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Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

2582: The Strange Signs & Symptoms of Perimenopause With Dr. Mary Claire Haver

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge

Exercise, Health & Fitness, Health, Fitness

4.8 • 11.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Strange Signs & Symptoms of Perimenopause with Mary Claire Haver

  • What got her into what she does now? (1:30)

  • The dogma surrounding women’s health. (8:05)

  • What is menopause? Perimenopause? (14:56)

  • The average age of menopause. (21:34)

  • How much does birth control mask these symptoms? (22:27)

  • Why she believes antidepressants are overused. (24:00)

  • How much does genetics play a role in the symptoms that women experience versus the way they ate or dieted leading up to perimenopause? (25:31)

  • The not-so-common early signs and symptoms of perimenopause. (27:17)

  • What does hormone therapy look like? (29:29)

  • Zone of chaos. (32:22)

  • Non-hormonal interventions: Training & diet. (33:38)

  • Supplementation and menopause. (40:00)

  • Common mistakes women make when trying to self-medicate to help themselves. (41:28)

  • How do women equip themselves to speak with their doctor. (43:53)

  • Why HRT is optimal for most women. (45:19)

  • The typical hormone therapy options for women. (46:04)

  • Busting women’s fears surrounding HRT. (47:52)

  • Anything exciting on the horizon in this space? (48:35)

  • The standard HRT dose. (49:50)

  • Can a woman who previously survived breast cancer do hormone therapy? (51:59)

  • PCOS and perimenopause. (52:57)

  • Let’s talk about your libido. (53:43)

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0:00.0

If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go.

0:06.3

Mind Pump.

0:07.1

Mind Pump with your hosts.

0:09.2

Sal DeStefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.

0:13.4

You just found the most downloaded fitness health and entertainment podcast.

0:17.2

This is Mind Pump.

0:18.9

Today's episode, we talk about paramenopause.

0:22.4

Believe or not, it starts a lot sooner than you think.

0:25.2

In fact, we learned with today's guest, Dr. Mary Claire Haver.

0:29.7

She's an OB-G-W-N.

0:30.9

She's the author of the new menopause.

0:33.5

So this is a New York Times bestseller.

0:35.2

You could also find her, by the way, on Instagram at Dr. Mary Claire.

0:38.6

That's D-R-Mary, C-L-A-I-R-E.

0:41.5

We learned from her that paramedipause starts sooner the most women think, and your hormone

0:47.0

test won't even show it.

0:48.0

You'll just have weird symptoms like suddenly gaining body fat in your midsection.

0:52.4

That's one of them.

0:52.8

But there's a lot of them.

0:56.6

Today's episode was very illuminating.

1:00.2

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1:03.6

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