Ep 311 - The Truth About Hormone Replacement Therapy

Iron Culture

The MASS Crew

Sports & Recreation, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 827 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2025

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 311 of Iron Culture, hosts Dr. Eric Trexler, Dr. Eric Helms, and Dr. Lauren Colenso-Semple deliver a comprehensive exploration of hormones, health, and performance optimization. The episode opens with a deep dive into recent research on stretching protocols and muscle adaptations, examining groundbreaking case studies that challenge conventional wisdom about flexibility training and muscle growth.

The centerpiece of this episode focuses on demystifying menopause, with the hosts providing an evidence-based breakdown of symptoms, treatment options, and common misconceptions about hormone therapy. They tackle the complex landscape of medical misinformation head-on, offering listeners practical guidance for seeking specialized care and making informed health decisions. The discussion extends to critical examinations of hormonal contraceptives and their relationship with breast cancer risk, providing nuanced insights into inflammation mechanisms and risk assessment. The episode concludes with an illuminating segment on male hormone replacement therapy and "andropause," building on their previous coverage of testosterone optimization.

The MASS crew records Iron Culture LIVE on YouTube, Monday nights at 7pm eastern time. Be sure to join us for a future episode and say hello in the live chat!

Time Stamps:

0:00 Introduction and Eric's upcoming contest prep plan

3:34 Calf stretching case study breakdown

22:33 Why you need to listen to the following section

28:12 Menopause information and symptoms

40:49 Menopause and hormone therapy misinformation

50:54 The BS asymmetry principle, seeking specialist attention, and science communication

1:01:50 Breast cancer risk and inflammation with hormonal contraceptives

1:12:58 "Man-opause" and hormone replacement therapy for men

1:24:48 Wrapping up

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome back to Iron Culture. We are live. It's Monday night. It's approximately 7 p.m.
0:10.8	We had some minor technical difficulties, but if you're hearing my voice now, we're just going to cut that old stuff. So we're starting fresh. Okay. So tonight, I'm joined by the good doctors, Eric Helms and Lauren
0:22.3	Colenzo Semple. It is a truly international affair. We've got Dr. Lauren Colenzo Semple joining in
0:28.6	from Canada, which is very, very far north. And we've got, of course, Dr. Eric Helms joining
0:33.6	from the other side of the world over in New Zealand, which depending on your
0:37.5	perspective is either really far to the east or really far to the west. You get there either way,
0:42.2	essentially. But I tell you what, folks, Helms, you mentioned off air that you were just
0:50.7	finishing up a preparatory weight loss phase or cut.
0:55.8	So basically the cut before the cut, getting ready for a contest prep.
1:01.1	So what is on the horizon?
1:03.1	What are we talking about in terms of show selection?
1:05.5	And what are we talking about in terms of timing?
1:09.0	Yeah.
1:09.6	So this is my first proper pro season. I did make my pro debut at
1:14.7	2023 WNBF Worlds, but that was weeks after getting my pro card. So I did not have a proper
1:21.4	off season. And when you have an extended game plan for getting on stage, one of the things that I like to do as a coach and also as an athlete is to do exactly
1:31.8	what you described, cut to a body composition that is actually in my case a little lower
1:38.2	than where I would want to start my prep.
1:40.5	So then I can get into a small surplus or at least Eid maintenance for a period
1:44.0	to try to
1:45.1	dissipate any of those, you know, acute metabolic adaptation effects, any impact of, yeah,
1:52.6	there's a guy named Drexler, I want to say, who's written about it. You should look him
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