Thank you! I’m 57 post menopause and until recently I’ve never heard really anyone talk about some of these concepts, not altogether holistically anyway. I’ve started implementing more protein, less carbs, berberine, no sugar, no alcohol and strength training with heavy weights. I am definitely seeing results - never felt better and slowly stomach is getting smaller and flatter. Not overnight, but yes there is progress! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Me too...weight started to drop off with diet change. High protein low carbs. No cakes, chocolates, biscuits, nuts, and cravings under control. 😅 it's not easy post meno
Love this video. Thank you for all the calculation tips. Fortunately mine are all good. I gave up alcohol over 5 years ago and never felt better. My restaurant bills are soooo much lower. Love you 😘
I’ve been following your channel for some time. More great information for us. I started rebounding a few months ago and it’s so easy on the menopausal joints and really fun with Earth & Owl YT channel! She has such a variety of intensity so there’s something for everyone. Yay, Mel Robbins!
Just a clarification on transfats - they occur naturally in dairy and meat from ruminate animals (eg cattle, sheep), butter has about 4% transfat. Vegetable oils turn to transfat at high temperatures, ie over 200 celsius (approx 400F). That is above the temperature that you will ordinarily be cooking, frying, or even deep frying - i.e. using oils, including seed oils, in normal household cooking will not create transfats. Without heating vegetable oils, including seed oils, contain less than 1% transfat or undetectable amounts. So there's no evidence-based reason to avoid seed oils. This is something that influencers use to sell something (products or themselves).
As a previous personal trainer and nutrition coach, I agree with this. I will say I did have to address the over eating of fats to several of my clients. Some took “healthy fats” as eat as much as you want. I had one female client tell me she made a shake that consisted of 2 TBS Natural Peanut Butter, 1TBS Olive oil, 1/2 Avocado, protein powder, 1 banana, 1/2cup blueberries and skim milk. I had to state that getting 40+ grams of fat, along with 45+ grams of carbs and 30+ grams of protein in one setting is more than one’s body can assimilate and breakdown properly. Too much of any healthy thing can lead to fat gain.
Having a horrible time with this. I started eating at 430pm and don't eat again until 9am, but haven't seen that this helps any and I don't sleep well I also used to be a fitness professional
Thank you for your video and the information you shared. After the statement about liver enzymes should be in the low 20's or less, I got my recent CMP results out and noticed that my AST is 28 and my ALT is 31. In 2016 they were 17 and 15 respectively. What should I do to lower my liver enzymes or is there a resource you can direct me to regarding lowering these levels? Thanks so much.
I am possibly perimenopausal but not sure. I have all of a sudden in the past 6 months gained a lot of weight. Some I know why (I.e. poor food choices and lack of exercise) but some I’m like wow really. I am glad I have found your videos. I am going to try and do better with the sugar since that is my kryptonite bc I have GOT to get this weight down.
I know what you mean! Almost the moment I turned 46, I started packing pounds. I eat mostly clean and I exercise, but I started craving bad carbs suddenly. I have recently incorporated intermittent fasting again and mostly low carb, higher fat, protein and fiber. We'll see how it goes.
The fact that the brain is mostly made of fat has nothing to do with its preferred fuel. Our brain actually loves carbs. In fact, small children fed lower carb diets (no radical low carb), develop smaller brains and have lower IQ. Humans did not evolve eating fats on the daily, except that coming of the hunted animals, which fats composition was totally different than what these women are recommending. They may not be overweight but they certainly do not look like the picture of health to me
Hey, Dr Susan, love your videos. Just an fly: the link to schedule an appointment with you doesn’t seem to work…won’t go through because secure connection cannot be found. Tried Chrome and Safari
Im insulin resistance and I went from 237 to 175 but still have the fat around the waist and I'm 62 years old but have high blood pressure and on anxiety meds low dose hut that was the meds that caused the diheties in the first place
Hi Dr. Hardwick, Your videos are so informative for those of us struggling. I have tried to use the Estrogen patch 0.05mg and it keeps giving me sharp pain around my lower pelvis. Can I just take oral progesterone 200mg without using the patch or what would you suggest? Ty! ❤
@@sabrinasantiago4391don’t ever use pellets especially if you already know the patch causes side effects. A patch is easily removed whereas pellets cannot be removed. Why a doctor would even recommend this makes no sense
Thank you for the great video! I have heard Berberine is not good to use long term. My A1C was7.4 last blood work and I’m trying to get my numbers down with diet. I’ll have my three month check in May. I was going to try the Berberine but was kind of scared by what I heard. Any advise?
