Top Hormone Expert: What Women 40+ Need to Know About Body Composition, Weight Loss, Muscle Mass, Sleep and Mood with Dr. Carrie Jones

Dhru Purohit Show

Dhru Purohit

Medicine, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

4.7 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2024

⏱️ 70 minutes

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This episode is brought to you by Bon Charge, Manukora, and Fatty15. What’s going on with my body around the age of 40? Many women ask themselves this question. While discussions about hormones and navigating this phase of life are increasing, many women still suffer in silence. Today’s guest is here to dispel the myths and provide actionable steps to empower women to feel their best during this new phase. Today on The Dhru Purohit Show, Dhru sits down with Dr. Carrie Jones to discuss the changes women’s bodies undergo at around age 40. Dr. Jones breaks down the stages and common symptoms women experience, how modern lifestyles can impact these symptoms, and the key labs women need to establish baseline data. She also highlights the importance of protein, maintaining and building skeletal muscle, and the role of mitochondria in hormonal health. Covering topics from HRT and key supplements to mood and boundaries, this episode is a must-listen for all women and anyone looking to support the women in their lives. Dr. Carrie Jones is an internationally recognized speaker, consultant, and educator on the topic of women's health and hormones, with over 20 years in the industry. Dubbed the “Queen of Hormones,” she was the first Medical Director for Precision Analytical (the DUTCH Test) and the first Head of Medical Education at Rupa Health. She co-hosts the highly popular show, the Root Cause Medicine Podcast, with over 10 million downloads. She is the Chief Medical Officer at NuEthix Formulations. In this episode, Dhru and Dr. Jones dive into (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): What’s going on with women’s bodies around age 40? (00:00:40 / 00:00:40) Does modern lifestyle impact these symptoms? (02:54 / 02:54) Breaking down the stages of perimenopause and menopause (06:28 / 10:23) The role of mitochondria and hormones (09:30 / 14:18) The role of protein during these key stages (12:33 / 16:28) Keeping and building skeletal muscle (14:20 / 18:15) Testing for accurate hormone assessment (16:28 / 22:25) Weight gain: accounting for calories and stress (21:00 / 26:57) Hormone health and metabolic health (30:20 / 36:17) Sleep as a key factor in metabolic health (32:00 / 37:57) Mood and optimizing how you feel (37:00 / 42:57) Hormone Replacement Therapy (42:00 / 47:57) Supplements to support transitions (47:30 / 53:27) Sayings that resonate in your 40s (50:20 / 56:17) Also mentioned in this episode: The Root Cause of Medicine Podcast Dr. Carrie’s post about aging TrueMed To learn more about Dr. Jones, follow her on Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, or her website. This episode is brought to you by Bon Charge, Manukora, and Fatty15. Right now, BON CHARGE is offering my community 15% off; just go to boncharge.com/DHRU and use coupon code DHRU to save 15%. Upgrade to the creamiest honey, packed with antioxidants and prebiotics. Just go to manukora.com/dhru to get $25 off the Starter Kit and boost your energy, immunity, and digestive health today! Fatty15 is offering an additional 15% off its 90-day subscription Starter Kit. Go to fatty15.com/dhru and use code DHRU to replenish your C15 levels for long-term health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Dr. Carey Jones right around the mid 40s to early 50s.
0:05.9	So many women go through this shift in their health
0:09.0	where they notice weird things happening.
0:12.1	They are gaining unexpected weight around their
0:15.4	midsection, their mood often changes for the worst, their sleep is way off and most importantly they start to feel like they don't recognize
0:27.9	their bodies. You're one of the top experts on all things hormones you've studied them for 20 plus years and you've seen thousands
0:35.6	of hormonal panels over those years. Give us an insight, big picture, as to a few of the things that are
0:42.0	driving this shift for the women who are
0:44.8	wondering what the heck is going on with my body.
0:48.0	What the heck is right? I often joke. Like who designed this? Who thought this would be a good idea in the way that us women move through midlife because if I was the goddess of the female body, I would make some changes. I would definitely
1:06.3	throw a few upgrades in there. If our phone can get an upgrade, it seems like every month,
1:11.1	why can't we? But these changes are happening,
1:15.4	because if you picture your reproductive years,
1:18.8	whether you're trying to get pregnant or not,
1:20.8	your hormones follow a very specific roller coaster, a very specific track.
1:26.6	And so when I say hormones, I mean estrogen and progesterone in particular.
1:31.4	Now if we get older, and as we move into this midlife this pareminopause we feel like we're changing
1:37.7	tracks and so the estrogen and progestron that used to go up and then down and then hip the loop-diloo and then go up down again all of a sudden it's way up and then it's way down and then it's a flat line and then it's a few you know
1:50.4	corkscrews and we're feeling nauseous and we want to get off the ride.
1:54.4	So when we have this change in hormones, it affects literally all 12 systems of our body.
2:01.5	So we get all the symptoms you just said, we start to feel mood changes. of our
2:05.0	systems of body. We get all the symptoms you just said. We start to lose our sleep. We didn't use to before.
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