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537: What we’re still getting wrong about menopause | Mary Claire Haver, M.D., board-certified OBGYN

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Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.62.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

“Menopause is inevitable, but suffering through it is not," says Mary Claire Haver, M.D. Mary Claire, a board-certified OBGYN and certified menopause practitioner, joins us to discuss everything a woman needs to know during this hormonal transition and beyond, including: - Old vs. new menopause (~00:07) - Signs of peri menopause in 30s, 40s & 50s (~02:04) - Sleep deprivation during menopause (~05:09) - Menopause weight gain (~06:36) - How to enhance body composition as you age (~09:25) - Protein needs for women (~14:20) - The link between food & hot flashes (~16:09) - Pros & cons of hormone replacement therapy (~18:43) - How to know if you’re a good candidate for HRT (~25:02) - Best questions to ask your doctor (~27:23) - Why we should have annual midlife wellness visits (~28:28) - The future of menopause care (~31:23) - A drug that can prolong estrogen production (~33:02) - How to measure estrogen swings (~35:10) - How to be your own menopause advocate (~39:35) Visit shop.mindbodygreen.com/whey20 to get 20% off whey protein isolate+. Cannot combine with gift cards or other discount codes. Referenced in the episode: - Mary Claire's book, The New Menopause - The Galveston Diet - Follow Mary Claire on Instagram - mbg Podcast episode #529, with Lisa Mosconi, Ph.D. - mbg Podcast episode #480, with Peter Attia, M.D. - Statins Peter mentions: PCSK9 inhibitors, Ezetimibe, and Bempedoic Acid - WHI study on frailty - A study on estrogen therapy & dementia - menopause.org - Mary Claire's Menopause Empowerment Guide - Tests to ask for at the doctor - Oviva Therapeutics We hope you enjoy this episode, and feel free to watch the full video on YouTube! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the My Buddy Green podcast. I'm Jason Walkib, founder and co-ceeo of My Buddy Green and your host.

0:07.0

If you're a listener of this show, you know how critical maintaining lean muscle mass is as you age and that's why I am so

0:16.1

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0:25.9

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0:31.6

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0:38.6

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0:41.0

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0:47.6

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0:59.3

plus. Menopause does not get enough attention from health care professionals.

1:08.0

Every organ system in a woman's body is affected by menopause, their brain health, their heart, lung,

1:13.6

kidneys. Experiencing menopause involves so much more than hot flashes.

1:17.2

So why are women still being so underserved?

1:20.8

Dr. Mary Claire Haver is here to change all of that. She is a board

1:25.3

certified OBGYN, a certified medepause practitioner from the

1:29.2

Metapause Society, the certified culinary medicine specialist from Tulane and a best-selling author with the focus

1:36.2

on women's health.

1:37.7

Her latest must read, The New Menopause, discusses everything a woman needs to know during this hormonal

1:43.6

transition and beyond, including lifestyle modifications and tools to help you take

1:49.2

charge of your health. If you're a woman in menopause, peri menopause, or just want to prepare for these inevitable shifts,

1:55.9

this is an episode you don't want to miss.

1:58.6

So the title of the book is The New Menopause, which is amazing and I encourage everyone to buy.

2:07.0

Before we jump to the new, let's talk about the old.

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