It takes at least 6 months to see changes with berberine. I agree I wouldn’t be worried about it long term as it’s a natural herb vs. synthetic alternatives and or insulin.
I love your videos! just one question what’s your opinion on bilateral oophorectomy and hysterectomy woman taking progesterone ? is there a need or longer to benefit ? any harm? i don’t sleep well at all so my dr suggested adding it fir sleep. I take oral estradiol. Thanks for your channel, women are suffering because most if dr are ignorant if this knowledge and refuse to learn
Generally progesterone is recommended for reduction in uterine cancer risk but many patients benefit from it even if they don't have a uterus for sleep, moods, hair, skin nails I would definitely take it if it were me!
Fasting insulin less than than 5 is excellent. Less than 10 is acceptable, but really the lower the better. Olive oil is very safe to cook with unless it's extremely high temperature. We wouldn't deep fry with it because it has a rather low smoke point anyway so generally olive oil isn't the one that we worry about becoming trans with cooking.
One issue with progesterone cream is that we don't know how much we are getting so we cannot say that it protects you against uterine cancer, which is a big benefit from oral progesterone also because it makes you sleepy. Generally, we want to take it at night but if it's working for you then go for it.
Well, it wouldn't be from estrogen because you've been making that your whole life, but it certainly can be from the glue in the patch or from the substrate that they mix it in
I don’t believe that just because your children are adults in college that there might not be an emergency and you don’t need your phone nearby. Just put it across the room away from the bed. As a mom an d daughter of elderly parents I would not even be able to sleep with my phone in another room or silenced. Just think how you would feel if your family member had an emergency at midnight while you were sleeping and you were unreachable and didn’t wake up till 8 o’clock, you would have missed that emergency by eight hours , not 20 minutes, and that could make a difference. It’s as if you dont understand the meaning of EMERGENCY. You acknowledge there are no studies proving benefits of certain supplements- then you go on to state they are not harmful. As there are no studies proving efficacy and safety, there are no studies proving there is no harm. For a doctor, you are sorely lacking in common sense.
Just to say people managed just fine before they were attached to cell phones 24-7- so to each her own -I wish you all the best! My personal wish for myself and my patients is that we can disconnect a little bit, get more rest and sleep better - but by all means stay as connected as you want to be! 🙏
Thank you! I’m 57 post menopause and until recently I’ve never heard really anyone talk about some of these concepts, not altogether holistically anyway. I’ve started implementing more protein, less carbs, berberine, no sugar, no alcohol and strength training with heavy weights. I am definitely seeing results - never felt better and slowly stomach is getting smaller and flatter. Not overnight, but yes there is progress! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Yay for you ! 🎉🎉
What brand of Berberine you are taking? Thank you!
Me too...weight started to drop off with diet change. High protein low carbs. No cakes, chocolates, biscuits, nuts, and cravings under control. 😅 it's not easy post meno
Your station came up on my feed and i listened to part 1. Very informative. New subscriber here and looking forward to hearing more.
Love this video. Thank you for all the calculation tips. Fortunately mine are all good. I gave up alcohol over 5 years ago and never felt better. My restaurant bills are soooo much lower. Love you 😘
I’ve been following your channel for some time. More great information for us. I started rebounding a few months ago and it’s so easy on the menopausal joints and really fun with Earth & Owl YT channel! She has such a variety of intensity so there’s something for everyone. Yay, Mel Robbins!
Fantastico!
I’ve learnt so much today . Thank you . God bless you both & your families .
