The Essential Menopausal Toolbox | Dr. Mindy Pelz & Dr. Mary Claire Haver

[@lauriecarpenter2902]

Nothing changes for women until women change it. Thank God for more women in medicine( not just nursing) & particularly for these 2 physicians.

[@neringavaranauskiene4624]

I am 58 and I never in my life had any problems with eating any kind of food. And was always pretty healthy and not overweight.For the past 20 years I’m low carb. I never was pasta, rice lover. But did love my fruit and veggies. For at least past 2 years I was realy into green smoothies and I was adding chia seeds,flaxseeds, some berries. Really eating healthy. Last November something changed. My stomach started freaking out. Feeling bloated after my green smoothies, all kinds of pains and aches in my abdomen, burping all the time and gurgling noises,started loosing hair. I was so confused. Eat healthy, exercise always healthy so what’s happening. I tried a lot of supplements and tried to go natural way to find out what was happening. Not much helped. So decided to go carnivore. I’m just 2 weeks into it. Feeling much better. Definitely not bloated anymore. I’m planning to stay on carnivore for at least a month and see how I feel. So maybe not all women can eat fruit and vegetables. Read a lot about carnivore lifestyle and it seems that it has helped a lot of people.

[@iss8504]

Menopause changes the microbiology. I had the same experience and I am also 90% meat. Lettuce is still okay but most other things bloat and constipate me.

[@klaurvick4501]

I wonder if it just wasn't lack of protein and that if you added more plant protein, you'd get the same results. Check out Dr Areli who is doing just that.

[@conscioushomesteading]

I'm 58 and feel far more better on 90% carnivor. I'm underweight, so I need 20-30 carbs. II eat garlic, cauliflower and onions. I am not injesting foods high in oxalates because I'm sensitive to them. I need hormone therapy because I had a total hysterectomy at age 39. Once I get back on hrt I'm expecting to feel so much better. You might have experienced oxylate toxicity after drinking Superfood smoothies due to high oxylates.

[@jose79fin]

Same with me. I feel so much better just having meat and fish and cutting out the veggies. I'm wondering if you cut dairy as well? Including eggs?

[@kamichat]

Seriously my two favs on this topic. I am in Houston, so a big fan!

[@luzplace5372]

Leave it to us Gen Xers to wake up everybody about menopause! Thank you for everything that you do we can’t let our girls suffer like they let us suffer

[@natalieshuffler-clay9055]

Making my 100 year old self proud.. that’s a game changer.

[@YaraG777]

FINALLY!!!!!!!! 🎉❤🥳 BEST COLLAB EVERRRR 🙌🏼

[@yvonneteyssier2267]

@YaraG777 I was thinking, the Same . Only hoping this will enhance our awareness in education in schools for women all ages..

[@thenurseacademic]

Hello! Nurses need to hear this too! We provide care for SO MANY perimenopausal/menopausal women - now we can share this powerful information 💕💕

[@tanjavangraan1926]

I am 53 and thank you for letting us have permission to put ourselves first ❤

[@nykdanu]

so good to see my favourite menopause mavens together 💜

[@maaikeswellness1225]

OMG❤ YES I AGREE, WAS GOING TO COMMENT THE SAME THING! Listening to this gave me such a great feeling. I've been doing all these resicmendations and testings in myself the past 10 years and listening to this us such a great validation that I was not crazy and that My trial and error works. How long have you been on this journey?

[@stephaniehoahu]

Agree!!

[@kimbarnes-wt7wi]

Yessssss!!!!

[@aimeeromero1653]

Two years ago, at the age of 48 and deep in perimenopause, I took a super high-stress job and basically stopped sleeping. Overnight, I developed frozen shoulder that got so bad that after four months I couldn’t close my car door. I couldn’t drive to work anymore. My doctor said sorry, there’s no cure, just wait and it will go away IN A YEAR OR TWO! So, I quit that miserable job so I could do something else and work from home. Within a month of good sleep, water, and less stress, the shoulder was totally back to normal. Just like that, I was cured, overnight. Sometimes you just have to do what you know is right for your body. Women, trust your instincts and don’t just accept the doom and gloom the doctor tells you.

