FMP Essentials: Functional Medicine Practitioner Show · Dr. Yousef Elyaman

Hormone Health, Sexual Wellness & Age Management with Dr. John Carrozzella

·22 min·4 clips

The episode opens with a disclaimer. Dr. Yusuf Elyaman says the show is meant to support both seasoned functional medicine practitioners and people just starting out, and he presents it as a space to learn how to master functional medicine and make a real impact in practice and community. Then the conversation gets more specific. The discussion names cholesterol over 200, LDL above 90, triglycerides over 75, and a triglyceride HDL ratio of 2.0 or greater as high-risk factors, and says the more of those eight parameters that are off, the clearer the cardiovascular risk picture becomes. Sex hormone binding globulin comes next. It is described as a protein made in the liver that carries sex hormones, and when levels are high, effective testosterone and estradiol fall because higher serum levels are needed to create the desired effect. The low end matters too. Low sex hormone binding globulin is presented as a strong indicator of insulin resistance, because chronic high blood sugar can affect the liver's ability to make it and push the number down. That drop shows up in hormone patterns. The discussion points to high free testosterone, including the kind seen in a woman with polycystic ovarian syndrome, as one outcome that can travel with that metabolic pattern. Dysglycemia stays in view. Carbohydrate overload, sugar regulation problems, and insulin resistance are all linked back to the liver, which keeps the conversation grounded in practical physiology. The show does not wander far from the lab. Instead, it uses those markers to show how hormone numbers, lipid numbers, and glucose regulation can be read together when someone is trying to identify cardiovascular risk earlier. Near the end, the program turns outward. It says the show can be found on Facebook and Instagram, gives Hormones and Wellness as the Instagram search term, and asks listeners to subscribe, like, and share. The close is simple. Thanks are exchanged, the discussion is called interesting and exciting, and there is a hope that people find it useful. The pace stays brisk. The episode moves from disclaimer to lab markers to hormone transport to insulin resistance without losing the clinical thread. It ends on outreach. The show signs off by directing people to fmpessentials.com and its social channels.

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Hormone markers are framed through metabolic risk.

The episode ties hormone questions to metabolic risk by centering the lab markers that can point toward insulin resistance and cardiovascular risk.

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When your hormone labs start pointing at insulin resistance.

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