Is menopause the beginning of the end? | Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter

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🗓️ 17 March 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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There are only two mammals who have evolved to survive after their child bearing years: toothed whales and humans. This stage of life is called menopause, and it makes humans an evolutionary wonder! But our perception of it has been shaped by centuries of stigma and shame—up until recently it was even considered a "disease" by the medical establishment that needed to be cured. Menopause isn't a disease, but that doesn't mean it's a party either. There can be troublesome symptoms for many people. So you might be thinking, "I'm not in menopause now" or "I'm not going to go through menopause, ever. Why should I care?" Dr. Jen tells us why while taking us through the complex history of how we got here, giving hot tips on managing hot flashes, and sharing why menopause shouldn't be viewed as the end of the race, but a victory lap. You can read the text transcript for this episode at go.ted.com/BodyStuffTranscript3. (Audio only)

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective. Good Talk Daily listeners, I'm Elise Hume. You may have noticed that your podcast feeds have had a little extra TED on the weekends lately.
0:16.7	We love guiding you through ideas that spark curiosity every day, and now we want to share some
0:21.0	ideas from beyond the TED stage with you, too.
0:24.0	We're calling these episodes Ted's Sunday Pick.
0:27.2	Each Sunday enjoy a dive into other podcasts across the TED Audio Collective.
0:32.1	From eye-opening investigations about our own bodies
0:35.1	to long-form interviews with brilliant minds, to unexpected audio journeys across the globe.
0:41.0	In honor of Women's History Month, today we're bringing you an episode of body stuff.
0:45.2	On this episode, Dr. Jen Gunter explores the realities behind menopause and highlights why it's
0:50.3	important to care about it, no matter who you are or whether it happens to you.
0:54.8	We'll get to the show right after a quick break.
0:59.6	Let me take you back in time to 1800s France.
1:04.8	After a luxurious walk along the cen and a buttery pastry,
1:09.1	you wander into a bookshop where you find a new book
1:11.9	by Dr. Charles Pierre Louis de Jardin.
1:15.0	It's called of Menopause or the Critical Age of Women.
1:20.0	It's cutting edge science all about what happens during that mysterious time when a woman stops being fertile.
1:29.0	He named it Menopause.
1:32.0	The approach of Menopause. The approach of menopause makes such an impression that her
1:36.8	imagination creates vain chimeras which bring a great disturbance in her being.
1:42.3	She becomes morose, worry. which bring a great disturbance in her being.
1:42.8	She becomes morose, worried, taciturn.
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