Angela Foster Performance Podcasts - Episode 183
EP 183 – Optimise Your Hormones & Menopause Transition with Dr Kyle Gillett
Angela welcomes Dr Kyle Gillett to discuss the ways you can effectively optimise your hormones and positively impact the menopause transition
Dr Gillett explains how hormones are affected as women approach menopause and the major role lifestyle pillars such as sleep, levels of stress, exercise and diet play in achieving optimal health.
He discusses why food is medicine and how the most powerful intervention for almost all females is the right balanced diet and nutrition to support hormone health
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Optimise Your Hormones & Menopause Transition with Dr Kyle Gillett
Angela welcomes Dr Kyle Gillett to discuss the ways you can effectively optimise your hormones and positively impact the menopause transition
Dr Gillett explains how hormones are affected as women approach menopause and the major role lifestyle pillars such as sleep, levels of stress, exercise and diet play in achieving optimal health.
He discusses why food is medicine and how the most powerful intervention for almost all females is the right balanced diet and nutrition to support hormone health
Key Takeaways
- There is no better fat burner than lean metabolically active muscle tissue
- The way you enter menopause is key, those who are metabolically fit are likely to have a better experience
- If you go through andropause and menopause at the same time you more likely to have more severe symptoms
- The better you are able to optimise your androgens and oestrogens without the ovary the better your transition to menopause
- Food is medicine and the most powerful intervention for almost all females is the right balanced diet and nutrition
- For optimal health, it’s not just what’s going into your body and its efficiency, it’s all aspects that contribute to the complete health picture
- Your lifestyle plays a major role, sleep, levels of stress and exercise along with hormone health are all major contributing factors
- Almost everyone can get into zone two with a brisk power walk and should aim to do this for at least 2 hours per week
- Your brain and other lean body mass are closely related
- Individuals who remain at the same weight over time are at less risk from dementia
- Good healthy body mass helps retain healthy brain mass
Best Moments
‘With less lean body mass you burn fewer calories’
‘Females should optimise their hormones and do it earlier rather than later’
‘Lifestyle interventions are more powerful than anything else’
‘ The better functioning your adrenal gland the better oestrogen production after menopause’
Resources For This Episode
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- Get a free health check and personalised report
- Watch my Free Masterclass on how to master your metabolism
- Download my free Guide to Harmonising Your Hormones
- Download my free Fasting Guide
- Download my free Guide to Sleep Like a Boss
- Join my free Facebook Community
- Get my bestselling book Rethink Health
About the Guest
Dr Kyle Gillett
MD: University of Kansas School of Medicine. Dual board Certified Obesity Medicine and Family Medicine. Undergraduate dual major in Critical Thinking and Biology at William Jewell.
Dr. Gillett enjoys providing holistic individualised care to his patients. His practice includes preventative medicine, aesthetics, sports medicine, hormone optimization, obstetrics and infertility, integrative medicine, and precision medicine including genomics. He believes that each human is a unique creation that requires attention to their body, mind, and soul to achieve optimal health. He enjoys caring for others using shared decision-making and an evidence-based, patient-centered approach. He is active in Obesity Medicine organizations and firmly believe “food is medicine” and “exercise is medicine”. Dr. Gillett describes the “6 pillars of health”: exercise, diet, sleep, stress, sunlight, and spirit. These are more powerful than any medication or supplement. He enjoys spending time outdoors on the farm with his wife, two sons, and two wolfhounds.
About the Host
Angela Foster
Angela is a Nutritionist, Health and Performance Coach. She is also the Founder and CEO of My DNA Edge, an Exclusive Private Membership Site giving individuals the tools and bio hacks needed to optimise their genetic expression for optimal health and performance.
After recovering from a serious illness in 2014, Angela left the world of Corporate Law with a single mission in mind:
To inspire and educate others to live an energetic, healthful and limitless life.
Angela believes that we can truly have it all and has spent the last 5 years researching the habits and routines of high performers, uncovering age-old secrets, time-honoured holistic practices and modern science to create a blueprint for Optimal Human Performance.
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