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Āvra Health

✨Precision wellness for women 35+.
🧬Genetics - Hormones - Longevity
🎯 Biology, Optimized. Virtual and in-person care AZ, CO, WA

02/27/2026

Fatigue and hair thinning in perimenopause?

Sometimes the issue isn’t hormones — it’s B12 absorption.

During perimenopause, many women are eating enough B12…but absorbing less of it.

Why?
Hormonal transitions can affect:
• Stomach acid production
• GI motility
• Intrinsic factor function
• Underlying autoimmune or inflammatory patterns

And B12 absorption quietly suffers.

🧬 Why this matters:
• B12 is essential for mitochondrial energy
• It supports red blood cell production and oxygen delivery
• It’s critical for nervous system and cognitive function
• Hair follicles are highly energy-dependent — low B12 can contribute to diffuse shedding and slow regrowth

💉 Why hydroxocobalamin injections help…
Injections bypass the gut entirely, making them effective when absorption is impaired.

Hydroxocobalamin is also:
• Longer-lasting in tissues
• Converted into active B12 forms as needed
• Often better tolerated than methyl-B12 in women with anxiety, sleep disruption, or stress sensitivity

📌 Bottom line:
In perimenopause, fatigue and hair loss aren’t always “just hormones” (but sometimes hormones, especially thyroid, are involved).

Sometimes these symptoms are a nutrient delivery problem — not an intake problem.

02/24/2026

Stress doesn’t just affect your mood.
It affects your cells.

Chronic stress = chronically elevated cortisol
And cortisol reaches every tissue in the body.

🧬 At the DNA level, stress can:
• Increase oxidative stress
• Create DNA damage
• Interfere with DNA repair

Stress also changes epigenetic signaling → which genes are turned up or down

Your DNA sequence may stay the same, but how it’s used changes.

Over time, this creates genomic instability — a known driver of aging and disease.

This is why chronic stress is linked to:
• Accelerated aging
• Immune dysfunction
• Hormone imbalance
• Increased cancer risk

🧠 Your genes are not your destiny.
But your stress biology matters.

Stress management isn’t self-care fluff.
It’s genome protection.

For more information, visit https://avra-health.com

02/18/2026

Contrary to the hype, most people don’t need more protein.

In fact, most adults in the U.S. already meet — or exceed — their daily protein needs.

📊 What the data consistently show:

• Average U.S. intake already hits recommended protein targets
• Many people exceed needs, especially from animal sources
• True protein deficiency in the U.S. is rare

So why does it feel like everyone is under-protein?

Because protein has been marketed as:
•A fat-loss shortcut
•A blood sugar fix
•A muscle guarantee
•A longevity upgrade

But biology is more nuanced.

🧬 More protein is not always better:

•Excess protein can drive IGF-1 and mTOR
•It can displace fiber-rich foods
•It may worsen insulin resistance in some contexts
•Longevity research repeatedly shows moderation matters
•Some genotypes do require additional protein for weight loss
•Older adults 65+ are the most likely to need more protein
•Excess protein = excess fat AND inflammation

Protein is essential.
But appropriately dosed protein is what supports health.

Not fear-based overconsumption.
Not chasing macros without context.

Your body doesn’t need trends.
It needs precision.

02/12/2026

I watched two grandmothers, my father, and my little sister suffer from cancer. I also know my genetics.

I know I push 75% of my estrogens into the more proliferative pathway and detox them fairly slowly.

Why would I extend my overall estrogen exposure?

Second, I was fortunate enough to understand my genetics prior to menopause, which means I have all of my lifestyle ducks in a row. I am eating, exercising, and living according to my genetics, and prioritize sleep. This greatly reduces the chance of having severe hot flashes, weight gain, osteoporosis and fractures, depression, and other symptoms associated with menopause.

But, even if you don’t have a family history of cancer, it doesn’t automatically mean you are a candidate for MHT.

👉🏻 According to breastcancer.org, “about 85% of breast cancers occur in women who have no family history of breast cancer. These occur due to genetic mutations that happen as a result of the aging process and life in general, rather than inherited mutations.”

This is why understanding your genetics is so important - we have many more environmental triggers today that can impact our DNA, and thus, our risk for breast cancer.

