They Lied to You About Menopause

Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Dr. Eric Berg

Health & Fitness

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Menopause is said to be caused by low estrogen, but taking estrogen comes with side effects! Estrogen hormone therapy side effects include:•Breast cancer•Endometrial cancer•Clots•Increased risk of stroke•Gallstones•Fluid retention•Increased triglycerides•Increased risk for cardiovascular problems Not only does hormone therapy cause dangerous side effects, but menopausal women are also put on medications to treat the following menopause symptoms:•Hot flashes •Weight gain/visceral fat •Mood swings•Joint pain•Low libido•Bone loss•Muscle loss •High blood pressure

If menopause is caused by low estrogen, wouldn’t taking more estrogen address menopause symptoms? There’s more to it. Uncover the truth and learn how to address your menopause signs and symptoms naturally and effectively!Watch these videos on Healthy Keto®, intermittent fasting, and reversing insulin resistance to support your health during menopause:▶️ https://youtu.be/vMZfyEy_jpI▶️ https://youtu.be/cUXSPIi5mE0 More about testosterone pellets: https://www.myhormonetherapy.com/ 0:00 Menopause myths debunked0:35 HRT menopause side effects 1:05 Menopause symptoms 1:40 Menopause facts7:15 Estrogen and menopause 14:04 Addressing menopause symptoms naturally19:03 Testosterone hormone therapy for menopause Menopause is said to be caused by low estrogen, but taking estrogen comes with side effects! Estrogen hormone therapy side effects include:•Breast cancer•Endometrial cancer•Clots•Increased risk of stroke•Gallstones•Fluid retention•Increased triglycerides•Increased risk for cardiovascular problems Not only does hormone therapy cause dangerous side effects, but menopausal women are also put on medications to treat the following menopause symptoms:•Hot flashes •Weight gain/visceral fat •Mood swings•Joint pain•Low libido•Bone loss•Muscle loss •High blood pressure These medications also come with dangerous side effects!During menopause, estrogen drops significantly, and women stop releasing eggs. This occurs around age 52 for most women. This affects the hypothalamus, which controls the body’s thermostat, body weight, appetite, and energy levels. Other hormones, such as progesterone and testosterone, also decrease.

Dr. Eric Berg DC Bio:Dr. Berg, age 60, is a chiropractor who specializes in Healthy Ketosis & Intermittent Fasting. He is the Director of Dr. Berg Nutritionals and author of the best-selling book The Healthy Keto Plan. He no longer practices, but focuses on health education through social media.

Disclaimer: Dr. Eric Berg received his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1988. His use of “doctor” or “Dr.” in relation to himself solely refers to that degree. Dr. Berg is a licensed chiropractor in Virginia, California, and Louisiana, but he no longer practices chiropractic in any state and does not see patients, so he can focus on educating people as a full-time activity, yet he maintains an active license. This video is for general informational purposes only. It should not be used to self-diagnose, and it is not a substitute for a medical exam, cure, treatment, diagnosis, prescription, or recommendation. It does not create a doctor-patient relationship between Dr. Berg and you. You should not make any change in your health regimen or diet before first consulting a physician and obtaining a medical exam, diagnosis, and recommendation. Always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

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0:00.0	They lie to you about menopause. If you're female, this is going to be a super important presentation.
0:06.8	If you're a man married to a female, this is going to be some very valuable information.
0:12.3	Because the common story with menopause, if you ask any mainstream doctor, is that menopause is caused by a lowered estrogen and all the symptoms
0:24.1	related to lower estrogen can be treated with hormonal placement therapy or estrogen replacement
0:29.2	therapy now superficially it kind of makes sense if you're low on a hormone just go ahead and take it
0:33.8	and you fix the problem well the problem with that is that there's some slight complications
0:39.5	when you take hormone replacement therapy. The side effects include breast cancer, endometrial
0:45.8	cancer, clots increasing your risk for a stroke, gallstones, fluid retention, increase
0:52.8	triglycerides, which then could potentially increase risk for cardiovascular
0:57.3	problems. So there's a lot of side effects, and not just side effects from that, it's all the
1:02.7	other medications that you are put on. Typically, menopausal females are put on medications for hot flashes,
1:09.1	Ozempic for being overweight, SSRIs for depression,
1:13.8	inseds for joint pain, certain medications for bone loss and muscle loss and high blood pressure.
1:21.2	And the term for that is polypharmacy, poly meaning many, pharmacy meaning drugs, because of
1:27.1	this one big lie related to menopause,
1:30.6	having all of these different symptoms come from different sources when they really come
1:35.7	from one main root cause that we're going to get into. So I'm going to take you through
1:41.5	step by step of what happens with menopause, and I have a really
1:44.3	good solution. So it is absolutely true that roughly around 52 is when you have menopause.
1:51.8	Now, some women earlier, some women are later, but the average is age 52, where the ovaries go in
1:59.1	retirement and they stop releasing eggs.
2:02.6	And then from that, you have a dip in several hormones, not just estrogen.
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