Menopause Mastery

The pharmaceutical industry is at it again! This year's Superbowl aired an advertisement for Astellas' new drug claiming to stop vasomotor symptoms (VMS). Today we welcome back Dr. Aimie Hornaman, to address how the pharmaceutical industry misguides women into treating symptoms while ignoring the root cause.

Every woman goes through menopause. It is an unavoidable fact of life, but you do not need to suffer in silence! Drug companies prey on women who don't know the reality of their hormonal changes. Instead of empowering women with proper hormonal care, doctors are prescribing multiple pills to address the side effects of a natural process. Dr. Hornaman seeks to educate women about their options so that they are no longer gaslighted into taking prescriptions that could have detrimental effects on their health.

Women tend to be afraid of hormonal therapies, because of misinformation cited in the Women Health Initiative Study. We discuss how that study was adulterated by confirmation bias that sought to create fear around hormone therapies. If you want to learn how to ease your menopausal symptoms without harmful drugs, listen now!

Key Takeaways:

• [2:00] Astellas' Superbowl commercial
• [5:00] Getting to the root of it
• [8:00] Gaslighting women's health
• [10:00] Increasing rates of premature menopause
• [14:45] Women are taught that menopause is untreatable
• [17:00] Economic conditions impacting women
• [19:45] The faulty women's health initiative study
• [25:00] Using data inappropriately and confirmation bias
• [29:00] Get tested and know your baseline
• [35:00] Avoiding the silent suffering

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Memorable Quotes

"Pharma and medical systems make money when you're still participating but you don't die." [17:28] -Betty Murray

"The researchers were basically going in with a bias. They were going in with the plan to prove that hormones are bad and if you go in with that mindset, and you're not going into a study with an open mindset, of whatever the data says, so if you go in with that preconceived notion that hormones are bad, and this is what we want to find...we tend to find evidence to support our beliefs." [26:20] -Dr. Aimie Hornaman

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Have you taken steps to change your diet and lifestyle but are still overwhelmed by health and mental dysfunction? The link between brain and soul is the final frontier of wellness, and today's guest, Dr. Louise Swartswalter is here to share how energy healing can restore cognitive function, heal the body and release trauma. As a master naturopath and frequency medicine doctor, Dr. Swartzwalter uses her multidimensional approach to achieve brain-soul success. With 30 years of experience, she has witnessed a transformational change in clients whose trauma blocked their ability to heal and integrate their soul's purpose.

The brain is the control tower of your physical and emotional health, and many people are needlessly suffering due to unhealthy programming from early life. Dr. Swartzwalter's program teaches clients to observe their thought patterns and investigate the source of their traumas so that a new program can take hold and healing can transpire.

In this episode, Dr. Swartswalter performs an energy clearing on Betty to demonstrate how biological and experiential trauma affects your ability to align with your true self. Join us to witness the power of the brain-soul connection!

Key Takeaways:

• [4:30] Realizing that standard medicine was not helping
• [6:00] How pesticide activism opened the world of public speaking
• [9:00] Brain Soul Success: a multisensory program to change the brain in 6 months
• [12:40] Observing yourself to disrupt and redefine your authentic self
• [14:00] Clearing trauma at the brain-soul level
• [19:20] Pain starts in the energy field around you
• [21:55] Biological imprint and the experiential trauma from family
• [24:50] Starting with an intention and connecting to your soul's purpose
• [29:30] Brain-soul balancing: Creating a soul tie box
• [36:00] Keeping your soul's truth by standing in your power
• [41:00] Releasing with the clearing statement
• [42:00] Building your new program into your bio-computer
• [45:00] Locking in the new programming
• [48:00] Mind Gems: independent tools for healing
• [50:00] Follow your heart but take your brain with you

Memorable Quotes

"The brain is the master control tower and if you can change the brain you can change the rest of the body, and that's mindset, but also releasing traumas and things that are memories that are stuck in the brain." [10:16] -Dr. Swartzwalter

"We're multidimensional beings, and so we're physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, and we have an energy field around us, and what I find is pain starts in the field, whether its emotional pain or physical pain; it starts in the field." [19:20] - Dr. Swartzwalter

"It felt like a physical emotion, sort of like an octopus; like it was pulling tendrils away from me, and then a lightness coming after that. That was the sensation I was getting while she was going through that." [34:28] - Betty Murray

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Are you struggling to lose weight and can't stop snacking? You may have developed leptin resistance. Today on Menopause Mastery, I am giving you a crash course in leptin resistance and the chain reaction that follows. Leptin is the hormone that signals that you're full, and once you develop a resistance to it, your brain can no longer receive those signals, which is why you feel insatiable.

