Dr. Mary Claire Haver

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So I started to realize that Your best health in menopause is a kind of synergistic toolkit. And my first focus was visceral fat. I knew that this is a new thing. It's very specific to the menopause transition. You know, we just see this dramatic increase.

So I started to realize that Your best health in menopause is a kind of synergistic toolkit. And my first focus was visceral fat. I knew that this is a new thing. It's very specific to the menopause transition. You know, we just see this dramatic increase.

So I started to realize that Your best health in menopause is a kind of synergistic toolkit. And my first focus was visceral fat. I knew that this is a new thing. It's very specific to the menopause transition. You know, we just see this dramatic increase.

And what studies have been done that have shown this is going to work for women or women who have these habits are going to naturally have less visceral fat. So that the biggest first foremost is nutrition and fiber. So, and I was like, fiber, I've never tracked, I counted calories, I don't know fiber.

And what studies have been done that have shown this is going to work for women or women who have these habits are going to naturally have less visceral fat. So that the biggest first foremost is nutrition and fiber. So, and I was like, fiber, I've never tracked, I counted calories, I don't know fiber.

And what studies have been done that have shown this is going to work for women or women who have these habits are going to naturally have less visceral fat. So that the biggest first foremost is nutrition and fiber. So, and I was like, fiber, I've never tracked, I counted calories, I don't know fiber.

Women who consistently get 25 grams or more of fiber in their diet per day have less visceral fat, which leads to less inflammation, which leads to lower blood sugar, which leads to, you know, fiber feeds the gut microbiome, moves the stool through quicker, decreases the rate of glucose absorption into the bloodstream. I mean, it works in so many different ways.

Women who consistently get 25 grams or more of fiber in their diet per day have less visceral fat, which leads to less inflammation, which leads to lower blood sugar, which leads to, you know, fiber feeds the gut microbiome, moves the stool through quicker, decreases the rate of glucose absorption into the bloodstream. I mean, it works in so many different ways.

Women who consistently get 25 grams or more of fiber in their diet per day have less visceral fat, which leads to less inflammation, which leads to lower blood sugar, which leads to, you know, fiber feeds the gut microbiome, moves the stool through quicker, decreases the rate of glucose absorption into the bloodstream. I mean, it works in so many different ways.

And I was like, huh, okay, let me start talking to my patients about this, talking about it on social media. Added sugars, I know through the keto movement, good and bad, that a lot of, there was a lot of demonization of sugars. Well, turns out when you look at the nitty gritty data, it's not sugars as much as added sugars, the sugars added in cooking and processing.

And I was like, huh, okay, let me start talking to my patients about this, talking about it on social media. Added sugars, I know through the keto movement, good and bad, that a lot of, there was a lot of demonization of sugars. Well, turns out when you look at the nitty gritty data, it's not sugars as much as added sugars, the sugars added in cooking and processing.

And I was like, huh, okay, let me start talking to my patients about this, talking about it on social media. Added sugars, I know through the keto movement, good and bad, that a lot of, there was a lot of demonization of sugars. Well, turns out when you look at the nitty gritty data, it's not sugars as much as added sugars, the sugars added in cooking and processing.