💕 Whether you have a family history of cancer, or not, there are effective alternatives to manage peri/menopausal symptoms for women who choose not to start MHT.

02/10/2026

Herbal Alternatives to MHT for Hot Flashes:

It puzzles me why we would start with the pharmacological route (except in very severe cases) when herbal medicine has been used for the menopausal transition for millennia.

We know that women in other cultures who tend to live in community and use herbal medicine do quite well in menopause.

Today, we have very promising research specifically studying Chinese herbal formulas on hot flashes.

A couple of these herbs include:

🌿White Peony: This herb has been shown to alleviate hot flashes likely due to its effects on our hypothalamus-pituitary-ovarian/adrenal axis.
🌿Rehmannia glutinosa: This herb traditional used in Chinese Medicine, has been shown to improve perimenopausal symptoms, including hot flashes due to its multi-system effects on calming and cooling the body.

Save and follow for more holistic peri/menopause education!

02/03/2026

I’ve lived through the fads.

Jane Fonda.
Buns of Steel.
CrossFit.
Bikram Yoga.
Tracy Anderson.

Each one is an investment in time, money, and energy.

If you are lucky, you see benefits. Thats awesome that you have found what works for you!

You may be unlucky - pull a ligament, herniate a disc, become more inflamed, or gain weight.

We are in 2026, the year of PERSONALIZATION.

There is no need to guess, and make poor investments in your health.

Make sure your workout is working for you! Comment or DM me GENES for more information!

02/01/2026

We can look toward influencers, mass-produced programs, big box gyms, the next diet book, or Chat GPT to help us become healthier.

However, these are lies masquerading as truth.

Even blood work, functional GI tests, functional hormone tests can be real for a snapshot in time - but can still be deceptive.

I saw this through the lens of the fairytale “Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess,” a reading in my son’s homeschool program.

The Prince had a giant nose but had been shielded from the truth his whole life, until it literally got in the way of what he wanted - the Dear Little Princess. It wasn’t until he admitted that his nose was too long that he was able to take his princess by the hand.

So, what IS the truth when it comes to our individual health?

Physical fitness tests don’t lie.
DEXA or BIA Body Composition tests don’t lie.
Your DNA doesn’t lie.

If you want to make true health changes this year, its time to get real and honest about your current state of health, and look to the source (your DNA blueprint) for your most efficient path to change.

01/31/2026

Your fitness results may be written in your genes 🧬

One gene I talk about a lot with patients is ACE—because it helps explain why some people love long cardio… and others hate it.

What the ACE gene influences:
• Blood flow
• Oxygen delivery
• Endurance vs power bias

What this means for fitness:
💪🏻 Some bodies thrive on longer aerobic workouts
💪🏻 Others respond better to shorter, higher-intensity training
💪🏻 For many people, the sweet spot is a hybrid approach

If you’ve ever thought:
“Why does steady cardio work for them but not me?”
This is one reason why.

🚫 It’s not lack of discipline
🚫 It’s not willpower
☑️ It’s biology

The goal isn’t to label you—it’s to match your training to your physiology so exercise works with your body, not against it.

Train smarter. Recover better. Get results that last.

01/28/2026

Obesity has increased in the US from 30.5% to 41.9% in just two decades.

Our genes didn’t suddenly change.
Their expression did.

🧬 Genetics are the blueprint.
💡 Epigenetics are the light switches.

This isn’t a willpower problem — it’s biology responding to inputs.

Ultra-processed food, chronic stress, poor sleep, sedentary living, and endocrine disruptors are switching genes ON that were meant to stay quiet.

And this matters because: Nature informs nurture.

Your genetic design determines how your body responds to food, movement, stress, and recovery.

When we ignore that, we apply the wrong inputs — and biology adapts.

Your biology isn’t broken.
It’s responsive.

Obesity isn’t a personal failure.
It’s a biological signal.

And signals?
Can be changed. ✨

Get to know your blueprint. https://avra-health.com

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Naturopathic Doctor in Longmont, Colorado. Primary care, Women’s Wellness, Naturopathic Pediatrics and Cardiovascular Wellness. Focusing on prevention and getting to the root cause of chronic illness through naturopathic diagnostics and therapeutics.