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b'This episode is brought to you by Air Doctor and AquaTru.\\nBattling belly fat, navigating sleep disruptions, managing stress, and grappling with hormonal fluctuations become paramount concerns for women stepping into their late 30s and 40s. In the complex terrain of perimenopause and menopause, many brave through these challenges without a roadmap to clarity or actionable steps.\\xa0\\xa0\\nToday on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru sits down with board-certified physician Dr. Taz Bhatia to discuss hormonal shifts women face as they head into their 40s. Dr. Taz shares the five patterns women face that lead to changes in body composition, the challenges that come with hormonal imbalances, and the damaging lifestyle habits that can exacerbate these challenges. She also discusses the key reasons women may feel constantly hungry and how fasting can be damaging for a woman already under chronic stress. Dr. Taz gives us her hot takes on the social media trends that ignore the fundamentals and her thoughts on alcohol and GLP-1 pharmaceuticals.\\xa0\\nDr. Tasneem Bhatia, commonly known as Dr. Taz, is a board-certified physician specializing in integrative and emergency medicine, pediatrics, and prevention, with expertise in women\\u2019s health, weight loss, and nutrition. She is the author of Super Woman Rx, What Doctors Eat, The 21-Day Belly Fix, and the host of RadioMD\\u2019s The Dr. Taz Show. Her newest book is The Hormone Shift: Balance Your Body and Thrive Through Midlife and Menopause.\\xa0\\nIn this episode, Dhru and Dr. Taz dive into (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):\\n\\nFive patterns and challenges with body composition after 40 (1:51 / 1:51)\\n\\nFour solutions to address the chemistry associated with hormonal changes (7:44 / 6:13)\\n\\nThe role of toxins and their impact on our hormonal patterns (14:56 / 13:07)\\xa0\\n\\nThe five fundamental shifts that women experience (26:45 / 25:11)\\n\\nThe most damaging lifestyle habits for women in their 40\\u2019s (33:58 / 30:35)\\xa0\\n\\nFour reasons why women may feel constantly hungry (46:26 / 43:20)\\n\\nDr. Taz\\u2019s personal journey into practicing integrative medicine and healing herself (51:46 / 48:45)\\n\\nSocial media themes that are missing the mark and skipping past the fundamentals (1:00:24 / 57:30)\\n\\nGLP-1 drugs and their impact on gut health (1:04:30 / 1:01:26)\\xa0\\n\\nBody composition versus weight tracking (1:09:45 / 1:06:40)\\n\\nThe importance of women building and keeping muscle in their 40\\u2019s (1:12:45 / 1:10:0)\\n\\nExpressions of hormones for teenagers and what we can do to set them up for life (1:18:15 / 1:15:30)\\n\\nDr. Taz\\u2019s view and concerns about alcohol (1:29:07 / 1:26:40)\\n\\nThe 30-day hormone reset (1:31:16 / 1:28:20)\\n\\nTwo habits to incorporate and two habits to let go of (1:34:05 / 1:31:00)\\n\\n\\nAlso mentioned in this episode:\\nDr. Taz\\u2019s new book, The Hormone Shift\\xa0\\n\\n\\nAirDoctor is offering my community $300 off. Just go to dhrupurohit.com/filter/ to clean up your home\\u2019s air and feel better today.\\xa0\\xa0\\nAquaTru is a countertop reverse osmosis purifier with a four-stage filtration system that removes 15x more contaminants than the bestselling water filters out there. Go to dhrupurohit.com/filter/ and get $100 off when you try AquaTru for yourself.\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'