Warning Signs You Have A Hormonal Imbalance

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Kevin Anthony 0:27
Alright, welcome back to the love lab podcast. This is Episode 171. And it is titled, warning signs you have a hormonal imbalance with Dr. Michael Platt. This is going to be a little bit different than some of the topics that we usually cover. But it’s going to be completely related because nothing in your body is isolated.

Kevin Anthony 0:49
So if you’ve got a problem happening physically in your body, it’s going to affect all the different parts of your body and your life. And we’re going to cover how your hormones can affect your sex life and your relationship in general. So obviously, there are physical things that can happen with your body that can affect your sex life.

Kevin Anthony 1:07
But there’s also more like, we will call them mental-emotional, but you know your attitudes, the way you show up in a relationship that can also be driven by hormones as well. And so we want to dig into all that stuff. Because our guest today his work is fascinating. And both Selena and I have read two of his books.

Kevin Anthony 1:28
And I’m pretty sure that most people are not aware that there are some hormonal things going on in their bodies. And we’ll get to that, you know, when we get deeper into the questions because reading one of his books, I was like, I never would have put myself in that category.

Kevin Anthony 1:45
And now that I’ve read the book, I would put myself in that category. So if I was surprised by that I think a lot of other people would be surprised by it too. So I would say definitely do not tune out you’re almost guaranteed to learn something really valuable.

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So Dr. Michael Platt graduated from NY Medical College and is board-certified in internal medicine. He is known internationally as an expert in bioidentical hormones and is the author of the miracle of bioidentical hormones, adrenaline dominance, and the blood protocol for hormone balancing.

Céline Remy 2:50
Welcome, Michael to the love lab podcast.

Michael Platt 2:53
Oh, hi there.

Kevin Anthony 2:56
All right, we have a lot of stuff to talk about. And I want to get one thing sort of out there right from the start. Because if anybody’s listening in, they’re somewhat familiar, or at least they think they’re somewhat familiar with hormones, they might start wondering what we’re talking about.

Kevin Anthony 3:13
So my first question is, your approach to hormones and especially bioidentical hormones is quite different from mainstream medicine. And I want to know if you can kind of just start out and give the audience maybe like the 50,000-foot overview, of how you view hormones differently, maybe from mainstream medicine.

Michael Platt 3:38
Interesting, be, you know, first of all, people have to understand that, that hormones control every system in the body, everything is controlled by hormones. And they always should also be aware that doctors get very little training in hormones. Even hormone specialists know very little about hormones. The thing is, is that people have to be aware that as people get older, their hormone hormones change all the time.

Michael Platt 4:12
And you know, when people when women go through menopause, the ovaries stop working, when men go through the andropause. Their hormones go all the way down. And you know, things change. But when it comes to hormones, they have what they call bioidentical hormones. Now, all that means is that the bio-identical hormone is the exact same molecule that the body produces.

Michael Platt 4:41
And why that’s important is that hormones act by attaching to receptor sites and different cells. So the only hormones that attach to the ones that are bioidentical, so it’s an important distinction between synthetic hormones and bioidentical hormones. Whatever, okay. Now from a sexuality standpoint, people can have a libido without hormones, and I’m sure they’re aware of that.

Michael Platt 5:14
But when it comes to, you know, women need two different hormones for libido. And you know, one is progesterone, and the other is testosterone. And they need both hormones. Men, you know, most obviously its testosterone. So, but as we go along now, maybe clue in more about hormones. But absolutely,

Kevin Anthony 5:41
I had a follow-up question actually just based on what you just said, because, you know, people are, I think acutely aware that women go through menopause. But I’m not sure that everybody has heard the term andropause. And so yeah, I wonder if you could maybe just share a little bit about what that really means for men.

Michael Platt 6:01
Okay, well, you know, what’s interesting is that men and women have identical hormones. So when I use the term progesterone, you know, most doctors and most people think that’s a woman’s hormone, then, but men stop making progesterone right around the age of 50. Now, why is that important?

Michael Platt 6:19
Well, progesterone is an incredibly important hormone. And, and this is the hormone that blocks insulin. You know how a lot of people get sleepy between three and four in the afternoon, you know, that’s when insulin peaks, a lot of people get sleepy when they’re driving. Again, that’s low blood sugar but also caused by an increase in insulin. So, but insulin is also the hormone that puts on fat around the middle.

Michael Platt 6:46
And a lot of people are concerned about weight Well, after the anthropoids, which is when men’s hormones start going down, and they stopped making progesterone is when they start putting on weight around the middle. And the other thing is, you may have heard of prostate cancer, and prostate cancer.

Michael Platt 7:07
Some people, most people know, whatever is caused by estrogen. And what’s interesting is that men wind up with higher levels of estrogen than women, after the age of 50. And estrogen to me is a very toxic hormone, you know, is known to cause six different cancers and women, but it also causes cancer in men also. And so but the hormone that blocks estrogen is also progesterone.

