Candace & Kyle catch up with their favorite guru/mentor/expert on hormones & hormone testing, Dr. David Zava, Ph.D., Founder/CEO of ZRT Laboratory, one of the foremost hormone testing labs in the US & globally.
A biochemist by trade & teacher at heart, Dr. Zava didn’t start out trying to build a company. As a researcher, he wanted to provide health care practitioners & patients with a deeper understanding of the role hormones play in wellness,
“There is no other reason to keep doing the work unless we find a way to make the world a better place.”
In this interview we ask Dr. Zava to help us sort through some of the “WTF!” misleading information about women’s hormones that we have recently seen in the popular press.
Here’s a sampling of the vexed issues we asked Dr. Zava to respond to & we hope you will be reassured by his answers. Happy listening!
Time magazine, May, 2023 “ You Don’t Need to Balance Your Hormones”
Sub head: There’s no proof that it works.
“Dr. Zava, from your vantage point as a biochemist, cancer researcher & founder of ZRT Laboratory having tested the hormones of over 10 million (!) people over the last 2 decades, can you explain to our listeners why the statements in this article are incorrect & misleading?”
NY Times article: Women Have Been Misled About Menopause (2023)
Quote from NYT article “New formulations more closely mimic natural hormones in a woman’s body. There are also new methods of delivery: taking hormones via transdermal patch, rather than a pill, allows the medication to bypass the liver, which seems to eliminate the risk of clots. But the studies supporting the safety of newer options are observational; they have not been studied in long-term, randomized, controlled trials.”
“Dr. Zava, can you comment on the above statement, which in a single paragraph (that never mentions the word bioidenticals), attempts to invalidate BHRT (Bioidentical Hormone Restoration model) & tell our listeners about the safety profile of bioidenticals and how in form & function they most closely mimic natural physiology & our own bodily made (endogenous) hormones.”
“Dr. Zava, what is your reaction to the fact that this lead article in the NYTimes Sunday magazine never once mentions hormone testing?”
Real Simple magazine (May 2023)
“Balancing hormones is a marketing term not a medical term.”
Dr. Zava can you comment on this statement?
Quote: “Because hormones change over the course of the month & because everyone physiologically is different, numbers alone don’t mean much.”
(Dr. Zava describes how he designed hormone test reports to go beyond just numbers.)
REFERENCES:
Please note: Evidence based studies on the benefits of bioidentical hormones are too numerous to list here. For further information email [email protected]
The CHOIICE study: The effects of compounded bioidentical transdermal hormone therapy on hemostatic, inflammatory, immune factors; cardiovascular biomarkers; quality-of-life & health outcomes in perimenopausal & postmenopausal women
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23627249/
For science-based reads on all topics hormonal visit https://www.zrtlab.com/blog/
Here is just a sampling of the great articles you can find:
“The Women’s Health Initiative Revisited”
https://www.zrtlab.com/blog/archive/womens-health-initiative-revisited/
“Preventing Breast Cancer: How Hormone Balance Can Help Save Your Life”
https://www.zrtlab.com/blog/archive/preventing-breast-cancer-hormones/
“The Seven Dwarves of Menopause”
https://www.zrtlab.com/blog/archive/seven-dwarves-of-menopause/
CONNECT WITH ZRT LABS (FOUNDED BY DAVID ZAVA)
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zrtlaboratory/
What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer: How Hormone Balance Can Help Save Your Life, John R. Lee, M.D. , David Zava, Ph.D.
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