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Maryann Jacobsen is a registered dietitian with a master’s degree in nutrition. She has extensive experience with developmental stages, researching health topics, and writing. She’s also a forward-thinker who realizes that when it comes to aging, midlife doesn’t get nearly the attention it needs – and for the past five years, she’s been working to change that.

Maryann has a common-sense, independent thinking approach; she dives deep into research to uncover innovative and original insights. I feel like she’s my soul sister when it comes to these things, and the way the narrative is being crafted around perimenopause and menopause, in particular.

Her goal is for every woman to have the basic knowledge she needs to make informed health decisions. We cover a lot of ground here: including the role of hormones, the significance of micronutrients like iron and choline, nitric oxide's impact on health, and the necessity of a holistic approach to manage symptoms. The episode also sheds light on how lifestyle changes can enhance the effectiveness of hormone therapy and addresses commonly overlooked issues such as sleep-disordered breathing and its impact on health during midlife.

Topics covered:

• Why it’s not as simple as “eat right and exercise” in midlife
• The risks of drinking while taking hormone therapy (that no one is talking about)
• All the things that are more interesting than hormone therapy
• Resistance breathing for reducing inflammation and other benefits
• The overlooked (and vital role) of nitric oxide
• All the ways to increase your nitric oxide
• Hormone therapy, sure, but have you heard about beets?
• Pycnogenol
• Nasal breathing, headaches and sleep apnea
• The mixed results of hormone therapy
• Sunlight
• The nuances of post-menopause estrogen production
• Why we both are reticent about going estrogen
• Why beets aren’t much help for vaginas

Where to find Maryann and Midlife Strong:

Substack: Midlife Strong

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In this solo episode, Hotflash inc podcast host and founder Ann Marie McQueen writes down all the questions she has about hormone therapy (and what we hear about hormone therapy).

This is a long time coming: she's been researching perimenopause, menopause and women's midlife health for 5+ years now.

Settle in. And if you have any questions of your own, use that handy text message feature and send them our way.

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Dr Amy Divaraniya is the CEO and Founder of Oova, a leading women’s health platform known for its physician-backed fertility and perimenopause at-home hormone monitoring. Oova empowers people to take control of their hormone health from their first period and to their last and beyond. Prior to founding Oova, Dr. Divaraniya spent 10 years as a data scientist, leading and publishing research in personal genomics and biomarker discovery.

We talk about the pressing issues and misconceptions surrounding perimenopause and fertility, shedding light on the importance of hormone monitoring and personalized health care. Together, they highlight the generational shift in women demanding better understanding and treatment for perimenopause while emphasizing the critical aspects of hormone balance, the interplay of fertility and perimenopause, and the future of personalized medical treatments in women's health.

Topics covered:

02:04 Fertility and hormone monitoring

04:47 Understanding hormonal cycles

08:21 The role of ovulation

10:20 Perimenopause data insights

15:45 Testing for perimenopause

19:45 Understanding progesterone and estrogen balance

20:16 Navigating perimenopause and IVF

21:15 Future of perimenopause and menopause treatments

22:08 Clinical research and data in women's health

23:22 Personalized medicine for perimenopause

25:55 Fertility concerns and technological advances

27:51 Hormone tracking and testing

32:40 Survey insights on perimenopause

38:15 Final thoughts and podcast disclaimer

Check out Oova's The State of Perimenopause Report.

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