Fat cells produce leptin, so if you continuously eat a poor diet and accumulate excess fat, inevitably, your body will generate too much leptin. At that point, the leptin receptors in the hypothalamus can no longer recognize leptin, which leaves you feeling hungry and disrupts your metabolism.

In this episode, you will learn exactly how delicate the symphony of hormones is and why you can't just focus on fixing a single hormone. Once you're at the point of leptin resistance, you undoubtedly have dysregulation of insulin, ghrelin, and glucose because everything works together. I teach you how you can take small steps to reset your hormones and reverse leptin resistance with a healthy lifestyle and a better understanding of your body's delicate balance.

Key Takeaways:

• [2:00] If you're struggling to lose weight it may be a sign that you are leptin resistant
• [3:40] Common symptoms of leptin resistance
• [7:00] How chronic inflammation damages leptin receptors in your brain
• [7:30] Type 2 diabetes can result from leptin resistance
• [8:20] Sleep and stress are the biggest lifestyle contributors to hormonal dysregulation
• [10:50] Leptin resistance contributes to the inability to feel full after eating
• [12:40] What happens to leptin during menopause and perimenopause
• [14:45] Lifestyle and foods that contribute to leptin resistance
• [16:00] The dangers of haphazard eating and inappropriate fasting
• [17:50] Under-exercising and over-exercising both can contribute to leptin resistance
• [20:00] During menopause ghrelin increases which stimulate the process of gluconeogenesis
• [24:40] Weight loss is impossible if you don't take into account hormone imbalance
• [25:40]Trickling in your protein can contribute to gluconeogenesis
• [33:00] Stress levels and cortisol are basically the body's ability to perceive itself in a safe state
• [33:30] Excess alcohol lowers glucose metabolism and increases gluconeogenesis

Memorable Quotes:

"We kind of have to keep that metabolism somewhat stocked because what happens when you get really hungry and you've got leptin resistance, you're more likely to eat something that's not as good for you, and then you're more likely to continue to eat past your hunger." [17:10]

"Carbohydrate content is truly not an essential food. It's not an essential nutrient. Our body can survive without taking in carbohydrate content because we can produce it through the liver and ghrelin is the hormone that does that." [21:37]

"Weight loss, particularly are problematic as a picture when you're ignoring all these hormone levels assuming that it's something as simple as eat less calories and workout more because we have all of these hormones that are contributing to dysregulation that basically are all, in different ways, acting upon a very ancient requirement for our bodies to be able to hold on to body weight so we don't die." [24:55]

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95% of your thoughts and emotions are subconscious and that subconscious mind develops in early childhood. Sari Cowsert, is a Certified Master Imagery Facilitator and hypnotherapist helping people tap into their own personal power to overcome and rewire their subconscious self.

After 12 years of chronic anxiety and subsequent illnesses, Sari took control of her wellness simply by acknowledging her power to do so! Your thoughts become your reality and hypnotherapy is a tool that helps individuals understand just how negative their self talk is.

Building awareness is the first step towards reparenting your inner child to shape new thought patterns that serve you in the present moment. In this episode, Sari teaches you how to stop the cycle of subconscious behavior, so you can stop living in survival mode. Give yourself permission to rest and repair so you can grow your capacity for love, reduce anxiety and revive your mind and body!

Key Takeaways:

[8:00] Getting your rational mind back in the driver seat by rewiring your subconscious mind

[22:00] How chronic stress is disrupting your mental and physical well being

[24:20] Building awareness by allowing yourself some time away from your phone

[27:00] The reality of hypnosis and what you can expect during hypnotherapy

[31:00] How being in survival mode increases suggestibility and addictive tendencies

[33:45] The decisions you make today are based off your subconscious childhood programing

[38:00] Reparenting yourself by deciding how you want to talk to yourself

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Memorable Quotes:

"Your body, which is basically your subconscious mind is in the driver seat and your mind, your rational mind is in the passenger seat because we know now that 95% of our thoughts and emotions are subconscious, they're not conscious." [8:50 -Sari]

