Episode Highlights With Esther Blum

• The average age of menopause and early signs to look for
• Why menopause can start really early for some women in todays world
• Hormones to look at to get a baseline for mitigating menopause symptoms
• When supplements like chaste tree, DIM, and calcium d-glucarate can be helpful
• How cruciferous vegetables help hormones
• What to know about hormone replacement therapy and the forms she does and does not recommend
• How cyclical progesterone in second half of cycle can be helpful pre-menopause, especially after birth control use
• Why lifting weights has such a big impact on hormone levels for women
• The supplements she recommends that are helpful for most women
• How brightly colored foods help hormones and feed beneficial bacteria in the gut
• The one beneficial bacteria in the gut that helps avoid weight gain and how to support it
• More support for morning sunlight, strength training and eating protein
• A reason to go for a ten minute walk after eating- it lowers glucose by 17%!
• Her three “meno-laws” for avoiding fat gain during menopause (or anytime)
• Why many women develop non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in menopause and how to avoid it
• Things that are helpful for alleviating hot flashes
• Hysterectomies are the new c-sections… are they necessary? Are they avoidable? What to try instead

Resources We Mention

• Esther Bum - Website
• Esther Blum - Instagram
• See ya later, Ovulator!: Mastering Menopause with Nutrition, Hormones, and Self-Advocacy by Esther Blum
• BrocElite
• BerbElite
• Just Thrive
• Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brene? Brown
• Outrageous Openness: Letting the Divine Take the Lead by Tosha Silver
• Game of Life and How to Play It by Florence Scovel Shinn
• 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 Avrum Bluming
• Ryan Holiday books

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