Let Your Lifestyle Be Your Medicine with Dr. Melissa Sundermann (Episode 42)

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

4.9 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Let food be thy medicine, they say. But don’t stop there. Let exercise and stress management and sleep and friendships and your whole lifestyle be thy medicine, too. That’s the basic tenet of the type of Lifestyle Medicine this week’s guest, Dr. Melissa Sundermann practices. It’s grounded in research showing how we live our lives has a profound impact on our health, performance, well-being, and for the purposes of this discussion, our menopausal transition. At a time when everything can feel out of control, it helps to “control your controllables” as they say. Dr. Sundermann tells us how. Dr. Sundermann is double-board certified in both Internal Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine and currently practices with IHA in Ann Arbor, Michigan where she is helping to launch the IHA Lifestyle Medicine Institute. She enjoys running, biking, hiking, skiing and spending time outdoors with her husband, 2 college-age children and 2 dogs. She is a 9x Boston Marathon finisher, 3x Full Ironman Triathlon finisher and currently training to run her 10th Boston Marathon this October at the age of 51. You can learn more about her at IHAcares.com **Support the Podcast** InsideTracker: 25% off at insidetracker.com/feistymenopause Nuun Hydration: 30% off at nuunlife.com with the code FeistyMenopause Velorosa Cycling: 15% off at https://velorosacycling.com with code HITPLAY

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0:00.0	You are listening to Hit Play, Not Pause, a feisty menopause podcast for active performance-minded women.
0:14.1	I am your host, Celine Yeager.
0:16.8	Each week I bring you advice from athletes, scientists, researchers, and other experts to help
0:21.2	you feel and perform you best, no matter what your hormones are doing.
0:25.0	This show is a production of Live Feisty Media.
0:30.7	Hello, strong, feisty women.
0:33.8	Okay, so quick note on last week's episode on hormone therapy with the authors of estrogen
0:39.9	matters.
0:41.0	It sparked a lot of conversation, which I knew it would, and frankly, it's awesome to see.
0:47.1	I love seeing all of you talking about the pros and cons and your experiences so openly
0:52.4	with each other.
0:53.6	That's how we learn.
0:54.6	It's how we grow.
0:55.5	It's women helping women.
0:56.7	And it's awesome.
0:58.1	A few of you have asked me in various forums and in my DMs, if doing that episode
1:03.7	had prompted me to try hormone therapy, which I mentioned, I have not to this point.
1:09.0	And the answer is no.
1:28.8	Again, it's not because I'm against hormones. I'm not. It's not because I don't believe in their benefits. I do. It's because I feel healthy and strong and happy. I have some hot flashes here and there, but nothing really disruptive. I feel good on my bike. I'm sleeping well. I have energy. I have strength. I feel like I'm in a good groove with my training and the supplements I do use,
1:33.5	which include some of the adaptogens like Ashwaganda and Shusandra that Dr. Stacey Sims and I talked
1:40.1	about on episode one of this show. I will say, yes, I am intrigued when I hear about the
1:46.7	potential health benefits like decreased heart disease risk, dementia, osteoporosis,
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