Menopause or Menstrual Shenanigans?

Wellness: Fact vs. Fiction

Danielle Belardo

Nutrition, Alternative Health, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Twitter’s resident OB/GYN, pain medicine physician, best-selling author, and the medical misinformation sleuth of the internet, Dr. Jen Gunter is back for round two with Dr. Danielle Belardo for an eye opening conversation about menopause, hormone therapy, medical conspiracy thinking, parasite cleanses, and more. Tune in as Jen and Danielle get to the bottom of women’s health pseudoscience headlines and take the snake oil salesmen and so-called experts *cough*Goop*cough* head on. Dr. Jen Gunter is the author of The NY Times instant best sellers The Vagina Bible and The Menopause Manifesto. She is board-certified in OB/GYN in both Canada and the United States, and in pain medicine by the American Board of Pain Medicine and the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Her blog, The Vajenda, is packed full of bias-free content about sex, social media, and science with a healthy dose of humor and feminism. Myths and misconceptions discussed include: Bio-identical hormone therapy vs. menopausal hormone therapy Testosterone pellets, estrogen dosage, and synthetic hormones The relationship between parasites and PMS Thank you so much for taking the time to contribute to a generation that values fact over fiction! Be sure to rate, review, and follow on your favorite podcast app and let us know which not-so-wellness trend you’d like to hear debunked. Follow your host on Instagram @daniellebelardomd and the podcast @wellnessfactvsfiction. Follow Jen Gunter @drjengunter. Thank you to our sponsors for making this episode possible. Check out these deals just for you: POLICYGENIUS - Head to policygenius.com to get your free life insurance quotes HELLOFRESH - Go to hellofresh.com/drdanielle16 and use code drdanielle16 for up to 16 free meals AND 3 free gifts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You know, would they tell people that you worried about in the early 40s fertility?
0:07.4	It's all about are you fertile, you shit, you know, and yeah, I mean that to some people
0:11.5	that's important, but you know what, that's not the only thing going on.
0:15.7	And so I think that, you know, you have to think about what is your value on women and
0:19.7	if you only value women as breeders, then of course you wouldn't talk about menopause.
0:23.9	Welcome to Wellness Fact vs. Fiction.
0:32.1	I'm Dr. Danielle Ballardo and I'm a cardiologist who loves evidence-based medicine and nutrition
0:36.7	science.
0:37.7	But as a millennial, I've watched endless wellness fads take over social media.
0:42.2	It's my mission to get to the bottom of things by bringing on the top expert physicians
0:46.0	and scientists to help us determine what is fact vs. fiction when it comes to your health.
0:51.8	It's time to leave the pseudoscience behind and become empowered when it comes to our
0:55.8	wellness.
0:56.8	I have me one back for part two of the conversation with the brilliant and amazing Dr. Jen Gunter.
1:11.1	Dr. Jen is a OBGYN pain medicine physician, the medical misinformation sleuth of the
1:19.6	internet who really helps to debunk tons of women's health misinformation.
1:25.3	If you didn't check out last week's first hour episode with Dr. Gunter, check that out
1:30.1	first because we covered a lot of ground.
1:33.1	Today's episode in part two of Jen's interview, we cover tons of info regarding menopause
1:39.6	and we're with the amazing author of the menopause manifesto herself, Dr. Jen Gunter.
1:45.6	We cover common signs of menopause, bio-identical hormone therapy versus menopausal hormone therapy,
1:52.7	the safest kinds of hormone therapy, non-hormonal options, how to seek out a specialist, tips
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