"There's not a single person that can or cannot be hypnotized but it's what are you gonna allow? Are you going to allow this process to happen? Are you going to fight it with your analytical mind, the whole time?" [30:29 -Sari]

"That's ultimately what we have inside of us, a child that just wants to be loved and heard but instead we're lashing out because we're not receiving that." [35:30 - Sari]

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Dr. Rajka Gailbraith is a successful leader in women's health and functional medicine, having trained hundreds of practitioners and delivered babies in both a clinic and hospital. She is passionate about empowering women leaders to optimize their health and performance, and has expertise in longevity, performance, autoimmune disease, and neurogenetics. She runs retreats for women's groups and programs online, and sees patients in her clinic, Simply Health Institute, outside of Chicago. Dr. Rajka is committed to helping women and their families achieve optimal health and performance.

As a child, Dr. Rajka had dreams of becoming a doctor, curing everyone, and having a family. However, she found that she could not cure everyone, and that traditional medical practices often led to misdiagnoses. She experienced fatigue and eventually was diagnosed with Hashimoto thyroiditis. This led her to do a deep dive into functional medicine and functional nutrition, and now she works to help others find underlying causes behind their symptoms, rather than just treating the symptoms.

Listen for the amazing 3D protocol which is an approach to health and wellness that involves diet, digestion, and detox. It is important to approach health in the right order, as one step will feed off the next. Heed and listen to the warnings against juice cleanses for those who have never eaten a healthy day in their life, as it can make them feel worse and turn them off from health and wellness altogether. The 3D protocol is an overall approach to health and wellness which can help individuals improve their health and well-being.

Dr. Galbraith presents the acronym TASK, which stands for Track, Add, Subtract and Keep, as an approach to eating an abundant, nourishing diet. Tracking what you are eating for a couple of weeks helps to bring awareness to what is missing from your diet. After tracking, the next step is to add in any foods that may be missing from the diet. Then, only after tracking and adding, the next step is to subtract any foods that are causing inflammation or other health issues. Finally, the last step is to keep the foods that are benefiting your health and eliminating the ones that are not. Following this approach can help to ensure that you are eating an abundant and nourishing diet.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• How do you actually detox someone
• How your mess and your challenge becomes your message
• Learn about the Acronym TASK
• Why you should be cautious about juice cleanse
• How to really know if you're eating abundantly and correctly for your body type
• How to use a 3D approach and protocol

TIMESTAMPS

"I love acronyms because then people will remember, and I call it the Task method. So I'm going to put you as a task to eat an abundant nourishing diet. So at the end of the day, regardless of what we do for short term to figure things out, the long term goal is to nourish your body and eat in abundance." (7:50, Rajka)

And she had the misfortune of having to be in hospitalization. And here's a woman who's worked all her life, and I just saw her in that bed, and she just looks so old, and it was so sad. And I'm like, when did it come to this? What if I had only known what I know now? Then can we prevent it? Because her physical body is failing her, and that's where we say her lifespan is not matching her health span right now. (24:16, Rajka)

It's an investment, and you can do it three times a week. And let me give an example. I had a cyclist who wanted to get to a goal of riding 55 miles by his 55th birthday and was finding it hard to ride for more than an hour, hour and a half. And he rode 90 minutes hard doing interval training and said, oh, I felt like I could have gone another half hour. (37:18, RAjka)

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Recently, Betty stumbled upon the website of a national organization that promotes women's hormone management. In one video, their male medical director claimed that women's hormones don't need to be tested because they are unpredictable. In his words, looking at the symptoms is enough.

Being in practice for 18 years, these types of views are unfortunately familiar to Betty. But today, she's here to call it out for what it truly is—medical gaslighting.

In this episode, Betty talks about medical gaslighting, what it is, and the ways women are gaslit around their health. Whether a doctor dismisses your symptoms or blames your hormonal problems for a psychological problem, all forms of gaslighting are also a form of abuse. Taking you through this, you'll hear exactly what a healthy doctor-patient partnership should look like.

Betty will also bust the myths about unpredictable hormones and testing. She'll explain what hormones you should test and why you should test rather than just going off of symptoms. By ending the guessing game, you'll jump off the medication roller coaster and treat your hormone problems at their root.

