Early Menopause: Ovarian Failure in Young Women Explained

High Intensity Health with Mike Mutzel, MS

Mike Mutzel

Fasting, Nutrition, Autophagy, Ketogenic, Keto, Health & Fitness, Ketodiet, Medicine

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🗓️ 10 May 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Record numbers of young women are experiencing early menopause, also known as Premature Ovarian Failure, in their 20s and 30s. Here's the science and details you should know.

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00:00 Young women in their 20s and teen girls are going through menopause, premature ovarian insufficiency.

00:37 Nearly 11% of women in North America go through POI.

01:45 POI is a symptom of endocrine disrupting chemical exposure, poor metabolic health, and malnutrition.

03:45 Long-term health issues are caused by low estrogen, progesterone and testosterone.

04:50 Early symptoms

05:30 Indicators: elevated FSH, between 25 IU and 40 IU, and low AMH, below 3.5 picomoles/liter.

06:24 Exposure to certain environmental chemicals compromise reproductive health in women.

10:35 POI is ovarian failure, not early menopause.

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0:00.0	More and more young women in their teens and 20s are experiencing menopause.
0:04.0	This is a very disturbing trend if this was happening in cats, dogs, or bald eagles,
0:08.6	you would be hearing all about it.
0:10.4	But this is actually happening in young women.
0:12.7	There's a 27-year-old TikTok star who announced she's going through menopause at 27.
0:19.2	Less to remind you, 27-year-olds are at the peak or should be at the peak of their reproductive
0:23.8	fertility and should not be experiencing what's medically known as premature ovarian
0:28.9	insufficiency or failure.
0:31.1	This is unfortunately a very disturbing trend that is increasing here in North America and
0:34.9	throughout the world.
0:36.3	It's estimated that only 3.5% of women throughout the world experiences POI, again premature ovarian
0:43.4	insufficiency, but here in North America it's closer to 11%.
0:48.3	This is really important to recognize because this has impacts with immediate fertility.
0:52.8	But also, most importantly, long-term metabolic consequences increase premature death, also
1:00.5	morbidity from congestive heart failure, from cognitive decline, possibly cancer, and much
1:07.0	more.
1:08.0	This is something that I was not made aware of until this week, and I did some research
1:12.6	into this.
1:13.6	There's a lot of data out there, and I think we're seeing the hypogonatism that we see
1:18.1	increasing in young men now happening in young women.
1:22.5	This is, again, the ovarian insufficiency.
1:25.0	They're having ovarian failure in their teens and 20s.
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