[@lindar8095]

I keep telling my doctor that I know something is wrong and that I want to see a cardiologist and see what is going on with my body. My knees and legs hurt . My ankles get really bad and I also have pain now at times in my right foot and now toes! I struggle to walk and go up stairs, I’m out of breath all the time! But she says eat healthier and exercise! Which I’m doing to barely any difference! I eat less and started fasting like a girl. My blood work she says is normal but I just feel awful all the time!! Doctors are the worst!! They just want to give you pills!! 😢

[@annemackenzie7295]

Wow! I live in the UK and have the books of both these amazing women on my bedside table. I’m thrilled to watch them together having this in depth conversation about women’s health. As I was approaching menopause I opened up the subject with my mum to ask what her experience had been like knowing that because of our genetics mine may be similar. Her response was ‘you just get on with it’ - she was very uncomfortable talking about it which shocked me as we are close. I’m so thankful that things have changed so much and women like you are trailblazing the way for the rest of us. Please keep up the good work it’s so important and a huge thank you from me ❤❤❤

[@TeriMaxwell]

Dr Mindy and Dr. Haver have been my perimenopause compass! I thank you for coming together! I feel so lost in this journey. Our Mom died from breast cancer at age 47 and went into menopause due to chemo. My older sister had an emergency hysterectomy in her early 40's and was just beginning perimenopause and now is a hot flash machine. Other than that she has not had other symptoms she is willing to talk about or acknowledge.

[@valeriehennessy8425]

Yup my fat has tripled! It’s been awful! I’m at my heaviest ever. I will say it’s very depressing. I’m at a standstill as to what to do next. Thank you for this episode, I could hear you both talk forever❤

[@ironmaidenfitness654]

Look at getting onto HRT and check out if your blood sugar has elevated or thyroid issues. I got my blood sugar under control, on HRT, sleeping well and it’s been a bit easier to lose the weight. 🩵

[@maaikeswellness1225]

Me too!! I can hear these women all day every day. ❤ so much value here. What have you implemented to help you?

[@valeriehennessy8425]

@@ironmaidenfitness654 I am actually in the process of doing that. I have used a CGM twice now and getting repeated bloodwork soon.

[@valeriehennessy8425]

@@maaikeswellness1225 I am trying to make more time for me. It’s definitely hard with two teenage boys. Walking 3-4 miles first thing in the morning, reading Dr Mary Clair Havers book right now, I have used a CGM twice now to see my how my foods are affecting me. My nutrition is ok but concentrating on more protein now.

[@janaS79]

The best of best got together 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻. Love you both, thank you for what you are doing for this community 💖💖

[@TracyGrossDesign]

Omg! I have been waiting for you two to get together!! 🙌🏼

[@cascadea]

Hi Dr. Pelz and Dr. Haver! I have been following you both for about a year or so, and I’m so happy to see you on this podcast together! I wanted to share a personal tale to illustrate what you both said about women also being gatekeepers of health resources. About 12 days ago I had an appointment with an ObGyn and I reported to her that at the end of my semesters (I teach adults) I am so tired that, in the past two years I’ve been feeling hot flashes. This female doctor looked at me and said “ well, it’s also the start of summer, so it can be that you’re just hot because of the higher temperature 😮. I was appalled because anyone who may be having intermittent hot flashes may be able to attest that it’s not simply a wave of heat that takes over. Can anyone else comment? Thanks!

[@pattimann1541]

What that doctor said to you just infuriates me. She must have been pre-menopausal - she'll see, one day. When I get hot flashes I get sweaty and flushed, but I my skin also gets super-prickly all over like termites are crawling all over me, and I often get a pervading feeling of dread and hopelessness that accompanies the hot flash. Once the hot flash has dissipated (sometimes takes up to 10 minutes!) that feeling goes away. I'm sorry your doctor was so ignorant and dismissive.

