#195 Aging is Normal, but Suffering is Optional: Take Control of Your Hormonal Health and Thrive in Your Golden Years with Dr. Mary Claire Haver: Rewriting the Menopause Narrative, Optimizing Female Hormonal Health & Maximizing Your Libido
The Gabby Reece Show
Dear Media
4.8 • 954 Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2023
⏱️ 95 minutes
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Summary
My guest this week is OB/GYN Dr. Mary Claire Haver, the founder of the Galveston diet. Dr. Haver's mission is to help women improve their hormonal health, regardless of age or stage of life. During our conversation, we dive into the lifestyle practices and supplementation that can support women through menstrual cycles, perimenopause, and menopause. We also discuss the healthiest birth control solutions available. Dr. Haver created the Galveston Diet while navigating her own perimenopause, and it has helped countless women lose weight, maintain their energy levels, and avoid brain fog. Enjoy.
This episode is Part 1 of a two part series on hormonal health. Dr. Haver's expertise is in women's hormonal health through perimenopause and menopause. Part 2 is a discussion with Dr. Kyle Gillett more specific to male hormonal health.
Show Buckets:
- Building Your Effective Hormonal Toolkit
- The Female Fasting Formula: How to Reap the Benefits
- A Scientific Breakdown of Women's Sexual Function
- Taking Charge of Your Hormonal Health: Essential Supplements & Tests
Notable Timestamps:
- The Galveston Diet Genesis [00:04:10]
- Defining Menopause [00:10:53]
- Working Around Menopause [00:15:46]
- Fasting on Women [00:32:31]
- The Menopause Toolkit [00:35:23]
- Food and Supplementation [00:38:07]
- On Birth Control [00:47:09]
- The Connection Between the Gut Microbiome and Diseases [00:50:48]
- Hormone Replacement Therapy [00:55:37]
- Advocating For Yourself for Hormone Therapy [00:58:22]
- Supporting Sexual Health [01:08:15]
- Testosterone in Women [01:10:37]
- Never Too Late to Be Healthy [01:12:18]
- Hormones and Getting Pregnant [01:14:25]
- Sex Health [01:19:01]
- On Alcohol [01:25:20]
- Additional Health Support [01:27:01]
Connect with Dr. Mary Claire
Website: www.galvestondiet.com
Book: The Galveston Diet
Instagram: @the.Galveston.diet
TikTok: @drmaryclaire
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Gabby Rees Show where we break down the complex worlds of health, |
| 0:06.0 | fitness, family, business, and relationships with the world's leading experts. |
| 0:10.0 | I'm your host, Gabby Rees, and I'm here to simplify these topics and give you practical |
| 0:15.2 | takeaways that you can start using today. |
| 0:18.3 | We all know that living a healthy balanced life isn't always easy. |
| 0:21.9 | Let's try working on managing life a little better and have some fun along the way. |
| 0:27.0 | Because after all, life is just one big experiment and we're all doing our best. |
| 0:35.0 | If I could go back and tell my 25 year old self anything, it would be stop doing aerobics, you know, to focus more on muscle building because the muscle |
| 0:45.1 | you go into this process with is what is most likely going to keep you healthy |
| 0:48.7 | decrease your risk of diabetes and insulin resistance and inflammation and so we were so focused on |
| 0:55.2 | thin thin and not strong strong strong you know and so now when I'm counseling my |
| 1:00.6 | patients I'm like we're working out now to be strong to have a strong heart to have a strong mind to have strong muscles and bones |
| 1:06.6 | We're not working out to be thin that is a fallacy |
| 1:12.0 | We live in OBsogenic society and everything around us is trying to make us gain weight, |
| 1:18.4 | you know, gain fat in places we don't want it or need it. |
| 1:21.2 | And so, you know, untangling how difficult this process is, you know, is important, but most |
| 1:27.5 | obesity medicine specialists feel like if we can get the lifestyle changes put into place and |
| 1:32.4 | sustainable for this patient that she may be able to get off the medication and sustain her weight loss. |
| 1:40.0 | Hi everyone, welcome to the show. My guest today is Dr. Mary Claire Haver. Now Dr |
| 1:45.8 | Haver is an OBGYM, she has something called the Galveston Diet, but what I will |
| 1:51.5 | say is we are going to talk all things women and hormones and |
| 1:56.1 | simultaneously to this show I will be releasing because I never like to leave |
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