Herbal Solutions for Menopause with Dr. Suzanne Gilberg Lenz

Well Beyond 40

JJ Virgin

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Could optimizing your testosterone levels as a woman be the missing piece to improving your sleep, mood, and libido? In this episode, I’m joined by OB-GYN, integrative women’s health expert, and author Dr. Suzanne Gilberg Lenz for a powerful conversation about botanicals, hormones, and the menopause symptoms women should stop ignoring. We talk about how herbs like ashwagandha, rhodiola, black cohosh, Siberian rhubarb, saffron, and passion flower may support sleep, mood, hot flashes, blood sugar, and nervous system regulation. Most importantly, we dig into why symptoms like severe hot flashes, night sweats, and sexual dysfunction are not just annoying midlife inconveniences, but important signals your body is asking you to address. What you’ll learn: (00:00) Experiencing sexual or orgasmic dysfunction can act as a crucial early warning signal for underlying heart disease. (00:10) Hot flashes and night sweats originate in the brain and can serve as major red flags for cardiovascular disease and dementia. (01:44) Utilizing a clinically studied form of urolithin A helps renew mitochondrial health to improve muscle strength and function. (02:41) Constant hunger and cravings often stem from a gut issue where cells lack the short-chain fatty acids needed to regulate appetite. (06:04) Over thirty percent of conventional pharmaceuticals originate from the botanical world and traditional medicine. (12:07) Starting with adaptogens like ashwagandha or rhodiola provides a gentle, powerful entrance point for managing nervous system and sleep issues. (12:58) Siberian rhubarb acts as a selective estrogen receptor modulator to target brain and bone health without activating proliferation in the uterus or breast. (16:25) Overcoming menopausal sleep issues requires evaluating lifestyle choices, blood sugar stability, and helpful botanicals like passion flower and saffron. Love the podcast? Here’s what to do: Subscribe to the podcast. Leave a review. Text a screenshot to me at 813-565-2627 and wait for a personal reply because your voice is so important to me. Full show notes (including all links mentioned): https://jjvirgin.com/askdrsuzanne If your routine or eating habits have changed recently head to BodyBio.com/JJVIRGIN to start supporting your gut. Mitopure supports the cellular energy that allows your muscles to actually respond and adapt. Mitopure gummies make it simple. Visit https://timeline.com/jjvirgin for 20% off your order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	People who are having sexual dysfunction, specifically orgasmic dysfunction, that is a signal for heart disease.
0:06.7	It's the same thing with women. Again.
0:08.7	That's just not talked about.
0:10.1	Because people don't talk about sex.
0:12.4	If you're having hot flashes and night sweats, that's coming from the brain, actually.
0:16.9	And is, by the way, a big red flag for cardiovascular disease and dementia. What woman isn't in a little bit of sympathetic overdrive? What are some of the things that she could look at here? Ashwagand is amazing. It is the king of all medicines. It gives you the strength of a thousand horses, right? Because it does increase testosterone. But it increases testosterone in women as well. Really? And testosterone is
0:37.9	important in women and men. We have more testosterone when we're young than estrogen. Here's the deal.
0:42.4	We use all sorts of medication off label. I prescribe and use testosterone off label as well.
0:49.4	The FDA is not your mom. Even when you're doing all the right things, your strength training, staying after,
0:56.3	prioritizing protein, keeping the muscle you built over a lifetime gets harder with age.
1:02.0	Now, our parents were told to accept that it's just getting older. I don't buy that. And that's why
1:07.7	I use timeline powered by Magna Pure. Here's the real story. Muscle isn't just about
1:12.7	strength or looking good. Muscle runs your metabolism, protects your balance, preserves your
1:17.6	independence, and determines how powerfully you age. And what most people don't realize is that
1:24.0	muscle loss isn't only about hormones or workouts, it's about cellular energy.
1:29.6	As we age, our mitochondria, those energy engines inside our muscle cells become less efficient.
1:36.1	Now, when your muscles can't produce energy well, it's harder to maintain strength,
1:41.0	function, and resilience. That's where Mito Pure comes in. It's the only clinically
1:45.8	studied form of uralithin A, a postbiotic shown in human clinical trials to support muscle
1:51.3	strength and function by helping renew mitochondrial health at the cellular level. I love this because
1:57.6	it works with your training, not instead of instead of it now strength training is the signal
2:02.0	protein is the building block and might appear supports the cellular energy that allows your muscles
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