Ep. 476 AMA #12: Weight Loss Resistance, Muscle & Menopause with Cynthia Thurlow, NP

Everyday Wellness with Cynthia Thurlow ™

Cynthia Thurlow

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

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to my first solo AMA episode in quite some time! I recently submitted the second round of edits for my book. That excited me and inspired me to reach out on social media and invite questions from my listeners and community. In my conversation today, I dive into weight loss resistance and reverse dieting, and I also share what I have been doing over the past year to build muscle. Join me for a transparent and candid conversation, interwoven with questions from listeners and social media followers, where I answer many of the questions that matter most to you. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN: Why the death of my father inspired me to back away from fasting and focus on strength training Changing my mindset to prioritize strength over thinness How the sex hormone shifts during perimenopause and menopause affect body composition The benefits of reverse dieting to improve metabolic health Using strength training to counteract the effects of sarcopenia Chronic stress and its impact on cortisol levels and metabolic health inflammation levels and toxins from personal care products, food, and the environment Importance of prioritizing sleep Connecting with hormone-savvy healthcare providers The best supplements for overall health Connect with Cynthia Thurlow Follow on Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Check out Cynthia’s website Submit your questions to [email protected] Books mentioned: Estrogen Matters: Why Taking Hormones in Menopause Can Improve Women's Well-Being and Lengthen Their Lives—Without Raising the Risk of Breast Cancer by Dr. Avrum Bluming and Dr. Carol Tavris The XX Brain: The Groundbreaking Science Empowering Women to Maximize Cognitive Health and Prevent Alzheimer's Disease by Lisa Mosconi

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0:00.0	Welcome to Everyday Wellness Podcast.
0:03.7	I'm your host, nurse practitioner, Cynthia Thurlow.
0:07.4	This podcast is designed to educate, empower, and inspire you to achieve your health and wellness goals.
0:13.9	My goal and intent is to provide you with the best content and conversations from leaders in the health and wellness industry each week and impact
0:22.1	over a million lives.
0:29.0	Hey, hey, this is the first AMA solo episode that I have done in a very long time.
0:36.6	And so many of you have asked, have requested, have begged me to do one,
0:40.1	and I just submitted my second round of edits for my book. It is May 29th. I am pretty darned excited,
0:48.7	and I felt compelled to reach out to everyone on social media to get people's questions that they wanted to have
0:55.2	answered about weight loss, resistance, reverse dieting, what I've been doing for the past
0:59.8	almost a year to put on muscle. And it's going to be a transparent conversation that will also be
1:05.3	interjected with questions from listeners and followers across social media. And so let's dive right in. I think very
1:13.2	transparently I shared last year that after my father's death, it really had a huge impact on me.
1:20.2	Very much and physically, very much like my father's side of the family, tend to be smaller built,
1:26.2	smaller boned. One of the contributors to my father's
1:29.5	death was sarcopenia and frailty and falls, as I have shared previously. And it really had a
1:36.5	huge impression on me. I think that my relationship with my father was a difficult one,
1:41.0	but he had been through many health crises before, but this one he didn't
1:44.9	bounce back from. And so I recall after he was buried that I really felt like one of the
1:51.1	things I needed to prioritize was getting really serious about strength training. And this is not
1:55.2	to suggest that I have not been transparent or honest about how much I was strength training,
1:59.6	but I really wanted to build
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