The Dr. Terri Show

Half your feed says seed oils are poison. The other half says that’s nonsense. And you’re standing in the grocery store holding a bag of avocado oil chips, trying to figure out which one of them to believe. Elizabeth DiMeo is back with Dr. Terri to take the fat debate apart with data instead of opinions. Elizabeth is a Certified Nutrition Specialist and Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist with more than 25 years in the field, and she serves as Director of Nutraceutical Development and Education at EVEXIAS Health Solutions. They start with what a seed oil actually is, how it differs from a vegetable oil, and what industrial processing does to it. Then Elizabeth explains the part that rarely makes it into a social media post: how omega-6 and omega-3 fats behave inside your cells, why your body genuinely needs both, and what happens in your blood vessels when the balance tips too far one way. They look at why other countries eat these oils without the same consequences, trace the strange history of margarine from a wartime butter substitute to a heart-healthy marketing campaign, and find the seed oils hiding in foods you’d never suspect, including your peanut butter. They also get honest about the all-or-nothing instinct in American food culture, and why neither the chia seed camp nor the steak-and-butter camp has it figured out. What you’ll discover What separates a seed oil from a vegetable oil, and how each is processed: 02:03 What omega-6 and omega-3 fats actually do inside your cells: 03:19 How oxidized fats affect your blood vessels, explained with a dump truck: 04:28 Why other countries eat these oils without the same outcomes: 06:19 How fast oil adds up across a single day of cooking: 07:37 Where seed oils hide in the middle aisles of the grocery store: 09:55 How margarine went from wartime butter substitute to “heart healthy”: 11:01 The label rule that lets trans fats disappear from an ingredient list: 13:17 Keto, paleo, carnivore, and the American all-or-nothing problem: 15:40 What the Mediterranean diet includes besides food: 16:32 A standard American breakfast, broken down ingredient by ingredient: 18:46 The markers almost nobody tests for: 21:00 Whether chia-and-blueberry eaters are getting enough omega-3: 21:42 The woolly mammoth, foraging, and what fasting was supposed to be: 23:39 Why even fresh produce isn’t what it used to be: 26:26 Two camps, and the person stuck in the middle: 27:12 Why eating well in this country is genuinely hard: 30:13 How a palate for cheap food gets built, starting in childhood: 32:11 Stress, screens, and the inflammation that isn’t about food at all: 34:18 What to actually read on a label: 35:53 The short list of oils worth cooking with: 37:00 -- 00:00 The Fat Debate Flipped 02:03 What a Seed Oil Actually Is 06:19 How Much Is Too Much, and Where It Hides 11:01 Margarine, Trans Fats, and How We Got Here 15:40 The All-or-Nothing Problem 27:12 The Snack Aisle, and What to Do Instead -- Presented by EVEXIAS Health Solutionshttps://www.evexias.com Connect with Dr. Terri Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drterrideneui/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrTerriDeNeui Website: https://hormonehavoc.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Most women diagnosed with low thyroid are treated for a thyroid problem. Dr. Heather Stone says many of them actually have an immune problem. In Hashimoto’s, as she puts it, “the thyroid is the victim.” Dr. Terri sits down with Dr. Heather Stone, DC, a functional medicine practitioner who has spent more than twenty years helping women with hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s. She is the author of The Thyroid Transformation Blueprint. Her path started with her own symptoms and a doctor who told her nothing was wrong. She joins from Italy to talk about what’s driving the immune system to attack the thyroid, and what changes when care looks past the thyroid numbers. They start with the TSH: what it measures, where it comes from, and what a fuller thyroid panel adds, including the antibody tests that point to Hashimoto’s. Then they work through the triggers Dr. Stone looks for in every autoimmune patient: blood sugar, stress, gut health, and toxic load. Along the way, she explains why having one autoimmune condition raises the risk of developing others. She also describes a diabetes pattern she catches by looking for autoimmunity, which she calls type 1.5. What you’ll discover What TSH actually measures, and why it comes from the pituitary instead of the thyroid The markers in a fuller thyroid panel, including the two antibody tests for Hashimoto’s Why Dr. Stone sees Hashimoto’s as an immune condition first and a thyroid condition second How blood sugar swings can keep the immune system in attack mode The role stress plays, even for people who say they aren’t stressed How the gut connects to autoimmunity, and why gluten matters for some Hashimoto’s patients How toxic load adds to the burden, and her phased approach to detox What type 1.5 diabetes is, and the clue that makes her look for it Your symptoms aren’t the problem. They’re the message. Presented by EVEXIAS Health Solutionshttps://www.evexias.com Connect with Dr. Terri Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drterrideneui/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrTerriDeNeui Website: https://hormonehavoc.com/ Connect with Dr. Heather Stone Website: https://reversemycondition.com/ Book: https://thyroidtransformationblueprint.com/ --- 00:00 Dr. Stone's story 04:00 Beyond the TSH: what a full thyroid panel shows 17:20 Hashimoto's and the triggers behind autoimmunity 26:00 Type 1.5 diabetes 35:00 Testing for root causes, optimal ranges, and detox Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What if your strongest years are still ahead of you?At 64, Mary Ann Butler entered her first fitness competition... and won. But her story didn't begin on a bodybuilding stage. It started years earlier, with a career in pain management, a growing curiosity about hormone health, and a personal experience that changed the direction of her medical practice.In this episode of The Dr. Terri Show, Dr. Terri sits down with Mary Ann Butler, ANP-C, a board-certified nurse practitioner with more than two decades of experience in medicine. From her wellness practice in Lumberton, Texas, to her role training and mentoring clinicians with EVEXIAS, Mary Ann has dedicated much of her career to exploring approaches to hormone health, pain management, and longevity.Together, they discuss how recognizing symptoms of testosterone deficiency in her husband—and hearing unexpected stories from pain patients receiving hormone therapy—led Mary Ann to rethink conventional approaches to care.They explore the often-overlooked role of testosterone in women's health, the relationship between hormones and pain, and how peptide therapies became part of Mary Ann's clinical practice. They also discuss why peptide therapy requires knowledgeable medical oversight rather than a do-it-yourself approach.Then the conversation turns personal.After a decade of consistent strength training alongside her husband, Mary Ann decided to challenge herself in an entirely new way. With just 16 weeks of competition preparation, she stepped onto the stage at 64 and won her first fitness competition.Her message? Age doesn't have to determine what you're capable of achieving.