It's time to take a stand and do your part to end medical gaslighting today.

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• What gaslighting is and who it happens to.
• How the medical field abuses women.
• Ways women are gaslit around their hormones.
• Why hormone testing is essential.
• Which hormones you should really test for.
• What to do if you're being medically gaslit.

Memorable Quotes:

"The most common drug that is now prescribed for hormone changes in menopause is an antidepressant. It is not a psychological problem, it is a hormonal problem." (4:56, Betty)

"So yes, our hormones are all over the place. But you know what? They also are predictable." (9:07, Betty)

"We should test and see where somebody's hormones are at because you could have all kinds of symptoms that can cross these hormonal boundaries. And instead of guessing and putting people through sort of a medical prescriptive rollercoaster ride, you could get much more targeted and much more specific about what somebody needs, and you can actually correct for the things that are wrong." (13:16, Betty)

"What gets measured gets fixed, what gets measured gets done." (15:59, Betty)

"It takes on average 17 years for whatever's in the research to make it into clinical practice and medical schools. And I quote, won't teach it until it's considered standard of care in the general medical community, which means the medical schools are the ones that are the furthest behind." (19:18, Betty)

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When it comes to thyroid dysregulation, a lot can go into it.

Meet Dr. Amie Hornaman, otherwise known as "The Thyroid-Fixer." Dr. Amie is a doctor of clinical nutrition, functional medicine practitioner, and host of the top-rated podcast in medicine and alternative health. She's also the founder of The Institute for Thyroid and Hormone Optimization, an organization that uses proven approaches to address thyroid dysfunction and support people in returning to full health.

Dr. Amie is on today's show to tell you everything you need to know about the thyroid. Delving into little-known thyroid hormones such as T2, you'll learn why your thyroid might be dysregulated even when you are on medication.

Then, she'll explain some little-known symptoms of an unbalanced thyroid. You might be surprised to hear that almost anything can throw off your thyroid, so it's important to be on top of it. That's why Dr. Amie will give you easy tips and tools to help you optimize your thyroid.

And if you've ever felt overwhelmed about testing, then your worries are about to disappear. Dr. Amie will explain what thyroid tests you should get and what data you should look for so you can know exactly what is happening inside your body.

By being proactive and listening to your body, you can make small adjustments that lead to positive impacts on your health.

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• The biggest misconceptions about the thyroid.
• What Dr. Amie looks for in the lab.
• The Hashimoto's Disease epidemic.
• Dr. Amie walks you through the T1 T2, T3, & T4 thyroid hormones and what they do.
• Thyroid medications.
• Little-known symptoms of thyroid dysregulation.
• Why testosterone is important, even in women.
• How to monitor your thyroid levels.
• Tips, tools, & diet changes you can use to optimize your thyroid.

Where to Find the Guest:

DrAmieHornaman.com

@dramiehornaman

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Memorable Quotes:

"You don't stop at your doctor telling you that everything is fine. When you know inside that it's not, and you know your body better than anyone, you know when something is off." (4:12, Dr. Amie)

"I'm not saying that everything under the sun is thyroid related, but since the thyroid is the master gland, there are many different things that can be going on in your body that will improve once we optimize your thyroid." (24:19, Dr. Amie)

"Life is always changing. Our hormones are always changing. Even if you're in menopause, hopefully you're on some kind of bioidentical hormone replacement, and if you're in menopause, your hormones are still shifting." (27:20, Dr. Amie)

"Testosterone is the most abundant hormone in a woman's body." (29:13, Dr. Amie)

"Your doctor says no to labs, it's time to get a new doctor." (53:24, Dr. Amie)

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Stressed? If so, it might be the hidden reason you're having trouble losing weight!

This week, Betty breaks down everything you need to know about stress and cortisol and how they might be playing a role in your weight loss resistance. While cortisol is natural, too much of it can lead to health problems such as weight gain, obesity, and insulin resistance.

She'll go further into the symptoms of high cortisol and explain why the body might create too much. Then, she'll give you easy steps to reduce the cortisol levels in your body.

In today's fast-paced world, stress might be inevitable. But there are actions you can take to regularly lower your cortisol levels and finally achieve your weight loss goals!

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• Why cortisol can lead to weight gain and insulin resistance.
• What creates too much cortisol in the body.
• Cortisol's role in gluconeogenesis.
• The connection between cortisol and the thyroid.
• Cortisol and estrogen dominance.
• How to reduce cortisol.

