How Food Affects Menopause
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
4.9 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 June 2019
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Menopause is inescapable. From hot flashes to mood swings, every woman will eventually feel the effects of the change of life. But making changes to your diet and lifestyle can help make everything much more manageable.
Here's something to consider: Only about 10 percent of women in China and 20 percent of women in Japan experience hot flashes. But in the United States, an astounding 75 percent of women over the age of 50 will feel the heat! So why is that?!
Join "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll and doctors Neal Barnard, Rupali Chadha, and plant-based OBGYN Christie Cobb as they explore the link between diet and menopause in one of the most requested episodes ever of The Exam Room™.
Among the questions answered:
- What role do the hormones found in animal products play?
- Can menopause occur earlier depending on diet?
- How a high-fiber diet can help remove excess estrogen from the body.
Plus, Dr. Cobb answers a number of listener questions about weight gain, night sweats, and misinformation about carbohydrates and menopause!
And Dr. Chadha gives insight on countering the depression and anxiety that can accompany menopause.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hello there and welcome to the Exam Room Podcast brought to you by the Physicians |
| 0:10.8 | Committee. |
| 0:11.8 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion, Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:13.4 | Thanks so much for taking the time to download and to listen to you. |
| 0:18.5 | Maybe you're watching this on YouTube. |
| 0:19.9 | I really don't know. |
| 0:21.3 | But the bottom line is we appreciate the fact that you are here with us. |
| 0:27.4 | The show this week was a long time coming, so long in coming. |
| 0:32.3 | We've received more requests from you guys, more requests from the Exam Room Podcast |
| 0:37.3 | faithful to talk about this topic than any other. |
| 0:41.8 | And so your wish is our command. |
| 0:45.4 | Today, we're going to be covering menopause, how what you eat can affect everything from |
| 0:51.1 | mood swings to hot flashes. |
| 0:54.3 | And to help cover everything, I've assembled an all-star panel of experts to take a step |
| 0:59.6 | by step through the process. |
| 1:01.7 | Dr. Neal Barnard will be joining me before Dr. Christy Cobb makes her big return to the |
| 1:06.4 | show to field your questions. |
| 1:09.6 | She of course is a plant-based OB-GYN living in Little Rock, Arkansas. |
| 1:14.3 | And then we're going to be welcoming for the first time to the show Dr. RuPauli Chatta. |
| 1:18.9 | She is a plant-based psychiatrist in the Los Angeles area and she's going to be here |
| 1:23.2 | talking about ways to minimize the depression and emotional vulnerability that can accompany |
| 1:29.2 | the change of life. |
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