The Molecule Your Doctor Never Mentioned That Controls Your Libido, Energy, and Heart Health with Cathy Eason
About this episode
This episode discusses the impact of nitric oxide on women's health during menopause and its connection to libido, energy, and heart health.
You've been told menopause is a hormonal transition. It's also a vascular one, and almost nobody is talking about it. In this episode, Karen sits back down with Cathy Eason, Chief Science Officer at Berkeley Life, for round two on a molecule most women have never heard of but should know by heart: nitric oxide. It is tiny, it is a gas, and it touches nearly every system in your body. When estrogen drops in perimenopause and menopause, nitric oxide production drops right along with it, and that decline may be quietly connected to your fatigue, your brain fog, your blood pressure, your blood sugar, and yes, your libido. Karen and Cathy get specific about the vascular side of midlife that rarely makes it into the conversation. That includes what nitric oxide has to do with responsive desire versus spontaneous desire, why heart disease risk climbs even in women who feel healthy, and what your labs might be trying to tell you before anything feels obviously wrong. Cathy also shares a personal story involving her spouse's vascular event that reframes how seriously women need to take this. This one connects a lot of dots. If you've ever felt like your energy, your desire, and your…
People in this episode
Host: Karen Martel
Guest: Cathy Eason
Topics covered
- menopause
- nitric oxide
- vascular health
- libido
- energy
- heart health
Keywords
- menopause
- nitric oxide
- libido
- energy
- heart health
- vascular health
- estrogen
- brain fog
- blood pressure
- blood sugar
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Berkeley Life
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