ALTIS World - Women’s Health: Hormones & Performance

Mar 12 2023 48 mins 1

Take two high achieving women and get them together for a chat about all things women’s health as it relates to hormones, periods and performance.

What do you get?

45 minutes of insight filled information that is a must watch or listen for any coach working with female athletes.

Recently – two Australians – Olympian and ALTIS Graduate – Ella Nelson sat down with Functional Nutrition and Women’s Health expert – Tara Thorne to discuss this crucial topic.

Tara is a Functional Health Practitioner and a Certified Functional Nutrition Coach and a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner. Tara also has training from the Institute for Functional Medicine, specifically in hormones and is an expert at interpreting the DUTCH comprehensive hormone test, the GI MAP test, the HTMA test and other functional health tests. Tara has more than 8 years clinical experience helping women around the world optimize their health and eliminate their symptoms.

0 – 4 minutes – Introduction and Tara’s background

4:45 minutes – What hormones are key players in women’s health?

8 minutes – Hormone imbalances

11 minutes – Who hormone imbalances can impact, and at what ages

13:50 minutes – The impact of birth control on hormones

15:20 minutes – Performance Sport and hormones – Ella’s experiences as an athlete struggling with hormonal dysfunction

16:04 minutes – The term ‘adrenal fatigue’, HPA dysfunction, the Adrenal Glands, leaky gut and immune responses

20:44 minutes – Gut Health and its impact on hormonal health

30:56 minutes – -What causes hormonal imbalance?

33:48 minutes – Tests used to monitor and pinpoint deficiencies

40 minutes – How coaches can best support female athletes to maximize hormonal health

Learn more here: https://altis.world/coach-education/womens-health-hormones-performance/