Women are not prepared for menopause (and they're doctors aren't helping) and Esther Blum is here to change that! Despite the fact that menopause happens to every woman, many find they are not prepared for it. Esther says that they often don't have the tools, testing, or any sense of how to advocate for themselves and their body. If your doctor has written off your symptoms as “normal” without any solutions, you'll definitely want to listen to this episode! She shares why there is a lack of treatment for women's health, common vs normal symptoms of peri-menopause & menopause, how to know if Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT) is for you, and her top nutrition tips for hormonal balance.
Esther Blum is the bestselling author of Cavewomen Don’t Get Fat; Eat, Drink and Be Gorgeous; Secrets of Gorgeous, and The Eat, Drink, and Be Gorgeous Project. She was voted Best Nutritionist by Manhattan Magazine. She has appeared on Dr. Oz, TODAY, A Healthy You with Carol Alt, The ISAAC Show, ABC-TV, FOX- 5’s Good Day NY, Fox News Live, and more. She is also an in-demand authority frequently quoted in E!Online, In Touch, Time Magazine, The New York Post, The Los Angeles Times, In Style, Bazaar, Self, Fitness, Marie Claire, and Cosmo. Esther received a Bachelor of Science in Clinical Nutrition from Simmons College in Boston and is a graduate of New York University, where she received her Master of Science in Clinical Nutrition. Esther is credentialed as a registered dietitian, a certified dietitian-nutritionist, and a Certified Nutrition Specialist (CNS), the certification from the Board for Certification of Nutrition Specialists (BCNS). She is also a member of the American Dietetic Association, Dietitians in Functional Medicine, Nutritionists in Complementary Care, and the Connecticut Dietetic Association. Esther currently runs a virtual practice where she helps women balance hormones, lose stubborn body fat, and treat the root cause of health struggles. And she lives in CT with her family where she can be found cooking up a storm, going for long hikes, and blasting 80’s music by the fire pit.
SHOW NOTES:
0:53 Welcome to the show!
3:59 Esther Blum’s Bio
5:26 Welcome Esther!
6:36 Why is there a lack of treatment for women’s health?
7:59 Peri-menopausal & Menopausal symptoms
11:02 Common vs “normal” symptoms
12:47 The optimal time to start treatment
16:16 *Nootopia Collagenius
19:30 When to start bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT)
23:27 “You can’t out-hormone your lifestyle choices”
28:30 The hormone-sleep connection
31:32 Is BHRT safe for cancer patients?
34:15 *SilverBiotics
37:25 How do you find a practitioner?
42:14 How long should we take hormones?
46:04 Birth control as a “band-aid” & the side effects
48:53 Nutrition & fasting for hormones
50:55 Optimizing protein intake
52:06 Protein/Carbohydrate ratio
53:26 Timing carbohydrate intake
54:49 Stress, cortisol & chronic cardio
58:12 Our personal preferences for exercise
59:58 The use of food & nutritional supplements
1:03:52 Her final piece of advice
1:05:26 Thanks for tuning in!
RESOURCES:
Website: estherblum.com
FB: Living Gorgeous
IG: Gorgeous Esther
EstherBlum.com/Menopause – Happy Hormone Cocktail & Live event in 2023
Nootopia.com/biohackerbabesgenius – Discount code: biohackerbabes10
Book: Estrogen Matters
SilverBiotics – Discount code: BIOHACKERBABES
Institute for Functional Medicine
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