About this episode

Phil Cowley joins Tamsen Fadal to discuss effective supplements for managing menopause symptoms and the misconceptions surrounding hormone treatments.

Managing menopause and perimenopause symptoms is hard enough without a supplement market flooded with products promising to fix hair loss, trouble sleeping, hot flashes, mood fluctuations, skin changes, and so much more. It can feel impossible to know what actually helps and what is just a waste of money. Today's guest on The Tamsen Show, Phil Cowley, has spent 22+ years behind a pharmacy counter watching people walk in confused, overwhelmed, and chronically under-informed. He has seen firsthand which treatments work, which are a waste of money, and what the medical system has been getting wrong about hormones since 2002. Now he is joining Tamsen Fadal to tell the truth that women deserved to hear decades ago. In this episode, Tamsen and Phil cover: - The three supplements worth actually spending money on in midlife and why they will not break the bank - Why anxiety is a depletion of something, not an excess, and what that means for how you treat it - What the 2002 Women's Health Initiative got wrong and why women who came off hormone therapy die younger than those who stayed on it - The real reason your body odor changes in menopause, what is happening at a bacterial level, and…

People in this episode

Host: Tamsen Fadal

Guest: Phil Cowley

Topics covered

• menopause
• supplements
• hormones
• health
• wellness

Keywords

• menopause
• supplements
• hormone therapy
• health
• anxiety
• hair loss
• muscle mass

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Women's Health Initiative

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