[@shureenaimar6159]

I just got poo poo’ed by my ONGYN the Other week also. I have ALL the symptoms of menopause and she does not want to do a darn thing about it. So I need to do some research and find what’s best for ME since she obviously does not care

[@greendahlia4807]

Thank you, ladies, for starting this conversation. I can’t believe how the doctors I have seen know NOTHING about menopause. I am talking to my friends, family and women my age (56) at the check out. 😊

[@jenfrowe]

How do we find doctors who can help us have the needed informed discussions about hormones and all the things talked about in this conversation? I’m finding it really hard. The functional medicine professionals in my area are still rooted in the older medical training and theories. I’ve been fasting like a girl for a year and have loved what I’ve learned and accomplished, but I want to find a medical professional to help with HRT considerations and other things.

[@robinham2796]

Read my commnet

[@adeliyageistrikh6967]

I’m just trying my luck with this and it 😊😊😊

[@elainec5333]

Look up midi and alloy

[@iss8504]

Try a NAMS or Menopause Society of N. America licensed doctor. Not perfect but better. Don't say you want hrt for your bones. Say you have hot flashes it's the magic words. So frustrating. I know more than my doctors. Alloy and Midi are expensive, my insurance won't cover. But you have to decide what investing in yourself will look like. If you can afford it, it's worth it.

[@robinham2796]

@@iss8504 NOOOOO! They are AWFUL!! I’ve never been treated so awful by a doctor in my 64 years!! She wouldn’t even go over my labs until I took her statins and anti depressant! I picked up my purse in tears, went home and callled Sr Shawn Tassone, haven’t felt this good in 20 years!!!

[@ginapetti7872]

I love you both!! I have been having menopause conversations with all friends and family… thanks to you!

[@kyliet4130]

2 of my fav people together on one podcast. ❤

[@sharondennis7185]

Two of my favorites!!! ❤

[@mmags]

Wooohooo! I knew this was going to happen a perfect match up!! Thank you!! 🎉

[@LauradeVasconcelos]

I was about to say the same

[@toshaivy7149]

I’ve been waiting for these two to do this😊

[@annemackenzie7295]

Me too!!! Love them ❤

[@krystalgrace6006]

I love love love that these two powerful women are on the same podcast together. ❤

[@reneeodayok859]

Idk what was wrong with me during my prime but im beginning to feel better in perimenopause. Like wth!?

[@kimberlypayne-brown2820]

I love it ❤😂

[@heavenlypickler]

I am thankful for you who advocated for us about menopause when we, women, were ignored for the last 20 years.

[@rhiannonchavez5124]

2 amazing pioneers in this day and age!! Loving this Collab. 👍

[@jennysiepka9900]

Mary Claire is the BEST🎉🎉🎉🎉she is the MENOPAUSE PATRIOT!!

[@1023mkar]

My two favorite doctors….. thank you for all the work you do

[@anncloninger6242]

Thanks ladies for everything!!! We have got to update the medical books which were written by men!!!

[@shelleyoconnor1609]

Hello !! I became certified as a Perimenopause/Menopause Coach!! Excited to be on this mission of menopause change.. learning and educating!! Thank you for your wisdom, guidance and pioneering us forward!!

[@swarovskikris1]

I’m going to do the same!! What program did you do? My website will be up later this week. Former certified personal trainer and fitness nutritionist. I’m joining the menopossey!! 😂😂❤️❤️

[@kimbarnes-wt7wi]

@@swarovskikris1I’d like to also be certified! Is there a gold standard program you’re using?

[@christycasale6766]

Thank you both. You have opened up so much for me. I have shared your videos with alot of women. Thank you!

[@maaikeswellness1225]

Dr. Mindy and Dr. Pelz, I absolutely love your content and how you guys compare notes and all the science behind all the studies. I've been on this Menopause for the last decade, experimenting in my own body all of what you recommend. I really discovered that if we eat for the brain-body, the body follows.. and that's how I've kept healthy and functional so many years. My passion as well as yours is to help women in this season of life. As a Health and Life Coach I love helping women create better habits, better relationship with food, with their body, with their thoughts, and with their environment and people around. It all starts with us. Taking care of the emotional aspect is vital to make changes together with food as everything impacts the body and mind. My mission is to help women create better health through menopause resolve all their emotional issues, and prevent alzheimer's and dementia. I'd be honored to someday have a conversation with each of you. And contribute to more support to women. ❤❤❤

[@jennifertinkham5599]

I LOVE hearing the two of you together! Thank you for leading the way in women's menopausal health!

