Ep. 270 AMA: What Every Woman Needs to Know About Their Health

Everyday Wellness with Cynthia Thurlow ™

Cynthia Thurlow

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

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

I am delighted to have my good friend and fan-favorite, Dr. Tabatha Barber, joining me again to share her wisdom on the podcast! Dr. Tabatha is a triple board-certified OB/GYN specializing in menopause and functional medicine. She has a wonderful podcast called The Gutsy Gynecologist Show and is often referred to affectionately as the Gutsy Gynecologist. Dr. Tabatha was with me in two previous podcast episodes, #206 and #212, and both are in the top twenty downloaded podcasts in the last 18 months! Many women suffer unnecessarily when going through perimenopause and menopause. Dr. Tabatha and I have an AMA (Ask Me Anything) episode today. We discuss weight gain related to perimenopause and menopause, issues with estrogen replacement therapy, how libido can be impacted by many different factors, how to address a partial hysterectomy and HRT, and bioidenticals versus synthetic hormones. We also get into lab work, skin reactions relative to perimenopause and menopause, emotional eating, leptin resistance, and many other topics. I’m grateful for all the great questions and have no doubt this episode with Dr. Tabatha will be another fan-favorite! IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN: Why do too much estrogen and too little estrogen both cause weight gain? How fragrances and plastic contribute to the imbalance between estrogen and progesterone. How changing to organic tampons and pads, or using a Diva cup, can be a game-changer for women. Should women who have had a partial hysterectomy and are on HRT still check progesterone and testosterone levels and fast like a post-menopausal female? Dr. Tabatha shares her thoughts on plain estradiol versus Biest and Triest. Dr. Tabatha offers her recommendations for a healthy 48-year-old female with zero libido. What can a 17-year-old with high testosterone do to get her testosterone level within the normal range? Is there a biological or mindset issue at play if you never feel full and always want to eat, irrespective of how healthy or satisfying the foods you eat are? The benefits of fasting. What can we do to support our pelvic joints? How do our hormones affect our skin? Connect with Cynthia Thurlow Follow on Twitter, Instagram & LinkedIn Check out Cynthia’s website Connect with Dr. Tabatha Barber On her website The Gutsy Gynecologist Show Episode 206 Pt 1: A Deep Dive into Perimenopause- Hormonal Imbalances and Birth Control with Dr. Tabatha Barber Episode 212 Pt. 2: A Deep Dive into Hormonal Imbalances and Menopause with Dr. Tabatha Barber Books mentioned: The XX Brain by Lisa Mosconi

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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 I'm joined by my fan favorite and good friend Dr. Tabitha Barbara. She is a triple board
0:35.4	certified OBGYN specializing in pereminopause, menopause and functional
0:40.4	medicine. She is often affectionately referred to as the
0:43.2	gutsy gynecologist and she has a wonderful podcast called the gutsy gynecologist
0:48.0	show. You can catch her on two previous podcast episodes 2006 and 2012, both of which rank in the top 20
0:57.1	downloaded podcast in the past 18 months. I am so glad to have her back today. We did an AMA style which isn't asked me anything. We spoke at length about weight gain related to pari menopause and menopause as well as the issues with estrogen replacement therapy and how in a low
1:17.5	estradial state as well as in a estrogen dominant state weight loss resistance can be problematic as well as
1:24.4	xenotestrogens the role of libido and how this can be impacted by many
1:29.1	different reasons how to address a partial hysterectomy and HRT bioidenticals versus synthetic hormones,
1:37.3	skin reactions relative to menopause and perimenopause including histamine released, mass cell
1:43.4	degranulation and high estrogen, the impact of emotional eating and lepton
1:47.6	resistance, as well as many other topics. Thank you so much for these great
1:52.2	questions. I know this will be another fan favorite episode with Dr Tabitha.
1:57.0	It's such an honor to reconnect with you and to be able to share your wisdom and to serve as a resource.
2:05.2	I know that the last time we connected, you were licensed in over 30 states.
2:09.6	I'm sure you probably are licensed and even more now.
2:12.1	What's the number now? I'm not even exactly sure. I did give up a couple that I haven't seen women in I think let me tell you main in Iowa but I am hoping to pick up California here in the next couple weeks I'm bringing on a provider who's licensed in California who's studied functional medicine and
2:34.5	hormones. So I'm really excited because women are just begging for help. They're
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