Episode 105 - Hormone Havoc: What are Hormone Disrupting Chemicals and What You Can Do About It? A Conversation with a PhD, Founder and CEO, Jenna Hua, of Million Marker
Have you heard of EDC's or Hormone Disrupting chemicals? In this week's episode of Nirvana Sisters Podcast:
We dive deep into the world of EDCs or Hormone Disrupting Chemicals, which are present in so many products that we use every day.
Our guest for this episode is Jenna Hua, a PhD, MPH, and RD, who is the Founder and CEO of Million Marker. Jenna is here to educate us on EDCs, how they can affect our bodies, and what we can do to protect ourselves.
Jenna shares with us some alarming facts about the prevalence of EDCs in our environment and how they can impact our health. She breaks down the science behind EDCs and explains how they can disrupt our hormones without us even realizing it.
We also discuss practical steps that we can take to avoid exposure to EDCs and detoxify our homes, including the top five things you can do right now to reduce your exposure.
Jenna also shares valuable insights on how to read product labels and what ingredients to look out for to avoid EDCs. She even gives us a sneak peek of the Million Marker approved products list, which can make shopping for safe products a lot easier.
Tune in to this episode to learn about EDCs and how you can protect yourself and your loved ones from their harmful effects.
About Jenna Hua - PhD, Founder and CEO. Million Marker:
A registered dietitian and environmental health scientist by training, Jenna's past research has focused on how our surrounding environment impacts our behaviors and health. An ardent believer in disease prevention, she wants to provide personalized preventive strategies to everyone to lead a healthier life. Jenna’s extensive experience as an academic and health advocate led to her founding Million Marker in 2019, shortly after completing a Postdoctoral Fellowship with Stanford University’s School of Medicine. Throughout her career in academia, Jenna has researched and published numerous studies that largely focused on citizens science, general health, and the impact of food consumption on a person’s well-being. In one of her most recent publications, Jenna used machine learning to identify people based on food consumed in order to offer healthier food options. She also published another report that studied the arsenic exposure and risks of eating rice within adolescents in Kunming, China. Jenna has been a Project Manager for UNC’s Carolina Population Center, a Graduate Instructor and Research Assistant at UC Berkeley, and a Project Manager at UCLA’s Center for Population Research. She was also a US Fulbright Fellow at the Institute of International Education in Kunming, China. Jenna holds a BS in Nutrition and an MPH and PhD in Environmental Health Sciences from UC Berkeley.
Follow Jenna Hua on IG @million_marker and Million Marker
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