[@souloftherose888]

I have fibromyalgia and it’s really hard to watch the very long videos. Could you make some videos that are much shorter about natural hormone therapy without bio, identical, and without drugs, that include nutrition and alternative methods? I would greatly appreciate it and I’m sure I’m not the only one. I really love your videos! You’re absolutely the best.❤

[@shureenaimar6159]

They have the shorts if that works best for you.

[@ironmaidenfitness654]

Dr Haver’s book has a huge section on what you can do for each symptom in each category of medication, lifestyle and natural therapies/supplements 👍🏼

[@aliciagrisel1298]

Two of my favourite women I've learned so much through you individually, together you an absolute hoot! Cobgratulations and thank you ❤

[@flipyour20]

THANK YOU! My 'go to' docs on ALL things menopause!

[@projectqueen610]

So True. We not going to take this laying down..We are fighting against "the old truth". I want to thrive!!!🎉

[@Lisa-qu5rv]

Good to see you two together . Weird though because you completely contradicted everything she teaches on one of your recent posts .

[@yrevet]

Sooo glad you found each other🎉

[@sabrina1887]

What a treasure of information! Thank you both a million times over ❤ So true what you said about all of our past traumas bubbling to the surface at this time. I'm dealing with a lot of childhood issues that I've tucked away for so many years. I finally feel permission to feel everything I've been holding inside for so long.

[@leonielittle4030]

This discussion has been incredible… there are so many different aspects of symptoms for peri menopause n post menopause. I’m really grateful that now we are looking at aging as part of illness. If not …people will accept aging as part of the process.. I’m intrigued to find out in the next few years.. there are new speciality in women aging… (need to look for more sophisticated name!!) Thank you for this valuable information podcast.. I have learnt so much from it.. To all the woman whom going through menopause n post menopause… let’s live healthy n fabulous 💕💕💕

[@team456here8]

My two favorite people ❤🙏

[@thenurseacademic]

I would LOVE INFORMATION on your healthcare provider education!

[@mercy615]

Infact i think I'm going through this right now at 41, my worst symptom is breast and chest pain 😢. Thank you ladies for this information 🙏🏾

[@user-ne2bh3tn1v]

Thank you! I haven't listened to all yet but already have some answers / explanations to the chaos that is me. 59 and wondering how I can do this...any stress sends me into orbit...takes days to have any sense of calm then I plummet to where I can barely focus to get thru the day. So hopeful knowing I'm not necessarily losing my mind.

[@nicolelacoursierewells5497]

What a great collaboration- my favorites!😊

[@Tumbleweed111]

Love this chat. Thank you.

[@starbettypink]

thank you so much for the support and all the info ❤

[@Trainfeastfast]

Yes! Educate yourself. ESPECIALLY about a whole food plant based diet. As she states she had to return to educate herself on nutrition. She also contradicted herself about “if your mom was like my mom” who I’m sure is not vegan and experienced all these downfalls with their health. So, it’s not just a vegan diet that contributes to these symptoms she discusses. Research seven day Adventist who often live longer than meat eaters. Which, some may consume a vegetarian lifestyle, but most vegan. Regardless of the diet you choose, you can achieve longevity. Implement the excercise, HRT (if you choose) and lifting (which can be calisthenics or bodyweight) and you achieve your 100 year goal. Vegans get complete proteins by combining foods like beans with rice, eating quinoa or soy products, or including a variety of plant foods throughout the day to ensure all essential amino acids are consumed. I’m really over this protein and vegan convo. It’s just mention to support their bias. It’s not complicated at all, and there are PEER REVIEW science to support it. Not just some random study. Wishing EVERYONE good health regardless if they’re plant based vegan or not.

[@crystalhillman9084]

At 48 I started perimenopause i could barely walk in to the kitchen to feed my cats?? Nothing else changed

[@robinlatham8540]

Great conversation...thank you 😊 Now where do start to make changes??

