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I am excited to connect with Dr. Lara Briden today! She is one of my favorite naturopathic doctors and the author of the bestselling books Period Repair Manual and Hormone Repair Manual. She has 25 years of experience in women's health, and she currently has consulting rooms in Christchurch, New Zealand, where she treats women with PCOS, PMS, endometriosis, perimenopause, and many other hormone- and period-related health problems.\nDr. Briden is a wealth of information! She brings a fresh perspective and a positive voice to the health and wellness space, and I often recommend her book, Hormone Repair Manual, to my clients and patients.\xa0\nToday, she and I dive into her background as an evolutionary biologist and discuss how she became passionate about supporting women and advocating for them throughout their lifetime. We talk about perspectives on aging, what the second puberty (perimenopause) is, and the impact of histamine, mass-cell granulation, and estrogen. We discuss fat redistribution in middle age and the loss of insulin sensitivity. We speak about how using alcohol impacts brain health, sleep, the gut microbiome, appetite, cravings, and hinders estrogen metabolism. We also touch on ways to address dysfunctional uterine bleeding in middle age and explain how to advocate for your health, how middle-age impacts the nervous system, and the role of inflammatory foods, including dairy.\xa0\nI hope you enjoy our discussion as much as I did! Stay tuned for more!\n\nIN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:\n\nDr. Briden talks about her background as an evolutionary biologist and how she changed her career and became an advocate for women\u2019s health.\n\nMany women fear the process of aging. Dr. Briden and I talk about women\u2019s mindsets and their perspectives on aging.\xa0\n\nWhy is there so little awareness about perimenopause?\n\nDr. Briden defines menopause and discusses the timeframe in which some women experience perimenopause symptoms.\n\nHow can ongoing hormonal fluctuations during perimenopause, or second puberty, increase the likelihood of women having issues with a histamine response?\n\nDr. Briden talks about fat redistribution in middle age and explains why women need to stay on top of it from a metabolic perspective.\n\nHow can our modern-day lifestyle make the metabolic shift women experience in menopause even more challenging?\n\nDr. Briden talks about natural treatments and hormone therapies to lighten the flow of the extremely heavy periods that some women experience during perimenopause.\n\nDr. Briden discusses the connection between cow dairy and an inflammatory reaction in some people.\n\nWomen need to understand what happens in their bodies when they have either a partial or a full hysterectomy.\n\nDr. Briden talks about estrogen and brain health.\n\nHow does alcohol affect the body?\n\nWhat are the best options with the fewest side effects for hormone therapy for women?\n\n\nConnect with Cynthia Thurlow\n\nFollow on Twitter, Instagram & LinkedIn\n\n\nCheck out Cynthia\u2019s website\xa0\n\n\nConnect with Dr. Lara Briden\n\nOn her website\xa0\xa0\n\nOn Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter:\xa0https://twitter.com/LaraBriden\xa0\n\nDr. Briden\u2019s blog\xa0\n\nDr. Briden\u2019s podcast\n\n\n\nBooks mentioned:\nPeriod Repair Manual (for women in their 20s and 30s) by Dr. Lara Briden\nHormone Repair Manual (for women of 40-plus) by Dr. Lara briden\nFree download of the first two chapters of both Dr. Lara Briden\u2019s books\nThe XX Brain: The Groundbreaking Science Empowering Women to Maximize Cognitive Health and Prevent Alzheimer's Disease by Lisa Mosconi, PhD