The Gut Doctor: How to Boost Energy and Lose Belly Fat
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Dr. Amy Schatz, good to see you. Thank you for having me. I am so glad you're here. I know we've been talking about getting together.
So I think the book brought us together now, right? I feel like this is an excuse for us to have a conversation. Yes. But and everyone can listen.
You provide, which is what I love, nuggets that are informative. And then I can take away and put them into action right away. like pull something out of my supplement cabinet that's been sitting there for three years I've not used or add something to my routine. Dr. Amy Shaw, what do you see most women complain about when they start hitting perimenopause and menopause?
So many things. I think most women just feel like they've never been told that there's this thing called perimenopause. And you know, more than anyone, that doctors don't get trained in it. No specialty, even OBGYN. And so everybody doesn't really... address it, and a lot of times they're dismissed. So I think the biggest question is, what is it? And the second biggest question is, what do I do? What do I eat? How do I live to kind of be my best self in this state? I think a lot of, you know, society tells us that we're kind of going downhill. I mean, that's all the jokes, right? Like you're over the hill and but you're the perfect example. And so am I of like, you can pivot late in your life, you can have you can find gifts that you never knew you had.
What are the biological changes during perimenopause and menopause?
So my whole point with the book was to provide you with the medical side of how you can go ahead and find your gifts.
So your book, Hormone Havoc, can you tell us what it's about and why you decided to write it?
I did a nutrition undergrad degree before I went to med school. And so when I started to get into perimenopause, I started to think like, okay, what is a nutrition? Because I never really learned about what you're supposed to do during perimenopause about nutrition. So I started to look into it and found that there is no information. In fact, even the menopause society, there's a whole section on supplements and there's a whole section on medication, but there's really no diet section. And so I thought to myself, okay, well, if I was going to do this for my patients, myself and my readers, what is it that would be the fundamental truth during this time? And that's how I really came up with the concept of 3033 and all of the things that I talk about in the book.
And once I started to do it, share it, and people started to give me feedback, I knew that I had to get it out to the world.
I can't wait. I want to go over 3033 too, because I think that's a tool a lot of women are going to listen to and implement as soon as we're done talking. Is there one big mistake you see women make when it comes to eating in perimenopause?
Under eating, I think we all are noticing, like 80 plus percentage of women notice that there's a weight change or a redistribution of fat. And I think it's very tempting to go back to our old 20s ways and go into this major diet phase where you're just not eating enough nutrients, you're starving yourself and your cortisol is through the roof. And so I think when you eat the right foods and you're actually can eat more and feel satisfied, not feel like you're deprived all the time, I think that was like the biggest change.
What scientifically happens to your body when you under eat, when you say, okay, I'm just gonna have, 1,000 calories today because I'm feeling so bloated. What actually happens to your body?
When you under eat, you have a rise in cortisol, a lot of people. Now, everybody's different. For example, for the first few days when you under eat, you'll probably lose a few pounds, right? But if you try to do that chronically, that's when you see your body trying to adapt because your body is not going to let you starve yourself to death. Otherwise, you could just diet yourself to like death, right? Mm-hmm. So your body has all these counter mechanisms to try to get you to eat. So any woman who's dieted in her life knows that that will be increased cravings, that will be fatigue, that will be like, you won't expend as much energy because your body's just like, okay, we gotta save what we have, right?
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Chapters
6 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:24
2
What are the biological changes during perimenopause and menopause?
1:24–11:03
3
What dietary changes should women make during midlife?
11:03–12:26
4
How can women improve energy and mood without extreme diets?
12:26–21:09
5
How do hormones impact digestion and food sensitivities?
21:09–21:55
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How does gut health affect hormone balance and immune function?
21:55–48:30
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