Memorable Quotes:

"When the body's under stress, it produces more cortisol, which can stimulate the release of another hormone called ghrelin. And ghrelin increases hunger and cravings. So this can often lead to overeating and weight gain, especially if the diet is not a healthy diet." (3:18, Betty)

"Cortisol also contributes to estrogen dominance by increasing estrogen production and inhibiting the metabolism of estrogen in the liver." (22:20, Betty)

"You can't get up in the morning, chug six cups of coffee, skip lunch, and then have dinner, but run with your hair on fire every day and get the same benefit. So we have to do thoughtful fasting. We have to do thoughtful food composition. (25:25, Betty)

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Are you doing all the right things but still getting all the wrong results?

If your low-carb, high-protein, or ketogenic diet isn't fixing your insulin resistance and you haven't been achieving your weight loss goals, the polyol pathway might be the culprit.

In this solo episode, Betty talks all about the polyol pathway—a process in the body that helps break down sugars. She explains what happens biologically when we eat too much sugar and have an excess of glucose and how triggering the polyol pathway can negatively impact our health.

After walking you through the various ways the polyol pathway can be triggered, Betty will give you a handful of easy ways to regulate the polyol pathway and avoid activating it.

This episode might be the secret ingredient you need to finally hit your health goals.

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• What the polyol pathway is and how it works.
• Impacts of too much glucose in the body.
• How the polyol pathway is related to dehydration and salt intake.
• The role of estrogen in regulating the polyol pathway.
• Oxidative stress.
• The interaction between fructose and the fat switch.
• The mitochondrial function at the cell.
• What triggers the polyol pathway.

Memorable Quotes:

"When there's too much sorbitol and fructose being produced and not enough being used, it's gonna cause a problem." (2:48, Betty)

"It's really important to be mindful of hydration. You have got to make sure that you're hydrated appropriately, particularly before eating." (5:47, Betty)

"The interesting thing is fructose doesn't create satiety. So satiety is that sensation in which you feel like you've eaten and you've gotten calories and you're satisfied. Fructose does not do that, and particularly high fructose corn syrup, which leads to more eating, more desire for sugar, just more food." (12:44, Betty)

"Part of the process is to correct this polyol pathway mechanism to make sure that the cells can do what they need to do so we can become more metabolically flexible, so our body can actually burn that fat appropriately, even before we are in menopause." (23:26, Betty)

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You don't need to settle for living your age. By taking the right actions, you can live like you are decades younger than you are!

Olesya Wilson is a certified nutritionist, functional diagnostic practitioner, and healer. Her unique approach combines cutting-edge research with herbal medicine and revolutionary psychosomatic and energy-healing practices.

Today, Olesya talks more about her powerful programs, which help people thrive, reverse aging, and forget about their chronic health problems.

Then, she'll explain the connection between the mind, body, and spirit. By becoming aware of your negative patterns, emotions, and mindsets, you can release them from the body.

To end the episode, Olesya will give you her top 3 tips to help your body feel better and avoid aging. With these tips, you'll gain energy and vitality long-term.

It's time to stop letting your age define you and become limitless once and for all!

Key Topics/Takeaways:

• How Olesya got into nutrition.
• Benefits of Olesya's detox process and how it works.
• Hypnosis and the subconscious mind.
• The connection between the mind, body, and spirit.
• Acknowledging and breaking life patterns.
• Why it's important to take care of yourself first.
• Who Olesya can help.
• 3 tips to take better care of yourself.

Where to Find the Guest:

OlesyaWilson.com

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Memorable Quotes:

"My approach combines both, well, three levels: mind, soul, and body." (5:29, Olesya)

"It really is absolutely amazing what you can do in a couple of months with your body to have that generational change, you know, with your children and grandchildren even." (8:28, Olesya)

"We don't have to accept aging as an inevitable part of our experience anymore. And we don't have to fight it. We just have to give our body what our body needs and remove what doesn't belong there." (10:23, Olesya)

"Our life just starting at 40. We are just now getting started." (15:04, Olesya)

"Intuition is everything. It's God's energy." (17:42, Olesya)

'A confident woman is the one that has this capacity to give to other people through giving to herself first." (22:30, Olesya)

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