141: The Hormone They Told You to Fear Is the One That Could Change Your Life with Karen Martel

About this episode

Dr. Jenn Simmons and hormone specialist Karen Martel discuss the misunderstood role of estrogen in women's health and its impact on metabolic chaos during perimenopause and menopause.

In this episode of Keeping Abreast, Dr. Jenn Simmons sits down with hormone specialist Karen Martel to talk about what's really driving the metabolic chaos of perimenopause and menopause and why the solution most women need is the one they've been told to fear. They also tackle one of the most misunderstood topics in women's health: the relationship between estrogen, metabolic health, and breast cancer. What happens when a nutrition expert who helps women lose weight suddenly can't lose weigh...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Jenn Simmons

Guest: Karen Martel

Topics covered

• hormones
• perimenopause
• menopause
• metabolic health
• women's health
• estrogen
• breast cancer

Keywords

• hormones
• perimenopause
• menopause
• estrogen
• metabolic health
• breast cancer
• weight loss

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: women's health, breast cancer, metabolic health

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