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What if your hormone levels are considered "normal," but you still struggle with fatigue, low energy, brain fog, decreased libido, or difficulty maintaining muscle? Could your hormones be playing a role?

In this episode of the Fit Rx Health & Wellness Podcast, Dr. Greg Dennis continues his 7 Pillars of Optimal Health series with Pillar #4: Hormonal Health.

Hormones influence nearly every aspect of our health, including metabolism, energy, muscle mass, sexual function, mood, and overall well-being. Yet hormonal health is often overlooked, especially as we age.

Dr. Dennis discusses why simply falling within a laboratory reference range doesn't always tell the whole story and why understanding your symptoms, hormone levels, and overall health is essential to determining whether treatment is appropriate.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Testosterone and aging: Why testosterone levels decline in men, what may be contributing to declining levels across generations, and common symptoms of testosterone deficiency.
• Testosterone replacement therapy (TRT): How appropriate treatment can improve sexual symptoms and body composition in men with confirmed testosterone deficiency.
• Menopause and perimenopause: Why hormonal changes can begin years before menopause and how they can affect sleep, mood, energy, and sexual health.
• The controversy surrounding HRT: How the Women's Health Initiative changed the perception of hormone replacement therapy and what we've learned since.
• The FDA's updated HRT warnings: What recent changes to menopausal hormone therapy labeling mean for women considering treatment.
• Hormones and longevity: How hormonal health connects with muscle preservation, metabolic health, bone strength, and healthy aging.
• Hormone replacement options: The differences between injections, creams, patches, pellets, and other delivery methods—and why individualized treatment matters.
• Finding the right provider: Why experience, appropriate testing, ongoing monitoring, and a thorough discussion of benefits and risks are essential.
• Beyond testosterone and estrogen: The important roles of thyroid hormones, insulin, cortisol, and other hormonal systems.

Hormone optimization isn't about achieving the highest possible hormone levels. It's about understanding the whole person, identifying genuine hormonal problems, and using evidence-based treatments when appropriate to improve health and quality of life.

Whether you're a man experiencing symptoms of low testosterone, a woman navigating perimenopause or menopause, or simply someone interested in healthy aging, this episode offers practical insights into the role hormones play in overall wellness.

The goal isn't a perfect hormone number. The goal is a healthier human being.

Join Dr. Greg Dennis as he explores why hormonal health deserves a place among the Seven Pillars of Optimal Health.

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What if building muscle isn't just about looking better—but about living longer, staying independent, and maintaining your health as you age?

In this episode of the Fit Rx Health & Wellness Podcast, Dr. Greg Dennis continues the 7 Pillars of Optimal Health series with Pillar #3: Movement & Strength.

Exercise has been a major part of Dr. Dennis's life for more than 30 years, but the reasons for exercising have changed. What may start as a desire to build muscle or improve appearance becomes something much more important as we age: preserving strength, metabolic health, mobility, and the ability to keep doing the things we love.

In this episode, Dr. Dennis discusses:

• Why skeletal muscle can be thought of as an organ of longevity
• The powerful relationship between physical fitness and lifespan
• How muscle helps regulate blood sugar and improve insulin sensitivity
• Why maintaining muscle becomes increasingly important as we age
• The connection between strength training, bone health, mobility, and independence
• Why simply walking is important—but isn't a complete exercise program
• How often you should strength train
• What progressive overload means and why it matters
• Why cardiovascular fitness is just as important as strength
• What Zone 2 cardio is and how to incorporate it
• What VO₂ max measures and why it's such an important marker of longevity
• How high-intensity intervals such as the Norwegian 4x4 can improve aerobic fitness
• How to balance strength training, Zone 2 cardio, and VO₂-max training
• Dr. Dennis's own weekly exercise routine and how he approaches training for both muscle and longevity

You don't have to become a bodybuilder or an endurance athlete to benefit from exercise. The goal is to move every day, build and preserve muscle, and develop the cardiovascular fitness necessary to remain capable throughout life.

Muscle isn't just about appearance. Muscle is freedom. It helps preserve your ability to work, travel, climb stairs, carry groceries, play with your children or grandchildren, recover from illness, and maintain independence as you age.

Don't just exercise to weigh less. Train for the life you want to be capable of living.

This is the third episode in the 7 Pillars of Optimal Health series from the Fit Rx Health & Wellness Podcast.

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Keto. Carnivore. Vegan. Mediterranean. Low-carb. Low-fat. With so many competing opinions about nutrition, eating for health and longevity has become unnecessarily complicated.

In this episode of the Fit Rx Health & Wellness Podcast, Dr. Greg Dennis continues the 7 Pillars of Optimal Health series with Pillar #2: Nutrition.

After years of studying nutrition, longevity, and metabolic health—and seeing what works in clinical practice—Dr. Dennis shares how his own thinking about nutrition has evolved. Rather than following a diet with a particular name, he believes the foundation of good nutrition can be surprisingly simple: prioritize protein, eat mostly real whole foods, maintain a healthy body composition, and individualize carbohydrate and fat intake based on your metabolic health, activity level, and goals.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why calories still matter
• Why protein becomes increasingly important as we age
• The connection between muscle, metabolic health, and longevity
• Whether red meat belongs in a healthy diet
• Why healthy fats are beneficial—but aren't unlimited
• Why carbohydrates aren't necessarily the enemy
• The difference between whole-food carbohydrates and highly processed foods
• When low-carb and ketogenic diets may be useful therapeutic tools
• The pros and limitations of vegan, vegetarian, and carnivore diets
• Why ultra-processed foods may be a much bigger problem than any single macronutrient
• What Dr. Dennis actually eats and how his own approach to nutrition has changed over the years

The takeaway is simple: your diet doesn't need a name.

For most people, building meals around quality protein and minimally processed whole foods—while limiting the highly processed foods that dominate the modern diet—is a sustainable foundation for metabolic health, maintaining muscle, healthy aging, and longevity.

This is the second episode in the 7 Pillars of Optimal Health series. Follow the Fit Rx Health & Wellness Podcast as we explore Sleep, Nutrition, Movement & Strength, Hormonal Health, Emotional Health, Relational Health, and Spiritual Health.

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