[@TC-wc1uc]

Love seeing this Convo happen between you two. 2 of my favs! Thank you!

[@miz6229]

Some women need to give it a rest already with being offended when someone says we need more xyz in comparison with men. We are different hormonally. It's just a fact.

[@Lisa-ig8mt]

Amazing ladies!! Follow and love you both! You’re so inspiring 💫💕

[@shilaba80]

I am 44 and had a radical hysterectomy last OCT and have gained so much weight and the mental health issues has been horrible on top of the night sweats and hotflashes. Fasting and Havers diet is the only thing that helps. My patches and meds for mental health doesn't match what fasting and diet does.❤

[@jsasmom6853]

Okay, when my 17 yr old had bad cramps her doctor put her on birth control and said birth control does so much to prevent cancer later in life, she thinks all girls should be on birth control. I’d love to hear more about what you’ve learned about that subject.

[@lisamangels6695]

Great podcast , great info ! Thank you ❤

[@theresebouchie1248]

Do your books give specifics about what to eat? What about caffeine?

[@Mrs.EmiB.RRT99]

Thank you for this! ❤

[@jennifermoffitt7294]

i was on the pill due to critical anemia, saved my life but i think it did suppress my testosterone..now onto low dose HRT

[@anniegreen9254]

"THE MENOPOSSE"!!!! That's brilliant, I identify with that!!

[@shilaba80]

I have her book love her!

[@chcotydf1]

Great conversation but what about talking to women about the shampoos and the creams they put on there bodies are highly toxic and are probably causing a large percentage of hormone disruption ,

[@kathleen5851]

Great Duo for women!

[@sewsooze68]

Hi, love your Videos 🙏 I am Struggling 56 Today 🎂 I wouldn't take anything from my GP and haven't tried the Bio Identical Creams for long enough, the last time I tried Progesterone cream from Source Naturals when I hadn't had a Period for a Year I started getting Ovary Pains and then bled for 2 days, was a bit scary 😬 like the cream had stimulated my Ovaries or something, I haven't bled anymore since and haven't used the cream since, that was at 52 😬 I tried Estrogen cream and got Ovary Pains from that also, I am now taking Menopace Plus, Fish Oil, Nac, Glycine, 1 drop of Lugol's Iodine in water in the morning & K2D3, Exercise everyday, eat healthy Load's of Fruit Veg, Egg's & Bean's, Goat 🐐 Cheese 🧀 I don't know what else to do, my Emotions get out of control sometimes & I Cry all day or 2 day's and feel Very Depressed and sometimes feel Angry for no reason 😕 the Menopause is Hard Work & Exhausting, I Feel for the Women of Year's ago who were Suffering from the Menopause and put in Mental Institution's because the Medics thought they were just Crazy because they didn't have the knowledge ❤ the Belly Fat is going 🙏 No Sugar + Strength Training, Walking, Swimming, Cycling & Rebounding I didn't let it get too bad but I'm 5ft so a little looks a lot 🙏x after a Lot of Hard Work ❤😃x

[@helenstewart3417]

I take 3 drops of Lugols Iodine at bedtime in half glass of water. I sleep like a baby

[@sewsooze68]

@@helenstewart3417 I watched Dr Darren Schmidt he's Great and he said don't take it after 1pm or you won't sleep so you are lucky, I have it about 10am 😊

[@helenstewart3417]

​@@sewsooze68I take it on route to bed. My daughter takes it also. She has an underactice thyroid

[@elainec5333]

Thank you for the iodine tip. Where do you source yours from? I’m 5’0 also and feel the same about tricky body composition changes on a smaller frame. I started getting hot flashes in May 2024 and all of a sudden gained a lot of weight and inches. I have been following the autoimmune paleo eating plan for over a decade bc it helped put some autoimmune issues into remission. Never overweight previously. Always active and on point. Sometimes go carnivore if I get bloated. I think toxic mold exposure and the stress that ensued from that nightmare might have triggered an earlier onset of perimenopause symptoms. I’m looking forward to not having a period bc I was anemic from it being heavy for years so weary about trying bhrt creams. Do you think we can fix everything with lifestyle changes? I’m not on any medications right now and don’t know if I want to start. Are you going to try other creams with a lower dose maybe? Thanks for sharing your experience.