Michael Platt 7:35
So it’s after men’s, progesterone levels go down. And so when they start getting prostate cancer, so again, it’s a hormone that men should be very much aware of because they stopped making. You know, most men know about testosterone, which is an important hormone, obviously. But, but, and that also goes down around the same time that will actually testosterone levels start going down in the 20s, and keeps on going down. So I don’t know if I answered any questions right now. But

Kevin Anthony 8:08
yeah, that was great. I really just wanted men to understand that there are changes that happen in their hormones as well, because a lot of times when we say hormones, a lot of people automatically go, Oh, you’re talking about women? Oh, yeah, those crazy women, it’s a woman thing with their crazy hormones, right.

Kevin Anthony 8:26
And I really, I just wanted you to make that point to our audience that men have hormonal changes too, and they can have significant consequences. And I think you did that. But partially by explaining that their hormones do change, the level of progesterone goes down the level of testosterone goes down, but also that those changes in hormones can lead to significant problems such as prostate cancer.

Kevin Anthony 8:50
And you know, anybody that’s ever studied anything about prostate cancer knows that a lot of the treatments for prostate cancer can have significant effects on your sex life. So you don’t want to go there if you can possibly avoid it.

Michael Platt 9:03
You know, while we’re talking about prostate cancer, I just want to give men my own opinion about something you know, they have what’s called a PSA test. It stands for prostate-specific antigen and, and, and when the level when they do a PSA test and a tie.

Michael Platt 9:22
Then they refer the patient to a urologist to get a biopsy of the prostate, which is not a pleasant procedure, by the way, and what I want to say is that I never ever recommend absolutes. Do you know what they do? They’re anywhere from 12 to 24 sticks into the prostate with a needle. And the thing about prostate cancer is that most men, in fact, almost 100% of men, if they live long enough, will have prostate cancer, but only 7% will have the kind of Prostate cancer that spreads.

Michael Platt 10:02
So, in other words, most men die with prostate cancer rather than from it. But once you start sticking needles into the prostate, and you’re going through the capsule, you know, it gives the prostate cancer, you know, entrance into the bloodstream where it can spread all over the place. So I just want to give my feeling about prostate biopsy, I don’t recommend it.

Michael Platt 10:26
There are other ways of diagnosing prostate cancer without a biopsy. And, and the whole thing about, you know, if you know you have prostate cancer, the main thing is that you just don’t want it to spread. And so there are ways of approaching it, to control it. I’ll get off my little soapbox.

Kevin Anthony 10:47
I’m really actually glad that you brought that up because we did some episodes in the past on prostate and we mentioned that ourselves, we didn’t go so much into the biopsy, but similar stuff to what you’re saying. And so I’m glad that you are reiterating it. Because it’s not just coming from us doing a podcast, it’s coming from an actual expert who really knows what they’re talking about. So it’s good for the audience to hear that again.

Céline Remy 11:10
Exactly. So one of the things I love from reading your books is a lot of the conclusions that you’ve come to comes from observation. And what I loved is that you were talking about how well there are tests. But Doctor relies so much on the test that they fail to keep the observation power alive, and you’ve been relying a lot on observation.

Céline Remy 11:33
You’ve worked with, I’m imagining 10s of 1000s of people by now and seen it all, so why don’t you tell our audience a little bit more about how you developed your approach and how you came to this understanding that you now have around hormones.

Michael Platt 11:50
You know, when people do read my book, what they’ll notice, there are no references in my books, you know, to other studies, or this, whatever. And the reason for that is that everything I have learned, I have learned from talking to my patients, I had the luxury of when dealing with patients where I could sit down with them for about two hours and talk to them. And that’s how you, you know, you learn about what works and what doesn’t work.

Michael Platt 12:16
And so looking at my books, you know, one would say that it’s all based on what’s called observational-based medicine. In other words, medicine is based on observation. However, you know, doctors have been brainwashed into thinking that the only thing to believe in is evidence-based medicine. And evidence-based medicine is done with studies and, you know, double-blind studies and, and, and there are hundreds of millions of dollars in costs.

Michael Platt 12:44
So the only people doing evidence-based medicine are drug companies. And when people don’t realize this gives them complete control over how medicine progresses or doesn’t progress. You know, up until maybe 50 years ago, everything was based on observational-based medicine, you know, doctors learn, they observed and they learn, but nowadays, you know, they don’t accept observation, they just want evidence-based medicine.

Michael Platt 13:10
And it’s just another way of drug companies controlling medicine and preventing people from getting well. You know, I don’t believe anything from it evidence-based study, because you can lie with statistics, you know, you can control how the head is studying goes, I’m just saying. But, again, let me get off my soapbox.

