Episode Highlights With Esther Blum
- The average age of menopause and early signs to look for
- Why menopause can start really early for some women in todays world
- Hormones to look at to get a baseline for mitigating menopause symptoms
- When supplements like chaste tree, DIM, and calcium d-glucarate can be helpful
- How cruciferous vegetables help hormones
- What to know about hormone replacement therapy and the forms she does and does not recommend
- How cyclical progesterone in second half of cycle can be helpful pre-menopause, especially after birth control use
- Why lifting weights has such a big impact on hormone levels for women
- The supplements she recommends that are helpful for most women
- How brightly colored foods help hormones and feed beneficial bacteria in the gut
- The one beneficial bacteria in the gut that helps avoid weight gain and how to support it
- More support for morning sunlight, strength training and eating protein
- A reason to go for a ten minute walk after eating- it lowers glucose by 17%!
- Her three “meno-laws” for avoiding fat gain during menopause (or anytime)
- Why many women develop non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in menopause and how to avoid it
- Things that are helpful for alleviating hot flashes
- Hysterectomies are the new c-sections… are they necessary? Are they avoidable? What to try instead
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