[@lindajones4849]

you guys need to work with oncologists who put Women into instantaneous menopause. They have NO clue of how many intense and disruptive the symptoms are.

[@1cginni]

The medical field has to catch up with us because we are living longer and we do deserve to live healthier if we’re living longer so if we are able to take Estrogen then we should have it available to us 💖✨

[@michellewhittingham5967]

Can we address women with cancer history and how to help us get some hormonal balance? No doctor will chance prescribing HRT.

[@kathylewandoski1863]

My HRT Doc ran out of the room when I vented some of the trauma involved in loss of hormone

[@chava2369]

How do I find a doctor in Baltimore who can address my hormonal needs that is covered by Medicare?

[@venessapowell4556]

Can you tell me about chronic yeast infections after 55? My gyno has tried boric acid, Diflucan, estrogen cream, im taking probiotics, took an antibiotic + cream together. I use the transdermal patch for estrogen. I drink water all day, I don’t eat added sugar, I use olive oil as a vaginal lubricant. I’m at a loss 😢

[@mqmagic1]

Please clarify ❤🙏🏽 at 25:16 Dr. Haver states the data for weight loss is not great 🤯 Could you please speak to this? I’m love your books! Just getting started, and DEFINITELY need to lose weight. This really threw me off 🤔😟

[@fionakal5179]

Could either of you two lovely ladies comment on the use of Wild Yam cream.

[@nellyhanson04]

Two rockstars!!!!!

[@haniajawad400]

I want the book Fasting like a girl

[@cindycosterison3135]

I am 70 and being treated with a hormone blocker for breast cancer. Not living my best life and frustrated. Any advice?

[@krystalgrace6006]

I cannot take oral progesterone. Can anyone give me all the alternatives that are only local to the uterus?

[@maaikeswellness1225]

Yes, you can eat pumpkin seeds and flax seed! These help with production of progesterone

[@shaynaformity1384]

Bioidentical progesterone cream is available without a prescription, just google it and you'll find it.

[@sandyjohnson1558]

What about pain ? I'm 58 and have had so much back an hip pain an there's times when the pain takes turns and hurting in different places all over my body. I do have some arthritis.but the hips pain make it hard to walk an what to get up an do anything. The only thing that gives me relief right now is going to my doctor and getting steroid shots

[@sarahspaltro]

I’m 46 and I recently had a pulmonary embolism and my doctors could not figure out why, so they took me off of ocella. Since then my body has been acting out. I need to see someone like you guys. I’m in Southern California and I have ppo. Can you pls refer me to someone who speaks your language and believes in this mission?

[@gigilaroux762]

Haven’t watched it yet but MCH does not think Dutch test is valid.

[@therealgypsy31]

My mom died at 34 from a bad combination of multiple prescription medications. I have no example.

[@therealgypsy31]

Wait, that was my example...

[@elainec5333]

@@therealgypsy31any aunts or grandma on your mom’s side

[@maaikeswellness1225]

Goodness.. well your example is to rely on natural solutions food as medicine, lifestlye changes and take no meds❤

[@thenurseacademic]

I’m so sorry. I can’t imagine how hard that must be 💕

[@amyparent4196]

Does anybody know of a system like this that is particular to men? My husband is watching the weight melt off of me and seeing me get healthier and is wanting the same but he can’t fast without getting twitchy.

[@shaynaformity1384]

Twitching is often caused by low magnesium.

[@justYouJesus1God]

I started to take hormone replacement therapy but I don't know if I see much of a difference. I use the Dottie 0.05 and 100 mg of progesterone but I still can't sleep much at night that is what stresses me out. What am I doing wrong. I still have severe brain fog, I forget everything what do I need to do. Do I need to raise the estrogen level or the progesterone?

[@elainec5333]

What is your opinion of coffee enemas for detox?

