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’

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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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