Menopause Myths vs. Facts

The Root Cause Medicine Podcast

Kate Kresge

Alternative Health, 810564, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 581 Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The Root Cause Medicine Podcast, Dr. Carrie Jones and Dr. Kate Kresge are joined by Kristin Johnson and Maria Claps to discuss their co-authored book "The Great Menopause Myth" and their personal experiences with menopause. You’ll hear us dive into: 1. What most people get wrong about menopause 2. Age range and unexpected symptoms of perimenopause 3. Key tests indicating the onset of menopause 4. Diet insights from women who breeze through menopause 5. The gut microbiome and hormonal changes in menopause 6. The difference between HRT and MHT 7. How to optimize hormone health at any age Kristin is a functional nutritionist with advanced training in holistic nutrition and a focus on perimenopause and menopause health. She is Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition by the National Association of Nutrition Professionals, certified in DUTCH hormone testing, and a graduate of the Nutritional Therapy Association’s Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner program. Maria is a functional health coach specializing in perimenopause and menopause. She graduated from The Institute for Integrative Nutrition in 2013 and completed a hormone program with Dr. Sara Gottfried in 2014. In 2015, Maria finished the Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Certification Program and, in 2017, completed the Menopause Method Program for Physicians with Dr. David Rosensweet. She has also been mentored by hormone expert Dr. Lindsey Berkson and naturopathic endocrinologist Dr. Rebecca Provorse. Order tests through Rupa Health, the BEST place to order functional medicine lab tests from 30+ labs - https://www.rupahealth.com/reference-guide

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0:00.0	Today on the root cause medicine podcast.
0:04.0	We have energy production and metabolism that literally dictate how we live and breathe all day long.
0:10.0	And what women don't appreciate is that estrogen is that regulator of that in the female body.
0:16.0	So when we lose that ovarian production, we lose our grip on that.
0:20.3	And that's just so incredibly important.
0:22.6	There are a lot of ways people describe menopause in terms of very symptom-based, but we reject
0:28.3	that also because there are plenty of women who fly through this menopausal transition,
0:32.8	whether it's genetics, whether it's gaslighting themselves, whether it's really good
0:36.6	interventions of nutrition and lifestyle and movement and all the good things. Well, hello there. I'm your co-host for today, Dr. Kate Kresge, and we've got a really special episode for you today. Our very own Dr. Carrie Jones is the medical reviewer of a brand new book, The Great Menopause Myth. Now, we're sitting down with her and the authors of the book, Kristen Johnson and Maria
0:56.9	Claps to talk about all of the myths you've heard about menopause, but more importantly,
1:01.5	the information you need to know to have a really informed and effective conversation with
1:05.9	your provider.
1:06.7	We destroy some of the common misconceptions around hormone replacement therapy, really get into
1:11.7	the details about what you should be eating and how you should be moving during parimenopause
1:15.8	and after. And we give some concrete examples that are going to help you feel like the smartest
1:19.4	person in the room when it comes to paramedopause and menopause. This is a really fun conversation.
1:24.4	You'll feel the laughter and excitement in the air. I really hope you'll
1:28.2	enjoy listening to it and please let us know what you thought. Before we get started, though,
1:32.5	I want to talk to you about something that comes up pretty often on this podcast, and that, of course,
1:37.0	is lab testing. You see, testing is one essential way to understand the root cause of an illness.
1:42.5	If you're an integrative or functional medicine practitioner, chances are you're placing
1:46.2	a ton of orders with a ton of different labs.
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