BONUS: Perimenopause and Menopause: What you didn't Know with Dr. Felice Gersh

I’m honored to reconnect with Dr. Felice Gersh today! She is a multi-award-winning physician with dual board certification in OB-GYN and Integrative Medicine. We connected once before in Episode 221, where we spoke about PCOS and metabolic health. Today, Dr. Gersh joins me to dive into perimenopause and menopause. We discuss various issues surrounding the Women’s Health Initiative and talk about estrogen as a family of hormones, estrogen-mimicking chemicals, synthetic hormones, and oral contraceptives. We cover the importance of thyroid function, the pro-inflammatory state associated with estrogen loss in perimenopause and menopause, and the role of nutrition and exercise in metabolism. We also discuss lesser-known changes that occur in menopause, including changes in body odor, constipation, sarcopenia, osteoporosis, and vocal changes.  I plan to invite Dr. Gersh back to discuss women and mitochondrial health, and then again to talk about her latest book, Menopause: The Fifty Things You Need to Know.  Stay tuned to find out what menopause really is, and what it does to a woman’s metabolic system. IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN: Dr. Gersh discusses the Women’s Health Initiative study and its devastating effects. The difference between synthetic and bioidentical hormones. How chronic diseases of aging can be delayed when hormones are incorporated along with other lifestyle refinements. What do hormones do? Why every immune cell in the body has receptors for vital hormones. Menopause may not be defined by a specific moment in time. Physiological changes that occur during the perimenopause years How hormones can change the perimenopause paradigm entirely. Perimenopause and sleep issues Phytoestrogens - nature’s gift to women Connect with Cynthia Thurlow Follow on X, Instagram & LinkedIn Check out Cynthia’s website. Submit your questions to support@cynthiathurlow.com  Join other like-minded women in a supportive, nurturing community: The Midlife Pause/Cynthia Thurlow.  Purchase Cynthia’s book, The Menopause Gut. Cynthia’s Intermittent Fasting Transformation Book The Midlife Pause Supplement Line Connect with Dr. Felice Gersh Website:⁠ Integrative Medical Group of Irvine⁠ Instagram⁠ Dr. Gersh’s books are available on ⁠Amazon⁠ Previous Episode Mentioned ⁠Episode 221 on PCOS with Dr. Felice Gersh⁠