Estrogen Insights
Explore the multifaceted world of estrogen, a hormone with surprising roles beyond just female reproduction. Discover how it's produced, where it's stored, and its significance during menopause.In this clip
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In the episode Dr. Mary Claire Haver: How to Navigate Menopause & Perimenopause for Maximum Health & Vitality & Vitality and the clip Hormone Insights from the Huberman Lab Podcast #67, it is mentioned that when normalized to the same units, adult women (typically) have more testosterone than they do estrogen. On average, their testosterone levels are still far lower than those of age-matched men, but the testosterone > estrogen reality is surprising to many people. If measuring on day 5 of the menstrual cycle, the estradiol and progesterone levels will be low. Is this the basis of the comparison to testosterone levels? Shouldn't the comparison be based on when estrogen production is at its highest, such as around day 10-12 in the cycle, to accurately claim that pre-menopausal women produce more testosterone than estrogen?