Heart health, menopause, and the gut
Gennev: Let's talk about menopause
English - February 16, 2021 10:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHealth & Fitness Society & Culture health hormonal lubricant menopause pregnancy vaginal women Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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February is Heart Health month, and here are a few things you need to know but might not:
Heart disease is the #1 killer of women in the United States, far outpacing breast cancer. Estrogen is protective of the heart - it relaxes arteries and promotes the "good" kind of cholesterol. Ten years post-menopause, a woman's risk of heart disease is equal to a man's. Women are more likely to die due to heart attack because our assumptions about what heart attacks "look like" are based largely on men's symptoms - not women's. So women often don't seek treatment or are misdiagnosed.That's enough of the bad news. Here's some good news instead.
Nutrition, exercise, and attention to gut health can go a long way toward reducing your risk of heart disease (and this is true of everyone at every age).
In this conversation with bariatric surgeon and gut-health expert Dr. Erika La Vella, Gennev Director of Health Coaching Stasi Kasianchuk asks the questions YOU need the answers to: how to maximize gut health to have a healthier heart.
You can find Dr. La Vella at lavellayourguts.com. You can make an appointment with Coach Stasi or any of our Dietitian Nutritionist coaches at Gennev.com/plans.
Resources for additional information:
Estrogen-gut microbiome axis Gut microbiota