Dr. Mary Claire Haver
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for fuel in menopause because glucose metabolism is impaired.
So meaning it will turn around and grab whatever it can for energy.
The brain will protect itself.
And white matter is kind of the insulation.
So that's fatty material that lines our neurons.
And that got twisted into the brain eats itself somehow, which went viral, of course, on social media.
Can you kind of explain what that is?
It's remodeling.
Right.
Most mammals don't have a protracted menopause like humans.
Exactly.
There are a few, but we're really the...
Yeah, so women live at least another 20%.
So there's not a great menopause model other than taking out ovaries.
We don't have a perimenopause model.
You know, you don't.
We can intervene earlier, see who's at risk and provide hope.
Let's talk about the statistics that a lot of women aren't familiar with.
And I'm not fear mongering here.
I think it's important that