How to Navigate Menopause & Perimenopause for Maximum Health & Vitality | Dr. Mary Claire Haver
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Welcome to the Huberman Lab Podcast, where we discuss science and science-based tools for everyday life. I'm Andrew Huberman, and I'm a professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine. My guest today is Dr. Mary Claire Haver. Dr. Mary Claire Haver is a board-certified OBGYN and an expert in perimenopause, menopause, and all aspects of female-specific health. During today's episode, Dr. Haver explains exactly what perimenopause and menopause represent in terms of their underlying psychology and biology and the specific actions that all women can and should take in order to navigate these stages in optimal health. She also describes the things that all women should know and do long before perimenopause arrives in order to best navigate perimenopause and menopause once they arrive.
We discuss specific nutritional practices, supplementation practices, as well as conversations that you should have with your mother and with your physician, in particular, your OBGYN, not just as perimenopause and menopause approach, but at every developmental stage. A fair amount of our discussion centers around hormone replacement therapy, not just for estrogen, but for testosterone in women as well, and the many misconceptions and controversies that exist around hormone replacement therapy for menopause. Dr. Haver explains how the specific timing in which hormone therapy is initiated plays a key role in whether or not the hormone therapy is beneficial for women or not. And of course, today's discussion gets into ways to offset some of the more common difficulties associated with menopause, including sleep issues, hot flashes, inflammation, and more.
By the end of today's episode, you'll have a clear picture from Dr. Marie Claire Haver about what perimenopause and menopause actually represent, the best way to approach perimenopause and menopause, and the various considerations around hormone therapy and lifestyle choices that can allow any woman to approach the years of perimenopause and menopause and beyond with the utmost vitality and wellness. Before we begin, I'd like to emphasize that this podcast is separate from my teaching and research roles at Stanford. It is, however, part of my desire and effort to bring zero cost to consumer information about science and science-related tools to the general public. In keeping with that theme, I'd like to thank the sponsors of today's podcast.
Our first sponsor is Aeropress. Aeropress is like a French press, but a French press that always brews the perfect cup of coffee, meaning no bitterness and excellent taste. Aeropress achieves this because it uses a very short contact time between the hot water and the coffee. And that short contact time also means that you can brew an excellent cup of coffee very quickly. The whole thing only takes about three minutes. I started using an Aeropress over 10 years ago. I first learned about it from a guy named Alan Adler, who's a former Stanford engineer and inventor. I'm a big fan of Adler's inventions. And when I heard he developed a coffee maker, the Aeropress, I tried it and I found that indeed it makes the best possible tasting cup of coffee.
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