Dr. Jessica Shepherd

you know improvements in health and sanitation and medical research you know what we haven't accounted for that gap in life expectancy with now estrogen still gone and that's why we still see women living longer yes that's great i'm all for that but we're living life in poor quality of health and we're seeing these health measures of what women typically they have more dementia they have more osteoporosis they have more heart disease number one killer of women

is because that estrogen was gone, but we're still living longer.

is because that estrogen was gone, but we're still living longer.

is because that estrogen was gone, but we're still living longer.

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51, 52.

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So it makes sense biologically that estrogen is kind of tanked. Yep. And the life expectancy of what the body is able to do because estrogen is not there. 50 or 60 years ago. Is going to be. Not a problem. Not a problem. Makes sense. But now we have improved with science, technology, nutrition, sanitation to our 70s and 80s, but we have not accommodated the body to function without estrogen.

So it makes sense biologically that estrogen is kind of tanked. Yep. And the life expectancy of what the body is able to do because estrogen is not there. 50 or 60 years ago. Is going to be. Not a problem. Not a problem. Makes sense. But now we have improved with science, technology, nutrition, sanitation to our 70s and 80s, but we have not accommodated the body to function without estrogen.

So it makes sense biologically that estrogen is kind of tanked. Yep. And the life expectancy of what the body is able to do because estrogen is not there. 50 or 60 years ago. Is going to be. Not a problem. Not a problem. Makes sense. But now we have improved with science, technology, nutrition, sanitation to our 70s and 80s, but we have not accommodated the body to function without estrogen.

But isn't that the analogy that of what we're told to do. Just keep going. I don't care if you feel crazy. I don't care if your bones are breaking. Just keep going. And so this allows us, again, to take that step back and have more grace with our bodies. But it's because we now understand the biology of our bodies.

But isn't that the analogy that of what we're told to do. Just keep going. I don't care if you feel crazy. I don't care if your bones are breaking. Just keep going. And so this allows us, again, to take that step back and have more grace with our bodies. But it's because we now understand the biology of our bodies.

But isn't that the analogy that of what we're told to do. Just keep going. I don't care if you feel crazy. I don't care if your bones are breaking. Just keep going. And so this allows us, again, to take that step back and have more grace with our bodies. But it's because we now understand the biology of our bodies.

But there are ways that you can help your body do better things. In other words, optimize the ability for the body to do it even in the absence of estrogen and progesterone.

But there are ways that you can help your body do better things. In other words, optimize the ability for the body to do it even in the absence of estrogen and progesterone.

But there are ways that you can help your body do better things. In other words, optimize the ability for the body to do it even in the absence of estrogen and progesterone.

What are the most important things? I would say nutrition and exercise because those are fundamental things you can do every day or even if it's four times a week. But those are things that are giving our metabolic health and our mitochondrial health the best ways that they can function even in the absence or the decline of some of these hormones. So that's going to be...

What are the most important things? I would say nutrition and exercise because those are fundamental things you can do every day or even if it's four times a week. But those are things that are giving our metabolic health and our mitochondrial health the best ways that they can function even in the absence or the decline of some of these hormones. So that's going to be...

What are the most important things? I would say nutrition and exercise because those are fundamental things you can do every day or even if it's four times a week. But those are things that are giving our metabolic health and our mitochondrial health the best ways that they can function even in the absence or the decline of some of these hormones. So that's going to be...

Paying attention to decreasing your processed foods, your sugar, because your body just doesn't respond to it as readily as it did in 20s and 30s, which I would not advocate for people just because they're 20 and 30 to eat these types of foods, but then also exercise and weight training to be able to build that muscle up so it can utilize the glucose better so that your body's just not sitting with the glucose.