Ep. 264 Peri/Menopause are a Natural Function of Aging: See you later, Ovulator!

Everyday Wellness with Cynthia Thurlow ™

Cynthia Thurlow

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Science, Life Sciences, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

I am honored to connect with Esther Blum today! She is the bestselling author of "Cavewomen Don’t Get Fat," "Eat, Drink, and Be Gorgeous," and most recently, "See Ya Later, Ovulator!". Esther currently maintains a busy virtual practice where she helps women balance hormones, lose stubborn body fat, and treat the root cause of health struggles. Today we speak about medical gaslighting, how weight gain does not have to be a part of aging, andropause and menopause, and the Women’s Health Initiative. We dive into physical changes and significant symptoms during perimenopause and menopause, the role of the pelvic floor, deciphering what the dreaded “menopot” is, what does not work, and advocacy in terms of testing and hormones. We also address constipation, weight loss resistance, and how our tolerance for alcohol changes as we age, especially when using bioidenticals or hormone replacement therapy. IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN: How women can redefine their experience and continue having an active sex life after menopause. How to surrender, lean in, and take the pressure off yourself while going through perimenopause and menopause. Why is there so much misinformation and medical gaslighting in our society? Why Esther wrote See Ya Later, Ovulator! Some common symptoms of perimenopause. Risks women may face after a hysterectomy. Changes that happen in the vaginal canal and pelvic floor during menopause. The significant and profound impact of the decline of sex hormones. How to avoid weight gain in menopause. What can menopausal women do to prevent fatty liver and digestive problems? Lab tests women should be asking their health providers for. Why should perimenopausal women avoid alcohol? Some simple ways to address constipation. Connect with Cynthia Thurlow Follow on Twitter, Instagram & LinkedIn Check out Cynthia’s website Connect with Esther Blum On her website On Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn Get your free copy of Esther’s Happy Hormone Cocktail Esther’s Books Esther’s book, See Ya Later, Ovulator!, by Esther Blum Cavewomen Don’t Get Fat, by Esther Blum Eat, Drink, and Be Happy, by Esther Blum

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0:00.0	Welcome to Everyday Wellness Podcast. I'm your host, Nurse Practitioner Cynthia Thurlow.
0:07.0	This podcast is designed to educate, empower, and inspire you to achieve your health and wellness goals.
0:14.0	My goal and intent is to provide you with the best content and conversations from leaders in the
0:19.2	health and wellness industry each week and impact over a million lives.
0:23.4	Today at the honor of connecting with Esther Blum, she's the best-selling author of Cave Women Don't Get Fat, Eat Drink and Be Gorgeous, and most recently, see later, ovulator. She currently maintains a busy virtual practice where she helps women balance hormones loose
0:44.1	stubborn body fat and treat the root cause of health struggles. Today we spoke at
0:48.7	great length about medical gas lighting that weight gain does not need to be a normal function of aging, the
0:54.9	role of Andropause and menopause, the Women's Health Initiative changes to our
1:00.4	bodies in perimenopause and menopause as well as significant symptoms, the role of our pelvic floor,
1:06.6	deciphering what the dreaded menopod is, what doesn't work, advocacy in terms of testing and hormones,
1:14.7	how to address constipation, weight loss resistance,
1:18.0	and how our tolerance to alcohol changes as we get older,
1:21.1	and especially if we are using bioidenticals or hormone replacement therapy.
1:25.7	I hope you will love this conversation as much as I did recording it.
1:36.0	Well, Esther, I've been really looking forward to this conversation. Thank you. Me too, Cynthia, for like a long-ass time. So let's do it.
1:40.0	Can we curse on this because I do curse a lot?
1:43.4	Yeah, I grew up in Jersey so nothing surprises me.
1:47.1	Yeah, yeah, yeah.
1:48.4	Before we started recording, we were kind of talking about or alluding to a lot of the medical gas lighting that goes on and how many
1:57.2	listeners have probably heard things like waking as normal function of aging which was the thing I heard that completely
2:05.6	lit me up and made me angry but I think on a lot of different levels there's been such poor amounts of information yeah shared with women about what to expect in
2:15.6	perementopause and menopause there are not enough GYNs that are even getting
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