Podcast Episode 36 - Tanya of Ageless Functional Medicine is here to educate women on their hormones, the different stages of menopause & the importance of hormone therapy. She talks to us about the early signs and the more subtle ones you might miss. How to manage that transition into menopause smoothly. As well as, why strength training is an invaluable component of the equation to your long term health as you get into your 50s and 60s.

Thanks again Tanya and than YOU for listening 🧡

Time Stamps:

00:00 Introduction

01:50 Establishing the basics; Perimenopause, Menopause & Postmenopause

02:50 Perimenopause symptoms & the 2 Stages

06:00 Women are really underserved

11:35 Who looks at your test, makes a difference when at the doctor's office (screening for diseases)

12:30 Normal Ranges vs Optimal Ranges

15:50 Investing in your health should be one of your top priorities

19:30 Putting yourself first is selfless not selfish

22:30 Making the transition into postmenopause easier

24:00 If you have liver or gut problems, you will have hormone problems

26:20 The SUBTLE early signs of perimenopause

30:00 The importance of strength training for your overall physical health as you age

36:30 You should not wait to hit menopause for Hormone therapy

42:30 The importance of testosterone for a woman's body

47:30 Women who start hormone therapy 10 years before live longer

53:00 Birth control 55:00 "Don't get old the forget about you after menopause"