapy. Your labs look fine. So why do you still feel terrible? The answer may have nothing to do with your hormone levels — and everything to do with what's happening in your gut. Most practitioners are treating your hormones and your gut as two completely separate systems. But they're not. Your estrogen is being processed, packaged, and either properly excreted or reabsorbed into your bloodstream based entirely on the state of your gut microbiome. If the bacteria in your gut are out of balance, that estrogen doesn't leave your body the way it should. It gets recirculated — in a damaged, more carcinogenic form. And that's just the beginning of what a dysbiotic gut does to your hormones. Dr. Terri sits back down with board-certified endocrinologist Dr. Cassie Smith, whose new book on the gut-hormone connection is already an Amazon bestseller, to pull back the curtain on the twenty to thirty percent of women who do everything right and still don't get better. The problem isn't the hormone. The problem is the gut that can't process it. This episode is for every woman who has been told her labs are "normal" while she's living with brain fog, mood swings, breast tenderness, constipation, and a body that feels like it's working against her. What you'll discover: Why your gut contains 100x more DNA than the rest of your body — and what that means for your health The "Saran wrap" explanation of estrogen metabolism and what happens when bad gut bacteria poke holes in it Why giving someone more estrogen when their gut is inflamed just creates more side effects — not better results How constipation and breast cancer are more connected than any oncologist is telling you The medications your provider may be prescribing that are quietly destroying your gut microbiome — including antacids, statins, SSRIs, and oral contraceptives Why hormones can be "present in the blood" but completely unable to enter your cells — and what's locking the door The real drivers behind the rise in PCOS, endometriosis, and infertility in younger women What your morning routine, wearables, and news consumption may be doing to your cortisol — and downstream to your hormones Why an FSH under five may be the most important number in a woman's hormone picture — and how Dr. Terri uses it clinically The ten practical steps from Dr. Cassie's book to start cleaning up your gut today The bottom line: You are not Prozac-deficient. You are not Xanax-deficient. You are not Ambien-deficient. Fix the gut, and the hormones finally have somewhere to go. Buy Dr. Cassie's Book ---------------------------------------------------------------- The Dr. Terri Show is presented by Evexias Health Solutions. For more, visit: https://www.evexias.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with Dr. Terri DeNeui, DNP: 📱Instagram: instagram.com/drterrideneui 📱Facebook: facebook.com/DrTerriDeNeui 💻 Website: hormonehavoc.com 📚 Book: bit.ly/4nzk4aM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices