The Menopause Weight-Loss Plan Doctors Aren’t Explaining

Weight gain in midlife women is [music] physiological and predictable. We know this now. The burn rate goes down and you can't out calorie count count yourself out of it. It's going to happen. It's predictable. We can work on it. Resistance training. >> I mean that's that's a number one longevity hack and sleep.

>> Yeah. >> And fiber. You don't have to white knuckle through it. If if if you start gaining weight and you you rapid rapidly the weight comes on and all you're doing is thinking about food and you're craving food, we have medic medication that can help. Now, [music] and the other thing I want to say to the women

is that if if your doctor dismisses you, go get another doctor. There's a million doctors in this country. You don't have to go to a doctor that makes you feel like crap. >> Yeah. [music]

The views and opinions expressed on UNP unpaused are those of the talent and guests alone and are provided forformational and entertainment purposes only. No part of this podcast or any related materials are intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Today's guest is someone I found the way I find many of the best medical

communicators. I was scrolling on social media and came across a video where she was explaining why calories in calories out does not work for many midlife women. Not in the vague wellnessy way, in a physiological mechanistic this is what's actually happening in your body way. And I thought this is someone who gets it. I was watching her dismantle a

medical myth in plain precise clinical language and I thought she has got to be a guest on unpaused. Dr. Dr. Michelle Gordon is board certified in three disciplines: general surgery, obesity medicine, and lifestyle medicine. She spent 15 years building and running a multi-million dollar surgical practice, and she was good at it. Then she walked