TMHS 779 - The Truth About Menopause, Weight Gain, & The Hormone Shift - With Dr. Taz
Apr 3, 2024
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Dr. Taz, a women's health expert, discusses how gut health, inflammation, and stress impact hormones during menopause. She highlights the connection between hormonal balance, blood sugar levels, and gut health. The importance of managing estrogen dominance and supporting hormone health through nutrition and lifestyle changes is emphasized.
Menopause hormone shifts impact weight gain through blood sugar changes.
Gut health and hormone balance are linked in menopausal women.
Reduce glyphosate exposure to support gut health and hormone balance.
Deep dives
Impact of Hormone Shifts on Weight Gain during Menopause
Hormone shifts, particularly during perimenopause and menopause, significantly affect weight gain through changes in blood sugar levels, insulin, and hormone levels like estrogen and progesterone. Managing blood sugar and understanding hormone direction is crucial for weight management during this period. Women experiencing these shifts often face challenges due to inadequate tools to manage these changes, leading to frustration and weight gain. Understanding the chemistry behind hormone shifts is key to addressing weight gain in menopausal women.
Interplay Between Gut Health and Hormones in Menopause
The gut health and hormone balance in women during perimenopause and menopause are interrelated, impacting symptoms like weight gain, sugar cravings, and mental focus. Estrogen metabolism depends on a healthy gut for effective processing, while hormone level changes can affect gut function, leading to issues like candida overgrowth. Disruptions in gut health contribute to symptoms like increased blood sugar, insulin levels, and weight gain, emphasizing the critical importance of maintaining gut health for balanced hormones during menopause.
Addressing Glyphosate and Gut Health for Hormone Balance
Glyphosate, a common pesticide, can negatively impact gut health, potentially leading to leaky gut and hormone disruption. Reduce exposure to glyphosate by focusing on real food, avoiding processed and fast foods, and choosing organic options whenever possible. Prioritizing gut health through diverse food choices, prebiotic and probiotic intake, healthy fats, and digestive enzymes supports hormone balance and overall health, emphasizing the body's ability to process and eliminate harmful substances for improved well-being.
Understanding Estrogen Dominance and Hormonal Imbalance
Estrogen dominance is highlighted as a key factor leading to estrogen-based diseases. Addressing hormone metabolism and focusing on gut and liver health can prevent sudden shifts from normal to abnormal hormone levels. By identifying estrogen dominance early, women can implement dietary, herbal, and exercise interventions to mitigate the risks of estrogen-based diseases, promoting long-term health.
Impact of Stress on Hormonal Health and Menopause
Chronic stress significantly affects hormone balance, leading to disruptions in the hypothalamic-pituitary axis and hormone production. Stress contributes to symptoms of perimenopause and menopause at earlier ages, influenced by cultural perceptions and societal pressures. Recognizing stress as a root cause and incorporating self-care practices helps women manage hormonal imbalances, improve overall health, and navigate the phases of menopause with empowerment and well-being.
Hormones are always hard at work behind the scenes of a myriad of biological processes. Everything from metabolism to gut health can be affected by what’s happening on a hormonal level. On today’s show, you’re going to learn about some of the most notable ways your hormones might be sabotaging your health efforts and actionable steps you can take to achieve optimal hormone balance.
On this episode of The Model Health Show, our guest is Dr, Tasneem Bhatia, or Dr. Taz. She is a board-certified physician with expertise in women’s health, weight loss, and nutrition. In this interview, she’s sharing the critical link between gut health, menopause, and hormones.
You’re going to learn how inflammation can trigger weight gain, the role of gut health during perimenopause and menopause, and why stress is a critical factor for regulating hormones. Dr. Taz is sharing real-world advice on how to clean up your diet, reduce your exposure to toxins that might be wrecking your gut health, and how to measure and reduce your inflammation. This episode is packed with valuable insights into hormonal health. Enjoy!
In this episode you’ll discover:
The crucial link between hormone shifts and blood sugar levels.
Which ages are affected by perimenopause.
How gut health and menopause are connected.
The process in which hormones are metabolized in the body.
What estrogen dominance is.
How a woman’s cycle can affect her gut and digestion.
Why the gut is ground zero for hormone health.
How our environment impacts our gut health.
Why dietary fat is a critical building block for hormones.
What digestive enzymes are used for.
The importance of thinking about your microbial health proactively.
Three actionable steps to improve gut health.
How probiotics and prebiotics work together.
Why food diversity matters for overall health.
The connection between glyphosate and leaky gut.
How to improve your internal environment to optimize your toxic load.
The link between PCOS and gut health.
What dirty hormones are.
Why estrogen dominance is underdiagnosed.
How stress impacts gut health and hormonal health.
Why we need to reframe menopause.
Which specific biomarkers can measure inflammation.