Kevin Anthony 13:33
You’re absolutely correct, which is that you know, one of the things that we really see in today’s society is, you know, what, we know the drug companies are doing the studies. But basically what they’re doing is they’re, they’re, they’re coming up with their conclusion first, and then they’re designing a study to prove the conclusion, which is the exact opposite of what’s supposed to happen.

Michael Platt 13:53
That you’re right.

Céline Remy 13:55
So let’s talk a little bit about sexual issues. And we have both males and females in our audience. And granted, it’s not like we’re going to be able to give them all of the solutions, but we wanted you to give us some good places to start to look into when people are experiencing sexual issues.

Céline Remy 14:14
So we’re going to break it down a little bit with different ones. So we maybe we’ll start with one of the most common with men who have erectile dysfunction or problem with their erections. In your opinion, what causes that, and what are the first steps that they can take?

Michael Platt 14:29
I’ve never heard of that. Yeah, erectile dysfunction. Then, you know, so men can have trouble getting erections or maintain erections, whatever so, and obviously, if somebody goes to a doctor and complains about that, you know, the first thing they’ll probably want to do is put them on testosterone and the but just men have an idea. Then if a man gets what’s called morning erections.

Michael Platt 15:08
What this means is, he definitely has enough testosterone. So irrespective of what blood, bloodstain, and other things to do lab tests and see the problem with hormones, they go up and down all the time. So that’s why it’s always better to treat a patient rather than a lab test. So, so if the man is getting morning reactions, he has enough testosterone.

Michael Platt 15:30
And, and no, but let’s say that he has trouble getting erections and doesn’t have morning, morning erections. And they put them on to sastra. Well, once the man starts getting morning erections, then that gives him an idea that he has enough testosterone.

Michael Platt 15:46
So when it comes to testosterone replacement, you know, they have, you know, men getting pellets inserted, they have testosterone injections, and they have cream, I recommend the cream. And the reason for that is that it puts you in charge. Then, you know, when you’re getting injections, and when you’re getting pellets, you have no control.

Michael Platt 16:10
But when you use the cream, once you start getting erections, you know that you have plenty of testosterone. So if you’ve been using the cream, like every day, then you can go to like Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. And if you use him Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and still getting more interaction, they can cut it down to twice a week.

Michael Platt 16:26
So that’s one of the benefits of the cream. Now you’re saying, well, what’s the problem with getting too much testosterone? Well, you know, it does have side effects, you know, you know, saying it’s the hormone that causes the hair loss, which some men don’t like. The other thing about testosterone, the main problem is that converts into estrogen.

Michael Platt 16:46
And, and remember, you know, I mentioned that men have higher levels of estrogen than women have, you know, after the entry points, and that’s where prostate cancer comes from. And so, so it’s not a good thing to have, because you only have a limited number of receptor sites. So if you have too much testosterone, it will convert into other hormones. So so that’s why it’s good to be in a position where you can actually regulate the amount of forums that you’re getting. Anyway,

Céline Remy 17:17
and so when somebody is converting the testosterone into estrogen, that would mean probably the progesterone would be the really good cream to apply as the opposite thing to that reaction. Is that correct?

Michael Platt 17:31
Oh, you know, any, any man on testosterone should be on progesterone cream. Now, again, you notice I sort of stressed the word cream. Because you know, the thing about you know, remember, doctors, get very little training and hormones. And right now the primary progesterone that doctors are using is oral progesterone and, and the, like Prometrium or whatever.

Michael Platt 17:56
And the problem with oral progesterone is they go straight to the liver, and the liver converts it into a different hormone called aloe pregnenolone. So they’re not getting progesterone. So, again, I recommend the cream when it comes to progesterone because it goes directly into the bloodstream, it bypasses the liver. So

Céline Remy 18:20
thank you. Do you have anything on premature ejaculation? I was curious if there’s a hormonal component from what you’ve seen for men who experience premature ejaculation

Michael Platt 18:34
I have my own suspicion.

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Michael Platt 18:41
you know you’ve heard the term anxiety Yes. And you know they even have something called performance anxiety and but anytime you have something involving anxiety now you’re dealing with a different hormone called adrenaline and I suspect that a lot of premature ejaculation is related to excess adrenaline.

Michael Platt 19:07
The and what’s good about trying to treat adrenaline, you can’t hurt yourself trying to you know, lowering adrenaline. You know, the whole thing about adrenaline, it’s a hormone that nobody ever talks about. And yet most people have problems related to excess adrenaline.

Michael Platt 19:29
You know, you may have heard of people that have trouble sleeping, you know, some people you know, they might want to shut off or they toss and turn or they grind their teeth at night and restless leg syndrome, you know, that’s adrenaline. And you know, people that are quick to anger, you know, road rage is all about adrenalin ADHD, you know, there are millions and probably 100 million people in this country that have ADHD and that’s all caused by adrenaline.

