Hormones powerfully shape the neural circuits that guide decision-making and valuation of people and objects.

“hormones hierarchies and specific things that are operating within you and adjacent to nearby the things that you're evaluating whether or not those things are people or objects are powerfully shaping the neural circuits that lead you to make specific decisions”

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals found in everyday plastics and receipts significantly negatively impact hormone levels, specifically testosterone in males.

“That's bad. that's covered with BPA and study in adolescent boys showed that it was associated with a 50% reduction in testosterone.”

Dr. Amy Shah notes that hormonal fluctuations, particularly during menstruation and menopause, are significant causes of abdominal bloating.

“so and then menopause bloating right that's like even more so than the regular PMS bloating there's a whole menopause bloating”

Women should recognize that they are hormonal beings throughout their lives and that understanding these continuous changes helps them craft a better health outcome.

“I think the most important thing that women should understand is that we are hormonal beings from the moment we start puberty to the day we our periods stop forever. And these hormonal changes and and undulations that happen affect every part of our body and they're not disconnected.”

The cultural and scientific tendency to view the male hormonal profile as the universal standard leads to the incorrect assumption that women's cyclical hormone patterns are abnormal or inferior.

“It's the idea that we think that there's something wrong with our way of being is just an artifact of the fact that men were studied first. And so that was like all of our assumptions about what it means to be normal and that for things to be done right are are based on a male standard.”