Extend Podcast with Darshan Shah, MD
85. Cynthia Thurlow: What Your Doctor Isn't Telling You About Menopause and Metabolic Health
12 Aug 2025
What if the symptoms you've been told to "just deal with" during perimenopause could actually be addressed? In this episode of Extend, I sit down with Cynthia Thurlow, a nurse practitioner who left traditional cardiology to focus on women's health and metabolic medicine. We explore why the medical system has failed women during menopause, the critical biomarkers your doctor probably isn't checking, and how the misinterpretation of one major study has left generations of women suffering unnecessarily. We also discuss why LDL cholesterol might not be the villain it's made out to be and how hormone replacement therapy could be one of the most important interventions for long-term health. Cynthia Thurlow is a nurse practitioner and intermittent fasting expert. She's the author of "Intermittent Fasting Transformation" and hosts the "Everyday Wellness" podcast. She specializes in helping women navigate perimenopause and menopause through lifestyle medicine and bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. We Also Discuss: The Women's Health Initiative Disaster: How One Study Damaged Generations of Women Why Your "Normal" Fasting Glucose of 95 Means You're Already in Trouble ApoB and Lp(a): The Heart Disease Markers Your Doctor Isn't Checking Dutch Testing vs. Blood Work: Which Hormone Tests Actually Matter The $100 Calcium Score That Should Be Routine After 40 Why 60-Year-Olds CAN Start Hormone Replacement Therapy GLP-1 Medications: Beyond Weight Loss to Metabolic Healing The Intermittent Fasting Mistakes That Wreck Women's Hormones Pellet Therapy vs. Patches: The Hormone Delivery Debate Why Statins Are the Most Over-Prescribed Drugs in History Dysautonomia and HRV: The Nervous System Signals You're Missing The Gut-Menopause Connection No One Talks About Thank You for Our Sponsors: Pendulum: Use code DARSHAN or use the link https://pendulumlife.com/discount/DARSHAN to get 20% off IM8: Try IM8 today with a 30-day money back guarantee. You can get 20% off your first order with code DRSHAH at https://im8health.com/discount/DRSHAH. Learn more about Dr. Shah: Website: https://www.drshah.com/ Clinic: https://www.next-health.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darshanshahmd/ Learn more about Cynthia Thurlow: Website: https://www.cynthiathurlow.com/ Podcast: https://www.cynthiathurlow.com/podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cynthia_thurlow_/
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