Michael Platt 19:58
You know, Fibromyalgia, they’re anywhere from four to 8 million people in this country with fibromyalgia which is caused by adrenalin but it’s also the cause of anxiety. It’s a big cause of depression it causes you to know, things like PTSD and irritable bowel syndrome and it just goes on and on. And it’s a hormone that nobody ever talks about so and it always runs in families by the way

Kevin Anthony 20:24
Yeah, I want I so this is one of my questions it’s like two more questions. I absolutely no, I want to finish with the sexual issues first because I know you had one or two more on the list but I absolutely want to come back to this because well, I just think it’s it’s fascinating and as you said, you think there are probably 100 million people in the US that have excess adrenaline, so we need to dive into that a little bit more. But first, let’s I don’t want to take us too far off track where we are.

Céline Remy 20:54
Okay. Well, and I would agree with you from our on after that vacation having worked with clients for over a decade was the biggest source for premature ejaculation that I see is tension, tension, and stress, whether it’s emotional, mental, physical, and that’s all connected to that adrenaline that you are talking about. So our theories match I love that.

Céline Remy 21:21
But let’s just address the women we’ve talked about men here and let’s just address women who experienced low libido and then also maybe vaginal dryness because as sometimes they connected so give us maybe your two cents on that just to help any of our listeners with that. Okay,

Michael Platt 21:39
well as I mentioned before, women need two different hormones for libido, you know, one is progesterone, the other is testosterone. Now when women are independent perimenopause, getting less when their hormone levels start dropping. But when they’re in the metaphors, that means that all you know menopause has been no bleeding.

Michael Platt 21:57
But what it also means is that the ovaries have stopped working and the ovaries produce four different hormones. Progesterone, and estrogen and testosterone, and something called d h EA, D hydro epi, and Astro. Now the thing is, is that the most commonly replaced hormone in menopause perimenopause is estrogen which happens to be my least favorite hormone well it to me it’s a very toxic hormone.

Michael Platt 22:31
You know, women get cramps and PMS and breast tenderness that that’s caused by you know, extra dial, they get fibroids and endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome and fibrocystic breast and you know, which is also caused by estrogen and estrogen cause asthma and it causes migraine headaches, it causes rheumatoid arthritis and lupus and, and it causes six different cancers and to me, it’s a very toxic hormone.

Michael Platt 22:59
The primary reason why a woman needs a high level of messages was trying to get pregnant. Other than that, you know, but there are three different types of natural estrogens and, and one of them is called estriol s t ri o L. Now estriol is the only estrogen that does not cause cancer. And the other thing is, it’s the only one that is effective for vaginal dryness.

Michael Platt 23:27
So needless to say estriol is the only estrogen I bet I recommend personally. It takes about 10 to 14 days to get rid of dryness, it’s used internationally. And after that, if that’s the only concern, using maybe twice a month will maintain the lack of dryness. So, so it so while I’m saying that it’s a safe estrogen to use for women.

Michael Platt 24:01
In fact, it is so safe, they’ve used it to treat breast cancer because what if you know it’s too weak to cause cancer changes, but it takes up the estrogen receptor sites and prevents the other estrogens from attaching to the receptor sites. So it’s a very safe one. They now trying to

Céline Remy 24:22
low libido, I guess would be connected to testosterone as well, right? So Oh, here’s

Michael Platt 24:28
the thing about testosterone. I don’t know if you’re aware of this. But you know, the number one cause of death in women is heart attacks. In fact, heart attacks are a cause of death six times more common than any other cause of death in women. Now in men, it’s 5050. cancer, heart disease, but in women is mostly heart disease.

Michael Platt 24:50
And, but keep in mind that when women go through menopause, you know, their testosterone level drops and the heart. The heart has more testosterone receptor sites. than any other tissue in the body. So to my way of thinking it’s an incredibly important formula to replace women after the metaphors. Now, testosterone is good, it’s good for the heart is great for building bones.

Michael Platt 25:16
And but the other thing is that a woman cannot have a libido and interest in sex without testosterone. Now if women have a problem with libido and they’re starting on testosterone, there’s a wave of speeding up things in terms of libido.

Michael Platt 25:40
You know, there are a lot of massage receptor sites around bandshell tissue, and they are compliant, they can apply directly to the vulva or the clitoral, and what that does, it enhances what’s called sensuality. In other words, it makes things feel better. But libido is up in the brain but So, eventually, that will kick in but you can get like a double fare.

Michael Platt 26:03
So, so testosterone is important. I’m recommending again the cream, not pellets and not an injection, recommending the cream, okay? Which you get from what’s called the bioidentical. I should be from a compounding pharmacy. And they’re the ones that make identical hormones. B and, you know, progesterone is my favorite hormone English incredibly important hormone.

