Everything You Need To Know About The Menopause | Kate Muir

Nov 4, 2024

Kate Muir, a women's health expert and investigative journalist, joins to unravel the complexities of menopause. She reveals the misconceptions around hormone therapy, advocating for bioidentical hormones over synthetic ones. The conversation highlights the serious risks of obesity and alcohol during midlife, while emphasizing the power of lifestyle changes like nutrition and exercise. Kate also discusses the emotional struggles many women face, including anxiety and depression, due to hormonal fluctuations, underscoring the need for better education and self-advocacy in women's health.

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Intro

00:00 • 2min

Empowering Women Through Midlife Health

02:11 • 19min

Navigating the Misleading Menopause Market

21:14 • 6min

Navigating Menopause: Challenges and Solutions

26:50 • 20min

Navigating Life's Complexities: From Alzheimer's to Psilocybin Insights

47:03 • 2min

Embracing Transformation: Women in Midlife

48:55 • 4min

Angela is joined again by Kate Muir, to discuss the complexities of midlife, focusing on hormones, brain health, and mental well-being. They discuss the misconceptions surrounding hormone therapy, emphasising the benefits of bioidentical hormones compared to synthetic options, and highlight the significant risks associated with obesity and alcohol consumption. Kate and Angela also touch on the importance of lifestyle changes, such as exercise and nutrition, in managing menopause symptoms.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Hormone Therapy and Risks: Body-identical hormone therapy, especially estrogen, can lower breast cancer risks, unlike older synthetic options.
Mental Health and Hormones: Hormonal shifts during menopause impact mental well-being, with a strong correlation between low estrogen and increased anxiety or depression.
Bone and Muscle Health: Estrogen helps preserve bone density, essential to preventing osteoporosis. Women should also focus on strength training and protein intake.
Diet and Supplements: High-protein diets, creatine, and supplements like sulforaphane support brain health and offset hormone declines.
Awareness in Younger Women: Early education on bone health and hormone impacts could improve lifelong well-being.
Preventing Exploitation: Be cautious of “menopause-targeted” products with questionable benefits, like "menopause chocolate."

TIMESTAMPS & KEY TOPICS

00:01 - Angela introduces Kate Muir, discussing midlife, hormones, and mental health.
05:00 - Hormone therapy’s benefits and misconceptions.
13:22 - Tailoring hormone therapy to women’s individual needs.
18:06 - Importance of bone density in perimenopause.
26:00 - Challenges of menopause-targeted products.
30:56 - Mental health impacts and hormonal sensitivity.
36:50 - Testosterone’s role beyond libido.
41:46 - Nutrition and supplements for brain health.
48:15 - Hormone therapy and Alzheimer’s prevention.
52:01 - Four quarters of life: becoming and harvesting stages.

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ABOUT THE HOST

Angela Foster is an award winning Nutritionist, Health & Performance Coach, Speaker and Host of the High Performance Health podcast. A former Corporate lawyer turned industry leader in biohacking and health optimisation for women, Angela has been featured in various media including Huff Post, Runners world, The Health Optimisation Summit, BrainTap, The Women’s Biohacking Conference, Livestrong & Natural Health Magazine.

Angela is the creator of BioSyncing®️ a blueprint for ambitious entrepreneurial women to biohack their health so they can 10X how they show up in their business and their family without burning out. Angela’s BioSyncing®️ Blueprint is currently closed. Click here to get on the waitlist.

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ABOUT THE GUEST

Kate Muir is a women’s health expert, investigative journalist and documentary maker in the UK. Her book on contraception, Everything You Need to Know About the Pill (but were too afraid to ask) is published in April 2024, and she produced the recent Davina McCall: Pill Revolution documentary. Kate also created two ground-breaking Channel 4 films on the menopause, which ignited a massive conversation among women. Her book Everything You Need to Know About the Menopause (but were too afraid to ask) is now out in paperback. She is a campaigning speaker, and a founder member of The Menopause Charity.

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