163: Metabolism, Midlife Weight Gain & Fatigue with Dr. Aleksandra Gajer, MD

About this episode

Dr. Aleksandra Gajer discusses the impact of insulin resistance on midlife symptoms such as fatigue and weight gain.

Send us Fan Mail After a decade in emergency medicine, Dr. Gajer shifted her focus to proactive, root-cause care centered on metabolic health, habit change, and improving healthspan. We talk about what’s missing in modern medicine, why being told “it’s just genetic” is rarely the full story, and how insulin resistance quietly drives many midlife symptoms. We dive into fatigue, weight gain, poor sleep, and loss of vitality, especially during perimenopause, and how insulin resistance, muscle lo...

People in this episode

Host: Jess

Guest: Dr. Aleksandra Gajer

Topics covered

• metabolism
• midlife weight gain
• fatigue
• insulin resistance
• perimenopause
• healthspan

Keywords

• metabolic health
• habit change
• insulin resistance
• midlife symptoms
• perimenopause

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