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In this episode of the Thyroid Pharmacist Healing Conversations podcast, I’m excited to interview my dear friend, Magdalena Wszelaki, who is a leading expert in hormone balance and a personal advocate for women’s health. Magdalena is an endocrine nutrition expert, certified herbalist, speaker, educator and author of two books, Cooking for Hormone Balance and Overcoming Estrogen Dominance. She is also the founder of Hormones Balance community and Wellena products – supplements made by women, for women.
Like many of my guests, Magdalena’s journey is founded in part by her own hormonal challenges including Graves’ disease, Hashimoto’s disease, and estrogen dominance. Today she is in full remission and has sailed through perimenopause — and she teaches women how to accomplish the same.
Our conversation centers around the complex interplay between thyroid health, estrogen dominance, and perimenopause — a trifecta that many women struggle with but often feel they have to navigate alone.
Magdalena wants everyone to know that suffering through perimenopause is optional, and there are solutions.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Estrogen dominance is extremely common and often underdiagnosed, contributing to symptoms like heavy periods, fibrocystic breasts, thyroid nodules, irritability, and even an increased risk for estrogen-related cancers; it can occur even when estrogen levels are “normal” if progesterone is too low or estrogen isn’t properly metabolized.
- The liver plays a critical role in hormone balance by detoxifying used-up hormones like estrogen, and supporting liver function through bitters, broccoli sprouts, and sulforaphane can significantly improve hormone-related symptoms.
- Dutch testing (urine hormone testing) is the gold standard for identifying estrogen dominance and poor estrogen metabolism, while conventional blood tests for hormones often miss imbalances, especially during perimenopause and menopause.
- For low progesterone, herbal options like Vitex can be helpful early in perimenopause, but many women eventually need bioidentical progesterone (topical or oral) to properly restore balance, improve sleep, calm anxiety, and protect against estrogen excess.
- Inflammation is a root driver of hormone imbalances, Hashimoto’s, and estrogen dominance; addressing it through an anti-inflammatory diet, stress management, gut healing, and toxin reduction is essential before or alongside using hormone therapies.
Guest Resources/Connect with Magdalena Wszelaki
- Magdalena’s Instagram
- Hormones Balance community on Facebook
- Magdalena’s books:Cooking for Hormone Balance and Overcoming Estrogen Dominance
Supplements We Discussed
- Progestpure cream (topical progesterone) – Wellena
- Happy Sisters Kit – Wellena
- Her Protein – Wellena
- Chaste Tree/Vitex
- DHEA
- Milk Thistle (Silymarin) – Pure Encapsulations
- Calcium D-Glucarate – Pure Encapsulations
- Magnesium
- Vitamin B6 (P5P)
- EaseAway Uterine Cream – Wellena
- Peri Singles Collection – Wellena
- Digestive Bitters Kit – Wellena
Other Tools and Resources
- Consider the DUTCH test to assess your adrenal function through urine testing
Books and Articles To Dig Deeper
- Did Your Thyroid Condition Start or Worsen During Perimenopause?
- Estrogen Dominance as a Trigger for Hashimoto’s
- Approach to Fibrocystic Breasts with Hashimoto’s
- Adrenal Transformation Protocol Book
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About Our Host
Dr. Izabella Wentz
Dr. Izabella Wentz is a compassionate, innovative, solution-focused integrative pharmacist dedicated to finding the root causes of chronic health conditions. Her passion stems from her own diagnosis of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis in 2009, following a decade of debilitating symptoms.
Dr. Izabella Wentz has written several best-selling books, including the New York Times bestseller Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis: Lifestyle Interventions for Finding and Treating the Root Cause, the protocol-based #1 New York Times bestseller Hashimoto’s Protocol: A 90-Day Plan for Reversing Thyroid Symptoms and Getting Your Life Back, the Wall Street Journal bestseller Hashimoto’s Food Pharmacology: Nutrition Protocols and Healing Recipes to Take Charge of Your Thyroid Health, and her latest book, Adrenal Transformation Protocol.
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About Our Guest
Magdalena Wszelaki is the founder of Hormones Balance community and Wellena products – supplements made by women, for women. Her online platform and products are dedicated to helping women to balance hormones naturally. A published author of Cooking for Hormone Balance and Overcoming Estrogen Dominance, Magdalena is an endocrine nutrition expert, certified herbalist, speaker, educator and a published author with a long history of her own hormonal challenges. These challenges include Graves’ and Hashimoto’s Disease (autoimmune conditions causing thyroid issues) and estrogen dominance. Today she is in full remission, and while sailing through perimenopause, she teaches women how to accomplish the same.
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