Michael Platt 26:35
The and you know, that’s normally applied to the forearm, we rub the arms together. But, you know, a lot of people have problems with headaches. And, you know, and what’s interesting in my entire clinical career, which goes back a long time. Every person I’ve had, who thought they had a migraine headache, had a different type of headache called occipital neuritis, which is a headache that nobody ever talks about, but is much more common than migraine headaches.

Michael Platt 27:07
And what’s nice about occipital neuritis, it’s a very easy headache to eliminate. You know migraine headaches and it is easy to get rid of. And but doctors think that these are migraines, hey, they put them on, you know, medication for migraine headaches which don’t do anything. But the most common cause of occipital the right back the only cause of exceptional writers is excess adrenaline, and it causes the muscles in the back of the neck to tense up.

Michael Platt 27:33
It’s squeezed to the occipital nerve sheath which and which causes excruciating headaches. But just applying progesterone cream on the back of the neck eliminates these headaches. A lot of people get ringing in the ears from tense muscles in the neck. Again, the neck muscles are cutting off the circulation to the inner ear. But again, just putting the cream on the back of the neck is written tinnitus. regression is also good for what’s called restless leg syndrome.

Michael Platt 28:00
You just massage the progesterone into the upper thighs, it goes away in 30 seconds. cramps in the calves and feet are always caused by adrenaline. And I should also mention that when people notice they have cold hands and cold feet, that’s adrenaline, you know, it’s always blamed on the thyroid, but it’s adrenaline.

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Kevin Anthony 29:11
Okay, so now we got to dive into this ADHD thing so here’s the thing, when most people that are not as studied in it as you are or I guess we sort of now are because we’ve read your book. When people think of ADHD they think of the kid in class who can’t sit still can’t focus is causing trouble all the time. They are maybe slightly aware of adult ADHD.

Kevin Anthony 29:42
But I don’t think most people truly understand after reading your book what it is and here’s the thing. I would have never labeled myself as ADHD because when I prior to reading your book when I would think about ADHD I bet Why don’t have those things. I can concentrate just fine. I’ve worked for decades in and highly technical field I can concentrate really well on like all this, like, I just never really thought but then I read your book.

Kevin Anthony 30:09
And so many of the things that you talk about in them like oh my God, that’s me, oh my god, that’s me like, oh, that went to everything like you were talking about not being able to fall asleep, well, I fall asleep just fine. But my brain works all night long. In fact, if somebody presents me with a technical problem that I wasn’t able to solve during the day, I’ll go to sleep, I’ll wake up in the morning, and I’ll go, I figured it out while I was sleeping, literally, like the brain never shuts down.

Kevin Anthony 30:39
And there’s, there’s a whole bunch of other things, too, you know, my hands are even a little cold right now. And all these other things, and I went, Wow, you know, I’m 47 years old, I never at any point in my life, was told I was ADHD or, or even suspected it. And then I read your book, and I go, there’s very obviously me as the adrenaline junkie, the downhill mountain biker, rock climber, martial artist, you know, all that stuff.

Kevin Anthony 31:05
And I’m like, Oh, I think I understand Finally, what’s going on? So I say all of that because I think there’s a lot of people that are similar to me, in a sense that they would never in a million years label themselves as ADHD, but they probably are, and just don’t even realize it. So you started talking about it before, I wonder if you could maybe go a little deeper into the types of symptoms that you would see from somebody who is experiencing ADHD, and then talk a little bit about how adrenalin causes that? Yeah,

Michael Platt 31:41
you know, the whole thing about ADHD is that doctors did not have a clue as to what ADHD is all about, and neither do schools. You know, a lot of people are referred to as having a learning disorder. But the whole thing about ADHD is not a learning disorder. It’s an interest disorder. In other words, if somebody with ADHD is interested, he can focus.

Michael Platt 32:05
But again, adrenaline makes the mind goes so quickly. So if they’re not interested, they get distracted very easily. And the adrenaline, you know, can also make them restless. And wouldn’t you know, you know, hyperactive if you will, the then but the whole thing about ADHD is not again, it’s not a learning disorder. It’s an interesting disorder. But the most intelligent, successful, creative, creative people in the world have ADHD. All doctors have ADHD.

Michael Platt 32:37
All lawyers have ADHD. It’s adrenaline, which actually is a neurotransmitter that gives people intelligence. So what I’m saying is that people that are intelligent such as yourself, will have a lot of adrenaline. Now they have another type of ADHD called a DD and these are kids that have trouble focusing, but they’re not hyperactive. And these are what I call the creative type, ADHD.

Michael Platt 33:06
Creative people have the most adrenaline you know, if you look at the music industry in Hollywood, a lot of drugs and alcohol and the reason for that is when people have a lot of adrenaline, they need something to relax, to chill out, and they get involved in drugs and alcohol. You know, a lot of overdose deaths in the music industry are related to excess adrenaline.

