{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Beyond the Gray","title":"Low Libido After 50? Your Hormones May Be the Missing Piece | Ep. 29","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1315,"description":"Your energy is crashing by 2pm. Your sex drive isn't what it was. You're gaining weight even though you're doing everything right. And you're telling yourself it's just part of getting older. But what if it's not?\nIn Episode 29 of Beyond the Gray, Kari Schwear gets personal about hormones, aging, and what alcohol is really doing to your body after 50. She shares her own recent lab results that revealed her hormone levels were far lower than they should be, even while on BHRT, and how that one missing puzzle piece explained the energy crashes, the libido changes, and even her shoulder injury. This episode covers what most people never connect: how moderate drinking can lower testosterone by nearly 7%, how hormones affect far more than sex, and why \"just aging\" is the most dangerous thing you can tell yourself.\nKari also shares Rob's experience with TRT, the connection between frozen shoulder and hormones, and why your relationship problems might actually be biological, not emotional.\nIn this episode you'll hear:\n• Why \"it's just age\" is the biggest lie we tell ourselves after 50\n• The study showing moderate alcohol lowers testosterone by nearly 7% in middle-aged men\n• Kari's own lab results and what they revealed about her energy, libido, and metabolism\n• What BHRT is and Kari's 15-year experience with bioidentical hormone replacement therapy\n• How hormones affect far more than sex: energy, muscle mass, bone density, sleep, mood, and cognition\n• The surprising connection between frozen shoulder and hormone levels\n• Why your relationship problems might be biological, not just emotional\n• How alcohol interacts with your entire hormonal system, not just your liver\n• Why \"no amount of alcohol is considered healthy, especially for your hormones\"\n• What to notice, what to track, and what questions to ask your doctor\n• Why Rob is on TRT and how it's changed things for both of them\n• Project 60 update: training for 70, optimizing what you can control\nIf you've been...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/o3QgvEYD_EzW-1N7UZfNYTN4qL2oafyqZIw1SF69BYo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kYjNl/NjgxZTdjNDY2YjIw/NjdlNjBlYTUyMjgw/OTZjMy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}