Just a clarification on transfats - they occur naturally in dairy and meat from ruminate animals (eg cattle, sheep), butter has about 4% transfat. Vegetable oils turn to transfat at high temperatures, ie over 200 celsius (approx 400F). That is above the temperature that you will ordinarily be cooking, frying, or even deep frying - i.e. using oils, including seed oils, in normal household cooking will not create transfats. Without heating vegetable oils, including seed oils, contain less than 1% transfat or undetectable amounts. So there's no evidence-based reason to avoid seed oils. This is something that influencers use to sell something (products or themselves).
This was excellent! Saving for motivation! 💕
As a previous personal trainer and nutrition coach, I agree with this. I will say I did have to address the over eating of fats to several of my clients. Some took “healthy fats” as eat as much as you want. I had one female client tell me she made a shake that consisted of 2 TBS Natural Peanut Butter, 1TBS Olive oil, 1/2 Avocado, protein powder, 1 banana, 1/2cup blueberries and skim milk. I had to state that getting 40+ grams of fat, along with 45+ grams of carbs and 30+ grams of protein in one setting is more than one’s body can assimilate and breakdown properly. Too much of any healthy thing can lead to fat gain.
Good reminder. I switched to powdered peanut butter for that reason.
Having a horrible time with this. I started eating at 430pm and don't eat again until 9am, but haven't seen that this helps any and I don't sleep well I also used to be a fitness professional
You guys did an excellent job. I am going to buy a $10 alarm and charge my phone in another room
For years, I've thought about sugar , like you tell your patients. I don't want it in my body.
Thank you for your video and the information you shared. After the statement about liver enzymes should be in the low 20's or less, I got my recent CMP results out and noticed that my AST is 28 and my ALT is 31. In 2016 they were 17 and 15 respectively. What should I do to lower my liver enzymes or is there a resource you can direct me to regarding lowering these levels? Thanks so much.
I am possibly perimenopausal but not sure. I have all of a sudden in the past 6 months gained a lot of weight. Some I know why (I.e. poor food choices and lack of exercise) but some I’m like wow really. I am glad I have found your videos. I am going to try and do better with the sugar since that is my kryptonite bc I have GOT to get this weight down.
I know what you mean! Almost the moment I turned 46, I started packing pounds. I eat mostly clean and I exercise, but I started craving bad carbs suddenly. I have recently incorporated intermittent fasting again and mostly low carb, higher fat, protein and fiber. We'll see how it goes.
I love that you embrace fat!! It’s good for our body and our brains love it!
The fact that the brain is mostly made of fat has nothing to do with its preferred fuel. Our brain actually loves carbs. In fact, small children fed lower carb diets (no radical low carb), develop smaller brains and have lower IQ. Humans did not evolve eating fats on the daily, except that coming of the hunted animals, which fats composition was totally different than what these women are recommending. They may not be overweight but they certainly do not look like the picture of health to me
Hey, Dr Susan, love your videos. Just an fly: the link to schedule an appointment with you doesn’t seem to work…won’t go through because secure connection cannot be found. Tried Chrome and Safari
Im insulin resistance and I went from 237 to 175 but still have the fat around the waist and I'm 62 years old but have high blood pressure and on anxiety meds low dose hut that was the meds that caused the diheties in the first place
Hi Dr. Hardwick, Your videos are so informative for those of us struggling. I have tried to use the Estrogen patch 0.05mg and it keeps giving me sharp pain around my lower pelvis. Can I just take oral progesterone 200mg without using the patch or what would you suggest? Ty! ❤
Well, Estrogen has a lot of benefits that are not provided by progesterone so you may want to ask your provider to try divigel or even a pellet
@@drsusan Every time I try to wear the estrogen patch after about 3 days I get very bad pelvic pain
@@sabrinasantiago4391don’t ever use pellets especially if you already know the patch causes side effects. A patch is easily removed whereas pellets cannot be removed. Why a doctor would even recommend this makes no sense
Glad we speak the same language ...insulin resistance . On On
How does the "no more than 30 g carbohydrate at any meal" rule apply to athletes pre or post training? (low GI carbs pre training, high GI post)
Any proven supplements to keep glucose in check?
Great information!
Thank you for the great video! I have heard Berberine is not good to use long term. My A1C was7.4 last blood work and I’m trying to get my numbers down with diet. I’ll have my three month check in May. I was going to try the Berberine but was kind of scared by what I heard. Any advise?
