What if the missing piece of your menopause care isn't a hormone at all?
Cynthia Thurlow, NP, has spent more than two decades in clinical medicine. But no one, not her training, her colleagues, or her own doctors, prepared her for what perimenopause would do to her body. Or for how much of it would trace back to her gut.
After a serious infection, a 13-day hospitalization, and weeks of antibiotics, she had to rebuild her microbiome in the middle of perimenopause. That experience became The Menopause Gut, which she calls "the book I wish I had had 10 years ago."
In this conversation, we talk about why the gut microbiome deserves a seat at the center of midlife care, and what you can start doing about it now.
You’ll learn more about:
- Why women can do everything right, including HRT, and still not feel well
- How chronic stress and early-life adversity may influence ovarian aging and the timing of menopause
- Why sleep and stress can't be fixed separately, and simple daily ways to calm your nervous system
- What progesterone and estrogen can and can't do for sleep
- Why heart disease remains the leading killer of women, and which labs (ApoB and Lp(a)) to ask your clinician about
- Why Cynthia calls fiber "the new F-word," and how it may help protect your bones after menopause
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This video is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Please talk with your own healthcare provider before making changes to your health care, medications, or hormone therapy.
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