Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

Motherhood's Hidden Costs_ Nutritional Depletion | Hormone Replacement vs Optimization

5 Jun 2025 · 1 min

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Short excerpt from a YouTube video by Aaron Hartman, MD. The speaker claims that having two or three children can deplete maternal nutrients (calcium, protein), leading to dental and gum problems after the second/third child, and suggests that after correcting nutrient deficits, small amounts of progesterone and testosterone may help rebalance symptoms. The excerpt is anecdotal and presents clinical opinion rather than cited data.

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You have two or three kids, they suck all the nutrients out of you. They pull your calcium, your protein. They cause massive nutrient deficiencies. You know, it's really interesting how many women will have dental issues and gum issues after the second or third kid because they didn't have the appropriate nutrient status. And then these massive stresses. Now the gum lines are receding, they're getting cavities. And you start talking to them and you're like, it's more so when people that are hypermobile, but non hypermobile individuals can have that happen. And those are the people who, once you fix all the things we've talked about, you know, maybe doing a touch of progesterone, a touch of testosterone can be helpful to balance things out after you've done all that stuff.