Michael Platt 33:31
But adrenaline is a hormone that nobody ever talks about. But the whole thing about ADHD, if it’s a problem, you can actually get rid of ADHD in 24 hours. But people should understand that if a child has ADHD, he inherited it from one or both parents because it always is genetic. All hormones are genetic. So a child with ADHD becomes an adult with ADHD.

Michael Platt 34:01
Now, the most successful people in the world to different types of ADHD, you know, you have the typical type ADHD with kids are hyperactive, and you have the creative type, you know, where they have trouble focusing, but they’re not hyperactive. But you can get a combination of the two types, which I call a mixed type ADHD.

Michael Platt 34:20
And these are the most successful people in the world, the heads of every major corporation into different types of ADHD. And a lot of them never even finished college and get the heads of cooperation. Well, they didn’t have you know, they didn’t want to waste time with college. They don’t want to do so and you are probably in that category, the mixed type ADHD,

Kevin Anthony 34:45
possibly that’s what it sounds like when I read your book. You know, I used to joke all the time about my father and my grandfather that can’t sit still. My grandfather worked into his almost 80s and not because he had to, he was quite wealthy, and he also didn’t even finished high school and built a multi-million dollar business and still could not stop working could not sit still my dad, my dad can sit still for anything. Absolutely, I think we all fall into that category.

Michael Platt 35:15
So ADHD is all about adrenal. And but you know what, people don’t realize adrenalin problems can start at a very young age, you may have heard of babies get colic. colic is all about adrenaline. And these are the babies that when they’re in the womb do a lot of kicking. And that’s also adrenaline. But the kind of like you can take some progesterone cream and put it on the baby’s belly goes away in about three minutes. So you don’t have to stay up all night with a crying baby.

Michael Platt 35:44
You may have heard of bedwetting and children, and you only see and bedwetting is only caused by excess adrenaline. And you only see that in creative type shows, by the way. And then, you know, so. So it’s a very common permanent problem. But unfortunately, when I say a problem, excess adrenaline, very prominent, a common problem that nobody talks about, but it’s easy to fix.

Michael Platt 36:13
And what it all comes down to if somebody has a lot of adrenaline and said you have to treat the reason why the body’s putting out adrenaline. And I don’t know if you want to go into treatment. But yeah,

Céline Remy 36:24
I mean, let’s talk a little bit about what people can do, obviously, you know, diving deeper, get the book adrenalin dominance from Michael Platt it’s, it’s, it’s full of great information, but maybe some of the first step. And because again, like they can feel the difference pretty quickly, once they start addressing the root cause.

Michael Platt 36:50
You know, one of the unfortunate things is that doctors are not trained to treat the cause of illness, they’re just trained to give out band-aids. And, but when you treat the cause of a problem, you can eliminate it. And it’s very rewarding. Getting somebody Well again, and unfortunately, doctors don’t see it I you know, I had this patient that he was 47 years old, same age.

Michael Platt 37:16
And he had, the reason why he came to see me is that every morning he would wake up and vomit. And the only thing that caused that kind of vomit is access your journal and nothing else that will cause that. And he had severe severe fibromyalgia, which is only caused by excess adrenaline. So we’re sitting there talking, I put some progesterone cream on his arm.

Michael Platt 37:39
And we started talking in about five minutes after I put on the cream, he sat back in his chair, and he looked at me and he said, Doc in my entire life, I have never felt this good. That’s after five minutes. And he never had another episode of vomiting after he left. But the point is, is that it’s not hard to get people well, you just have to treat the reason why they’re not well, you know when it comes to vomiting, you may have heard of some women that vomit throughout their entire pregnancy.

Michael Platt 38:06
You know, again, that’s adrenaline, doctors don’t know this. And it’s easy to fix. But you only see that in creative type women because again, creative people had the most adrenaline. So when it comes to treatment when it comes to excess adrenaline. Yeah, you have to understand that the reason why the body’s putting out adrenaline is just to raise sugar levels for the brain.

Michael Platt 38:30
Now, most people do not realize that the brain uses more sugar than any other tissue in the body. And you know, and so anytime the body detects that the brain is running out of fuel, it just simply puts out adrenaline to raise sugar levels. So if you understand that, then you can understand that if you provide fuel to the brain, the body doesn’t have to use adrenaline to do it.

Michael Platt 38:54
Now the brain is two different fuels. You know, one is glucose, glucose that which is sugar. It’s a type of sugar, it’s the only type of sugar the brain uses. And, you know, I wish I could say candy and soda because they are great sources of glucose, but they’re highly glycemic, which means that candy and soda produce a lot of insulin, which lowers sugar levels, which defeats the purpose.

