The Wellness Mama Podcast
The Wellness Mama Podcast is a weekly series covering the topics of holistic health, real food, stress, sleep, fitness, toxins, natural living, DIY, parenting, motherhood, and other health tips to give you actionable solutions to improve your family’s life! Brought to you by Katie Wells of WellnessMama.com
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Menopause and CVD: How to Reduce Risk with Jessica Brown
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Katie Wells/Jessica Brown
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Episode 958
Episode Highlights With Jessica
- Why does cardiovascular disease risk rise in menopause to match the rate of men?
- What happens to hormones and the heart when a woman goes through menopause?
- 45% of women have some marker of cardiovascular disease
- How the loss of estrogen in menopause is the tipping point
- 1 in 3 women will die of cardiovascular disease which is more than all cancers combined
- What to monitor and look out for starting in our 20s
- 50% of people in the US have high blood pressure and this is a marker of metabolic disease
- How insulin comes into play and why this marker is so important
- What metabolic markers to start tracking to know your risk
- How visceral fat comes into play and why this is important
- What causes visceral fat to accumulate in the body
- Her take on microdosing GLP-1 medication and if you lose lean muscle
Resources Mentioned
- The Loving Diet - website
- Jessica's Instagram
