How Women Should ACTUALLY Eat, Train & Sleep (You've Been Following Research Done On Men...)

The Liz Moody Podcast

Liz Moody

Self-improvement, Education, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2026

⏱️ 121 minutes

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Summary

Women were left out of medical, nutrition, and exercise research for 16 years. They studied men, and then they told women we would get the same results by following the general health guidelines. In this episode, you're going to learn what the research actually says when women are the subjects. You're going to learn an easy shift to work with your hormones to get the sleep that you need, how to help your body effortlessly lose weight, what actually makes you happier and calmer, and what will help you live longer. I’m joined by Dr. Stacy Sims who has her PhD in exercise physiology with a focus on nutrition and sex differences. She spent years in her postdoc at Stanford studying how different interventions impact men and women differently. She has devoted her life to figuring out the real science of women's health, and today she is sharing her exact playbook with you. 🎧 What you’ll learn: • Why intermittent fasting backfires for women • The workout class you may have been sweating through unnecessarily • Why your wearable could be gaslighting you • The male-data fitness myth costing women results • The truth about lifting heavy • Why calorie deficits often make women hold onto fat • Cold plunge vs. sauna: what the research says for women • The supplement that outperforms SSRIs in early research • What the birth control pill may have changed in your brain • Why you can't have it all at once in your workout Check out our NEW YouTube Channel with tons of YouTube exclusive Shorts, exclusive podcast content, and full video episodes: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@LizMoodyTV⁠ For more from Dr. Stacy Sims: • Newsletter: https://www.drstacysims.com/newsletters/articles • Website: https://www.drstacysims.com/ • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drstacysims/?hl=en Ready to uplevel every part of your life? Order Liz’s book 100 Ways to Change Your Life: The Science of Leveling Up Health, Happiness, Relationships & Success now! Connect with Liz on Instagram @lizmoody or online at www.lizmoody.com. Subscribe to the substack by visiting https://lizmoody.substack.com/welcome.Buy our cute sweatshirts, conversation cards, and more at https://shop.lizmoody.com/. Use our discount codes from our highly vetted and tested brand partners by visiting https://www.lizmoody.com/codes. To join The Liz Moody Podcast Club Facebook group, go to www.facebook.com/groups/thelizmoodypodcast. This episode is brought to you completely free thanks to the following podcast sponsors: • Evlo: go to EvloFitness.com and use code LIZ to get 6 weeks free today. • LMNT: head to https://DrinkLMNT.com/Liz to get a FREE 8-count sample pack with any order. • Pique: head to PiqueLife.com/LizMoody for 20% off + a FREE Starter Kit on $100+ of subscriptions. • NOCD: to learn more about OCD therapy with NOCD, go to NOCD.com and book a free call. The Liz Moody Podcast cover art by Zack. The Liz Moody Podcast music by Alex Ruimy. Formerly the Healthier Together Podcast. This podcast and website represents the opinions of Liz Moody and her guests to the show. The content here should not be taken as medical advice. The content here is for information purposes only, and because each person is so unique, please consult your healthcare professional for any medical questions. The Liz Moody Podcast Episode 432. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi friends. I just wanted to quickly pop in and let you know that I have launched a brand new YouTube
0:04.5	channel and I would love your help and support with it. I started a YouTube channel over a year and a half
0:09.9	ago without knowing anything about YouTube and it just did not grow like I had dreamed it would
0:14.9	if I'm being very honest. But since then, I have learned so much about the YouTube world
0:20.1	and I am now so excited to launch
0:22.0	the brand new The Liz Moody Podcast channel.
0:24.9	I'm sharing lots of YouTube shorts.
0:26.7	I'm going ham over there.
0:28.1	I'm sharing completely new content only found on YouTube.
0:31.5	And I'll be releasing some YouTube exclusive podcast content, as well as the full video podcast
0:36.6	episodes that you all love.
0:38.5	You can search Liz Moody TV on YouTube to find or subscribe to my new channel.
0:43.9	That is Liz Moody T, like the letter T and then the letter V.
0:48.0	Thank you so much in advance for checking it out and for subscribing.
0:52.2	My goal, I'm just going to put it out there and be honest with you guys.
0:54.5	My goal is to get to 100,000 subscribers by the summer and have a real presence over there like
1:00.0	the male podcasters all do. And your help is so, so appreciated. All right, now let's get into
1:05.8	today's episode. The research is not wrong. They just didn't do it on women. In 1977, after a prescription drug given to pregnant women caused widespread birth defects, the FDA issued a guideline that excluded women of childbearing potential from early phase drug trials. And researchers interpreted it so broadly that women
1:29.8	were left out of medical, nutrition, and exercise research for the next 16 years. So they studied
1:36.9	men and then they told women that we would get the same results. Today you're going to learn what the
1:41.4	research actually says when women are the subjects.
1:45.0	You're going to learn an easy shift to work with your hormones to get the sleep that you need
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