[@chelseaK11]

Dr. Mindy recommends them in her book.

[@shaynaformity1384]

Dr. Mindy recommends one per week. Anyone who wants to do more than that should be under medical supervision, because more frequent ones can deplete minerals.

[@kellivelez8494]

Can a symptom t like a raise in cholesterol happen in your 70s as a result of menopause? If so, what can someone in their 70s do to lower their cholesterol?

[@nataliecook7254]

Omega 3s, good fats, coconut oil in oatmeal, grass fed butter. Cholesterol is made in the brain. Research this. Docs over prescribe statins. We need fats! No one tells us that!

[@silglo]

What’s for post-menopause? I am 67.

[@mastr27]

Hello! Can you recommend doctors who give microdosing? I am having trouble finding one in my area. Thank you!

[@mrodriguez5079]

Love dr.Mary Claire ❤thanks

[@sapphirerhymes]

How much meat in a day in menopause?

[@26evajdiaz]

I’m going through perimenopause now does this mental thing that happen during time get better dr’s?

[@mariapalos6101]

I started using HRT 3 weeks ago. I’m using estradiol patch 0.05 mg twice a week, progesterone 100 mg at night & compounded testosterone cream as needed. After not having a menstrual period for 1 year & just starting spotting. I’m 48 years old have gained 30 lbs 😢for no reason whatsoever. I’ve noticed my joint pain is gone thank goodness but I’m concerned about the bleeding. Is this normal with HRT or should I be concerned?

[@nicolemerz1731]

No, absolutely NOT. 50% of menopausal women who start HRT start spotting. Do not panic, it is normal! My doctor increased my progesterone for a few months but I don't know if this applies to everyone?

[@ironmaidenfitness654]

What do you think about cycling HRT so you can continue to bleed and detox via the bleed?

[@burmamccain4754]

Yes

[@gigilaroux762]

There needs to be testosterone. I’m just so frustrated that we have to only talk about libido in order to get a dr to give it to us. I feel like my brain is dying and all the research shows that it’s not enough.

[@revvend]

A couple weeks ago I pre-ordered dr mary's book on amazon uk, as it will only be released in the UK 25 July. Now that my previous comment was deleted out of sheer insecurity, I decided to cancel my book order and blocked this channel from youtube ever recommending it again. Not a very good business approach. Pls look into yourselves why you are so insecure!

[@paigeallen7479]

No discussion on new research for benefits and risks of starting HRT in later post menopause! Wtaf? Disappointed, Dr Mindy.

[@greendahlia4807]

I have been trying to figure this out for my aunt who is on her early 70s. It seems this is very nuanced, and the best thing we can do now is try to find a provider that can have that “conversation.” I am going to guide her to the Midi online menopause appointment. (Because hard to find an actual doctor who knows anything about menopause)

[@kerrissedai6857]

It looks like there is data for and against it. What is your goal with HRT : preventing Alzheimer’s, preventing broken bones, or relieve menopausal symptoms ( ie vaginal atrophy, hot flashes, etc).

[@erikacavalcante1811]

❤❤

[@crystalhillman9084]

I hate the way I look and feel. I'm only 54

[@annsmith2032]

I watched to listen to Dr. Mary who is an actual doctor not to Dr. Mindy and her junk science. I love how Dr. Mary shut her up on fasting. It doesn't work for menopausal women.

[@djones2857]

After watching one too many Mindy Pelz videos where she talks absolute nonscientific nonsense, can't listen to another. I love Dr. Haver though - she follows actual science.

[@alsci2489]

I can only day drink these days lol

[@Lise-ss8qw]

I'm vegan and my protein and calcium have increased over the years so not true about what you said with being vegan not getting enough Protein sorry. And I'm 48 now

[@majakalezic7895]

Dr.Mindy, I thouth that you are real scientist, but after this video with this apsolutly uneducated and horrible woman, what sholud I say, way don't you try to find out something about on-going projects and investigation on these topics in Eastern medicine, e.g. ... I am just dissappointed about what did you do, God!!! having conversation with this woman ... simple out of mind!!!! Wish you all the best!