Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

Dr Pamela Smith | The Superpower Hormone_ Estrogen’s 400 Functions Revealed!

22 Nov 2024 · 1 min

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Dr. Pamela Smith explains that estrogen has roughly 400 functions in the female body, from regulating taste and touch to managing cholesterol, blood sugar, and bone density. Estriol, one form of estrogen, was shown in a JAMA study nearly a century ago to prevent bone loss and reduce cancer risk.

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Yes, estrogen does have 400 functions for women. It's taste, touch, smell, hearing, skin tone. It lowers cholesterol, blood sugar, blood pressure. It literally is your memory. It's related to the gut and so much more in the body. So that's estradiol, the E2, E3 estriol for tri. That one is the one that is. It helps with bone structure, prevention of heart disease, but very importantly, helps prevent breast cancer. And a lot of people think this is new information. The first article came out on Estriol in Jama 100 years ago. So we have known about this hormone for a long time.