Michael Platt 39:19
So the best source of glucose for the brain is vegetables, because they’re low glycemic, they don’t produce a lot of insulin. And then the other fuel, which is even more important are ketones and you know people have heard of a ketogenic diet. I don’t recommend it because it’s very hard died to accomplish, but you can get ketones directly from coconut oil and MCT oil.

Michael Platt 39:43
So if people add coconut oil and MCT oil into the meal plan and eat vegetables, and you’ll get a significant drop in their adrenaline levels. And now where progestin comes in is that it blocks adrenaline and that’s Like the icing on the cake, and you know, you can apply it to the back of the neck of this tension or the rest of the thighs of his restless leg syndrome.

Michael Platt 40:07
But normally it’s put on the forum, you read the two arms together and stuff like that. So theoretically, within 24 hours, you can get rid of road rage, road rage is only caused by excess adrenaline, you know, people that get cited by the highway patrol from, you know, for road rage, they send into anger management class, which does absolutely nothing.

Michael Platt 40:29
Well, I’m just saying it’s a waste of time. The, but you can get road rage, you can get rid of road rage and 24 hours just by lowering your journal. You know, like I say, it’s not hard to get people well, you just have to shoot the reason why they’re not well,

Kevin Anthony 40:45
yeah,

Céline Remy 40:46
absolutely. So I have been taken your progesterone cream for about three and a half weeks. And so it’s still pretty new. And I wanted to share just a little bit about this because when we read in your book, you talk about the patient, he has like, oh, in five minutes, they have like amazing results. And it’s like, okay, and not everybody is the same.

Céline Remy 41:06
And granted, I didn’t start from a place where I was experiencing those, those emotional issues, or any of the physical things that that person had. But what I have noticed, for me, the biggest change is around my blood sugar level, like kind of hypoglycemia. Like, I feel that I’m hungry, but I’m no longer as shaking, or like lightheaded in my head, like, I feel like I can go through the day, I’m much more stable,

Kevin Anthony 41:32
I used to get hangry

Céline Remy 41:33
hangry a lot. That’s for sure, I have noticed that I’m a calmer driver, I will have to admit that I’m a little bit of an aggressive driver. And I was noticing this and no, I do I have a fever the other day when I was on the road. So I will have to say that. Yes, there is some truth to what you just shared there.

Kevin Anthony 41:56
That’s another testimonial.

Michael Platt 42:01
You know, what I want to stress here is that you know, the cream is very helpful, but the most important approach is nutritional. And so you know, that’s the vegetables and the coconut or the MCT oil. Now keep in mind that the brain branch added fuel every three to four hours. So it’s not a matter of having one meal a day having some, you know, it’s throughout the day.

Michael Platt 42:29
Now, adrenalin peaks at 230 in the morning. And the reason for that the brain runs out of fuel around 230 in the morning, so the body puts out adrenaline. So a good so people wake up during the night or have to urinate or grind their teeth or whatever, then it’s helpful to eat something right before they go to sleep that will provide fuel, like some leftover vegetables from dinner.

Michael Platt 42:52
A good vegetable if people like sweet potatoes is to slice them up and fry them and coconut. And that’s a good side dish. The End If people need more information you know, on my website, you know there’s a meal plan to lower adrenaline. But anyway,

Céline Remy 43:13
yeah, I love that you mention that because it is so important for people to understand that I think in your book, you say it’s about 30% is the cream. But the rest is a lifestyle is a diet because everybody always just wants a pill or cream to fix everything. And it’s the hardest thing is to make changes with what you put inside is changing the input of what goes into your body.

Céline Remy 43:35
And people, as I feel, could just do this for me. So I’m glad that you are mentioning that because people have to understand that yes, creams and things supplements can help. But ultimately, it’s the choices you make every single day in what you put into your body that will make the most difference.

Céline Remy 43:54
So before as we are getting close to the end here, and we were wondering if you could share the one thing about hormones that you believe people absolutely need to know what would it be one thing

Michael Platt 44:14
Well, what they need to know is that hormones are really important to the body. And I mentioned, they control everything in the body is controlled by hormones. And if people get older, their hormone level goes down. This is sort of an aside, you know, probably the largest selling drugs that are given out to the public or stat and drugs to lower cholesterol.

Michael Platt 44:42
But people should understand that every hormone in the body is made with cholesterol. So what they really you know if people really want to know the truth about cholesterol, the people that live the longest have the highest cholesterol and 75% of people that have heart attacks happen with low cholesterol. So, again, I’m not saying people should stop the cholesterol American case, but just saying they should question.

Michael Platt 45:14
You know, I’m not, you know, not big on drugs, to be honest. But you know, so when it comes to hormones, that’s when you know, what an important issue is a cholesterol. It’s important. But and they should also be aware that men and women have identical hormones, different levels, but the same hormone, but hormones change all the time.

