The Menopause Gut: How to Beat Bloating and Belly Fat

[upbeat music] Hi, friends.

I'm so glad you're here.

I'm gonna take a wild guess about why you clicked on this episode.

I can almost guarantee it's one of these things, so let me know if any of them sound familiar.

You're dealing with belly fat that won't budge, or food sensitivities that came out of nowhere, or bloating after every meal that won't go away and hurts your stomach so badly.

Maybe it's all of the above.

I want you to know you're exactly in the right place.

My gut has been all over the place.

One day, I have it all figured out.

The next day, I eat something that I've eaten forever, and I blow up like a balloon.

And I know I'm not the only one, because so many of you write to me about the exact same thing.

So today, I wanna understand exactly what's happening in our gut right now, and you're gonna walk away from this episode with real tools, because I'm not letting a single one of you go into this next chapter feeling bloated or reaching for a big, frumpy shirt to cover up your belly.

Our guest today is Cynthia Thurlow.

She's a nurse practitioner specializing in menopause.

She's spent the last 25 years helping women understand what's going on with their hormones.

In her new book that I have right here, The Menopause Gut, just came out.

She is helping thousands and thousands of women take control of their health.

So many of you submitted questions for this one, and I have a lot of my own questions as well, like, "Why can't I eat oatmeal anymore without getting a stomachache?" Or, "Should I consider a GLP-1 right now?" Keep sending them, because that is how we build these episodes for you.

And for my friends who aren't in menopause yet, stay with us because this is the stuff I wish someone had handed me before I was in the thick of all of it.

It's coming for all of us, and the women who take control earlier, I feel like that can make things just a little bit easier.

Before we get into it, if you have a second, leaving a review matters so much to me and the people who work with me here.

You guys know about these badass women behind the scenes, building each and every episode for you.

We really appreciate hearing what you think.

So let's go ahead and get into it with Cynthia.