---- What you’ll discover:How the opioid crisis and a pain conference pointed her toward hormones (00;03;50)Her husband’s testosterone story, and what supplements can hide (00;04;19)Why testosterone in women was the missing puzzle piece (00;07;48)Why creams fell short for so many of their patients (00;08;29)How hormones play into pain and inflammation (00;09;37)How peptides entered her practice (00;12;13)Why peptide therapy is a medical specialty, not a DIY project (00;13;33)How peptides that support growth hormone signaling can help with sleep, recovery, and aging well (00;16;25)Deciding to compete, and what actually changed in her diet (00;19;40)What a 16-week contest prep looked like (00;25;24)“Muscle is currency,” and how to start where you are, even with injuries (00;27;08)It's never too late to set a new goal, build strength, or discover what your body is capable of.Join Dr. Terri and Mary Ann Butler for a conversation about hormones, peptides, longevity, and challenging the expectations that often come with aging. Presented by EVEXIAS Health Solutions https://www.evexias.com Connect with Dr. Terri Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drterrideneui/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrTerriDeNeui Website: https://hormonehavoc.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pellets, shots, creams, patches, pills, troches. If you're starting hormone therapy, or you're already on it and something still feels off, the number of options can be hard to sort through. It's one of the questions Dr. Terri hears most, from patients and from the clinicians she trains. In this solo episode, Dr. Terri goes through each delivery method for testosterone, estrogen, and progesterone, drawing on 17 years of working with all of them. Her favorite is hormone pellets, and she explains her reasoning. She compares steady hormone levels with the peaks and drops of shots, creams, and tablets. She covers why the path a hormone takes through the body matters. She also explains where patches, vaginal estrogen, and oral progesterone still fit. What you'll discover How few testosterone options exist for women, and how long pellets have been around (00;01;30) Why individualized dosing matters for testosterone (00;02;29) The lollipop analogy for how pellets release hormones (00;03;24) What the "roller coaster" of testosterone shots feels like, and how split dosing helps (00;04;47) Dr. Terri's least favorite modality (00;05;52) How troches and rapid dissolve tablets compare (00;07;54) What first pass metabolism means for oral hormones (00;09;23) Estrogen options for women, from pellets to patches to pills (00;10;40) Oral estradiol and blood clot risk (00;12;26) What an FSH lab can show about whether your estrogen dose is enough (00;14;54) Treating symptoms versus optimizing hormones (00;15;17) When vaginal estrogen is the right choice (00;16;50) Progesterone versus progestin, and why the difference matters (00;17;12) A clear map of your options to take to your next appointment. Presented by EVEXIAS Health Solutionshttps://www.evexias.com Connect with Dr. Terri Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drterrideneui/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrTerriDeNeui Website: https://hormonehavoc.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Somewhere around 40, the workouts that always worked stop working. The belly shows up, the energy drops, and the instinct is to do more. Dr. Terri sits down with Dr. Eric Fete to hear his case for the opposite: lift a little, walk a lot, eat enough, and build muscle. Dr. Fete, DO, is a former emergency physician and the founder of Prime-X in Zanesville, Ohio. He trained at the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, is certified in Age Management Medicine, and now sees patients in person and by telemedicine. He calls his approach muscle medicine. Together they get into what myokines are and why he treats muscle as more than looks. They cover the simple routine he starts most patients on, how he talks to women about testosterone, and why he puts sleep and stress ahead of peptides and other add-ons. They also talk about the difference between sex drive and erectile function, and why touch and oxytocin belong in the conversation. What you'll discover How a career in the ER pushed him toward prevention, 10:44 Why he treats muscle as an organ of longevity, 13:36 What myokines are and what he says they do, 20:01 A starter routine: short strength sessions plus daily walking, 23:10 How he explains testosterone to women who worry about how it will change them, 31:16 Why lifestyle is the foundation and peptides come last, 35:02 The "double red S": sleep and stress, 43:30 Why sleep medication is not the same as restorative sleep, 45:33 How cystatin C can add context when creatinine looks high, 48:56 Fertility questions to settle before starting testosterone, 51:01 Sex drive, erectile function, and the oxytocin piece, 54:27 Less heroic training, more sleep, and a foundation worth building on. Presented by EVEXIAS Health Solutionshttps://www.evexias.com Connect with Dr. Terri Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drterrideneui/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrTerriDeNeui Website: https://hormonehavoc.com/ Connect with Dr. Eric Fete Website: https://www.drericprimex.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dr.eric-primexthefitnessph6601 Podcast, Dr. Eric's Relentless Vitality: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dr-erics-relentless-vitality/id1484876926 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices