Dr. Layne Norton

And I think the disconnect between energy, calories, people go, well, calories aren't even real.

You can't see them.

It is referring to the potential energy contained in the chemical bonds of food that is captured throughout the course of metabolism.

And so what I always say is like, if you ingest carbons, your body does something with them and we can track that.

And if you are gaining weight, your body is not creating carbons out of nothing.

It has to get them from somewhere.

So all that to say, to come back to the menopause piece of it, it is the lifestyle changes that really make the difference.

Trying to double down on sleep, trying to double down on stress management, and also exercise.

It may not feel good, but it is going to drastically help you.

And I've gotten in trouble for some of these, for some of these sayings, because again, people will hear that and say, you know, Lane's gaslighting menopausal women.

He's saying that it's their fault.

No, I think that these changes can happen without you realizing it.

And again, your subconscious decrease in physical activity, that's a big lever that can happen without you even realizing it or having any control over it.

And again, again,

People – it's why I'm almost so pedantic about terms because it makes a difference.

As Jack Reacher says, details matter.

And when you – so people will say, I'm going to take the stairs today, get my knee up.

That's not neat.

That's exercise because you're making a conscious decision to do it.

And so this reduction in energy from neat –