The Revive Wellness Podcast

Why Hormone Therapy Fails: A Deeper Look At The Physiology with Matt Cusano FDNP

Allison Fahrenbach Season 6 Episode 4

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Most conversations about hormone therapy focus on the prescription itself- what to take, how much, and when. But far fewer ask a more important question: what kind of body are those hormones entering?

In this episode, I sit down with FDNP and co owner of Ryze Wellness, Matt Cusano to take a deeper look at why hormone therapy sometimes falls flat, even when it’s “done right” on paper. Because hormones don’t create outcomes in isolation, they send signals. And those signals are only as effective as the environment they land in.

We break down the physiology that often gets missed: how chronic stress, poor metabolic health, low muscle mass, blood sugar instability, inflammation, GI issues and impaired detoxification pathways can all blunt your response to hormone therapy. This is the difference between temporarily changing lab numbers and actually creating a body that can respond, adapt, and improve.

Because the goal isn’t just to take hormones.
It’s to become a body that can actually use them.

Follow Matt on IG: @_mcusano

Contact Ryze: https://www.ryzehrt.com/ryze-wellness



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