317. Hormone Health Explained: How to Achieve Balance at Every Stage of Life with Dr. Amy Killen
Be Well by Kelly Leveque
Kelly Leveque
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2024
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I’m so excited to sit down with Dr. Amy Killen—a former ER physician turned hormone and regenerative medicine expert—to talk all things hormone replacement therapy (HRT). From understanding the roles of estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone to recognizing the first signs of perimenopause, Dr. Amy explains how learning about hormones can transform your health and vitality. We also dive into the truth about estrogen and breast cancer, how hormones can protect your bones, brain, and heart—and why starting early can make all the difference. If you’re ready to take charge of your health and start feeling your best, tune in and let’s learn together—because it’s not about being young, it’s about feeling good in your body!
We also cover:
(00:00:00) Introductions
(00:01:12) Hormone Replacement Therapy Basics
(00:10:48) Perimenopause 101 & The Truth About Estrogen & Breast Cancer
(00:22:26) Benefits of HRT for Menopause & Overall Longevity
(00:34:43) The Problem with Birth Control & When to Start HRT
(00:42:40) Lifestyle & Hormone Health Hacks
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Dr. Amy Killen received her bachelor's degree in biomedical science from Texas A&M University, |
| 0:16.3 | and then her MD from UT Southwestern Medical School. She completed an emergency medicine residency at the University of Arizona. |
| 0:24.5 | She worked for many years in Austin, Texas as a board-certified emergency physician |
| 0:28.4 | before moving to Portland and becoming a medical director of an anti-aging specialty clinic. |
| 0:34.2 | Now in Utah, Dr. Killen embraces bio-identical hormone therapy and personalized medicine |
| 0:39.5 | and offers aesthetic services, including Botox, Spillers, Micronedling. Dr. Killen is also enthusiastic |
| 0:46.1 | about cutting-edge rejuvenating medicine techniques, including platelet-rich plasma, natural growth |
| 0:52.0 | factor injections for skin rejuvenation, hair restoration, |
| 0:55.8 | urinary incontinence, and sexual dysfunction. |
| 0:58.5 | On today's episode, we're going to dive into bioidentical hormones and why she thinks what |
| 1:04.0 | mainstream thinks is wrong. |
| 1:06.0 | Let's get started. |
| 1:11.9 | Dr. Amy Killen, I'm so excited to have you on the podcast. |
| 1:15.1 | My friend Morgan Zanadi of Primal Kitchen interviewed you on her podcast and just raved. |
| 1:20.1 | And I started following along a while ago. |
| 1:22.2 | And I think you are so fun, so appellable. |
| 1:25.9 | But also talking about hormone replacement therapy in a way that I haven't heard anyone ever talk about before. |
| 1:33.1 | And so I'm so excited to have you on the podcast today to dive deep into hormone replacement therapy, all the ways that you're using it, and why some of the science is scaring people away from it, and it shouldn't be. |
| 1:45.6 | So thanks for being here and sharing all of your knowledge. I'm super excited to have you. |
| 1:49.7 | Thank you so much. I'm excited as well. Let's do it. Okay. Well, before we jump in, |
| 1:54.2 | can we talk a little bit about your background? Because you started as an ER physician and then |
| 1:59.2 | made your way into hormone replacement therapy. Yeah. So I have a board |
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