Michael Platt 45:38
And, and unfortunately, you know, they’re not going to get answers from doctors, you know, doctors get very little training and hormones. And that includes gynecologists, unfortunately, just one election.

Céline Remy 45:55
So now, people of interest is piqued, obviously, you know, they can get your books I tell our listeners where they can get more about, like connecting with you, where do they go? And how do they connect with you?

Michael Platt 46:10
Well, I have a website, it’s www.plattwellness.com. And the office number usually goes directly to me, if they ever call it so their question they can call. You know, my feeling I’ll be honest with you, I think people get abused by our medical system. And, you know, I, there was a time that I wanted to change healthcare in this country. But you run into a lot of roadblocks.

Michael Platt 46:43
You know, it’s tough fighting Big Pharma. It really is. I mean, they control everything when it comes to medicine, the medical boards, the FDA, but doctors learn in medical school that they have complete control. And unfortunately, you have an entity that thrives on disease and illness, and they have no interest in people being well, and that’s what controls our medical system.

Michael Platt 47:10
And the United States is on the bottom of the list of health care of all civilized countries, we have the highest incidence of all diseases, including infant mortality, and, and that’s why they won’t allow preventive medicine in this country. There is no preventive medicine. But that’s like getting it off my soapbox again.

Michael Platt 47:31
But yeah, so people, I get it, I guess. But the bottom line is that people had to become what’s called proactive, they have to take care of their own health. They can’t rely on a system that has no interest in being held. Unfortunately, I’m just saying that’s the way it is you

Kevin Anthony 47:47
You are absolutely correct.

Céline Remy 47:50
Give me chills. I was like, Yes. 100%

Kevin Anthony 47:54
Absolutely. So you want to ask our very last question.

Céline Remy 47:57
Yes, Michael, we have a very special question for all of our guests. We always want to know what is your best sexual talents?

Michael Platt 48:06
My best sexual talent? Yes. Wow. Interesting question.

Kevin Anthony 48:22
We’ve asked that question to ally but never a doctor.

Michael Platt 48:27
Well, I want to say consideration.

Kevin Anthony 48:31
Yeah, that’s a talent.

Michael Platt 48:36
Yeah. Yeah.

Kevin Anthony 48:40
That’s, you know, don’t laugh at that answer. Because it’s actually really important and in today’s world, it’s actually lacking in a lot of people and by consideration, I think what you mean is the fact that you pay attention to your partner,

Kevin Anthony 48:53
and you’re aware of what their needs are and what you’re doing and how that affects them and you have more of that connection and I think that’s lacking in a lot of people’s sexual encounters these days. So it’s a great skill to have

Michael Platt 49:07
you say that better than I could but that’s basically Yes.

Céline Remy 49:13
Wonderful thank you so much, Dr. Platt, for joining us today sharing your wisdom and your knowledge and heart with us and our listeners It was quite an eye-opening conversation.

Michael Platt 49:28
Well, it’s been a pleasure I thank you for allowing me to vent a little bit

Kevin Anthony 49:34
All right, everybody, I suggest you probably start back at the beginning and listen to this episode again. Not only did we cover you know things specifically regarding sexual function, but if you noticed throughout, there are so many little things in there that affect your day-to-day relationships.

Kevin Anthony 49:53
Because you know when you do coaching for as long as we have you hear it all you hear people how it’s just because I have ADHD or Well, you know, We can’t really do this because we were up all night with the colicky child and like you covered so many little things. And if people could just fix them through a simple balancing of their hormones, their lives would greatly improve. So hopefully, people got some value out of that. And

Michael Platt 50:17
can I say one more thing, of course, you know, if they go to my website, we have two different types of progesterone cream one with oil of lavender one without other than that they’re exactly the same? But five 5% cream means that each pump is 50 milligrams, and 50 milligrams is the exact strength, you need to block adrenaline.

Michael Platt 50:38
So this was specially formulated to actually block adrenaline. But again, remember, progression also blocks insulin, so they won’t get sleep in the afternoon asleep when they’re driving. And it also blocks estrogen. So it can take away cramps and PMS and whatever, but also, you know, help prevent cancer and stuff like this. So Jessa is an incredibly important hormone that

Céline Remy 51:03
he needs. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. So again, go to Plattwellness.com, for more and check out his books, products, everything that he’s put out there and then not just check them out, but try them and do the diet. Because again, you can’t cheat. That’s very important.

Kevin Anthony 51:23
All right, thank you one more time, Dr. Platt, for being on the show. And everybody that’s all the time we have for this episode. So we will see you next week. We hope you like this episode of the love lab podcast. If you enjoy this show, subscribe. leave us a review and share it with your friends.

Céline Remy 51:45
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Kevin Anthony 51:59
Thanks for listening. And remember, you’re amazing.