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The Dr Louise Newson Podcast

083 - The Importance of Lifestyle During the Menopause - Amanda Thebe & Dr Louise Newson

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast

Dr Louise Newson

Health & Fitness, Medicine

4.7 • 933 Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Amanda Thebe is a personal trainer and nutrition coach, with nearly 3 decades in the health and wellness industry. She is the author of 'Menopocalypse: How I Learned To Thrive During Menopause and How You Can Too!' Dr Newson actually helped Amanda with the HRT chapter in the book. Amanda (who is British) joins Dr Newson from her home in Texas, USA. 

In this episode, Dr Newson and Amanda discuss how menopause awareness differs across the Atlantic, yet despite our different medical organizations, women still are not being helped through menopause. Women are still being dismissed by doctors or misdiagnosed, so there is still much work to do. As well as a discussion about the role of HRT in menopause management, they discuss the importance of lifestyle changes that are integral to supporting menopause and bulletproofing women into aging against the major diseases like diabetes, CVD, osteoporosis and Alzheimers. 

They also discuss: 

  • Living a movement based life vs a sedentary life. 
  • Knowing there is an entry point into exercise for everybody. 
  • Making small changes that develop into lifelong habits. 
  • Simplifying nutrition to support your body. 
  • Cutting through misformation in the health and wellness world 
  • Adding things of benefit rather than deprivation and restriction. 

Amanda Thebe's Three Reasons to Buy Her Book:

  1. It's giving you knowledge and knowledge is power!
  2. There is a 12 week strength training programme in the book - it's great for during lockdown.
  3. The book contains advice on how to age resiliently. This is about how to live your life based on your strengths!

Buy Amanda's book 'Menopocalypse' here: www.fitnchips.com/books/

Find Amanda on Instagram: @amanda.thebe

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Neuson Health Menopause podcast. I'm Dr. Louise Newson, a GP and menopause

0:15.8

specialist and I'm also the founder of the Menopause charity. In addition, I run the Newston Health

0:22.5

Menopause and Well-Being Clinic here in Stratford-upon-Avon.

0:31.1

So today I'm very excited and delighted to introduce you someone who's not in the UK, actually,

0:36.7

someone who's across the waters in America. So I'm really pleased to introduce you someone who's not in the UK, actually, someone who's across the

0:37.7

waters in America. So I'm really pleased to introduce to you Amanda Thib, who has been connected

0:43.3

to me quite while ago, I think, and then we actually met in real life and the days that we could

0:47.4

go out. And she's recently authored a really amazing book called Man Apocalypse. So welcome, Amanda.

0:53.9

Thanks for joining me today.

0:55.5

Thank you. And thank you for being part of the book as well. I know when I was writing the

1:00.7

hormone, there's a section just on treatment options. And I ran it by both you and also a North

1:06.6

American Menopause Society doctor over here. And it was just really great that you spent the time

1:11.4

helping me out and just making sure that I was given valid information because I'm very

1:15.9

clear about staying in my lane as a non-medical person trying to educate on menopause.

1:22.4

Yeah, well, it was a real honour that you asked me to look. And as you know, in the menopause,

1:26.2

there's so much misinformation out

1:27.8

there and women are desperate for the right information and I've noticed more and more how much

1:32.8

bad information is coming out but every word counts when it comes to the menopause and when

1:36.8

you start talking about HRT absolutely has to be 100% evidence based and so it was great that

1:42.2

you reached out and I could help you. So

1:44.6

that's brilliant. But those of you that are listening will be wondering why I'm talking to someone

1:48.5

in America who hasn't got an American accent. So do you mind before we start talking about your

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