I would not be scared of berberine. It's been studied many times and very safe.
It takes at least 6 months to see changes with berberine. I agree I wouldn’t be worried about it long term as it’s a natural herb vs. synthetic alternatives and or insulin.
What if you are insulin resistance and your dr puts you on monjauro to help with weight loss ?
Thank you both so much. A lot to take away and implement. 💕
You are so welcome!
I love your videos! just one question what’s your opinion on bilateral oophorectomy and hysterectomy woman taking progesterone ? is there a need or longer to benefit ? any harm? i don’t sleep well at all so my dr suggested adding it fir sleep. I take oral estradiol. Thanks for your channel, women are suffering because most if dr are ignorant if this knowledge and refuse to learn
Generally progesterone is recommended for reduction in uterine cancer risk but many patients benefit from it even if they don't have a uterus for sleep, moods, hair, skin nails I would definitely take it if it were me!
@@drsusan thank you very much for your prompt and informed reply! We need you in Canada! 🙏
What about red wine
The thought on cell phone alerts. " Good news can wait and bad news will hunt you down."
Love it ❤
what about cycling with a lumbar stationary bike 30 minute work out
I’m 40 lbs overweight and post menopausal. Please help
Follow the advice that we told you here and you will be in good shape or you're welcome to call our office and we can see you remotely!
What is the goal insulin level? Also, does using olive oil to sautee make it unhealthy?
Fasting insulin less than than 5 is excellent. Less than 10 is acceptable, but really the lower the better.
Olive oil is very safe to cook with unless it's extremely high temperature. We wouldn't deep fry with it because it has a rather low smoke point anyway so generally olive oil isn't the one that we worry about becoming trans with cooking.
@@drsusan cannot thank you enough for answering my questions!
How much fat should you also eat with that 30/30/30?
Dies anyone have a favorite organic fiber supplement?
I’m 58 and weigh 189 I’m 5’6 post menopause. Any tips my A1C is 5.7
I would follow all the tips in this video and the video that we published about this earlier and that will be a fantastic start
Zero idea what state YOU are in, but we have long very cold winters still. Wow.
Ha ha ! We are in Houston. No long cold winters !
I found the progesterone cream lasts longer and is cheaper than the pills.
One issue with progesterone cream is that we don't know how much we are getting so we cannot say that it protects you against uterine cancer, which is a big benefit from oral progesterone also because it makes you sleepy. Generally, we want to take it at night but if it's working for you then go for it.
Did I use the wrong shade today? 🐥
have you ever heard of getting a bad case of hives from estrogen
Well, it wouldn't be from estrogen because you've been making that your whole life, but it certainly can be from the glue in the patch or from the substrate that they mix it in
audio is too low
If you are on a carnivore diet you will have elevated triglycerides and it’s ok.
I don’t believe that just because your children are adults in college that there might not be an emergency and you don’t need your phone nearby. Just put it across the room away from the bed. As a mom an d daughter of elderly parents I would not even be able to sleep with my phone in another room or silenced. Just think how you would feel if your family member had an emergency at midnight while you were sleeping and you were unreachable and didn’t wake up till 8 o’clock, you would have missed that emergency by eight hours , not 20 minutes, and that could make a difference. It’s as if you dont understand the meaning of EMERGENCY. You acknowledge there are no studies proving benefits of certain supplements- then you go on to state they are not harmful. As there are no studies proving efficacy and safety, there are no studies proving there is no harm. For a doctor, you are sorely lacking in common sense.
Just to say people managed just fine before they were attached to cell phones 24-7- so to each her own -I wish you all the best! My personal wish for myself and my patients is that we can disconnect a little bit, get more rest and sleep better - but by all means stay as connected as you want to be! 🙏
You have a setting on your phone that allows calls to come through from numbers you choose even when your phone is silenced.
@@JJ-pc3fhexactly! I use it all the time. Wh “Emergency bypass”
Wow you don’t have to be so rude.
Your face is so pale.. scary.. compared to your neck.. thankyou for the tips.. ❤
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