Ask Dr. Barre

[Roxana]

Hi Dr. Barre! Thank for answering all our medical Q’s! RE: Menopause and pts who are going through a hard time with hot flashes, weight gain, and brain fog and no desire for synthetic therapies – could you describe how you would assess/treat this? My thoughts are Wild Yam cream (progesterone), Black Cohosh (hot flashes), MACA, CCF Tea (cumin/coriander/fennel), yet really curious on how you wuld address this and her central weight gain (not a carb eater). Thank you!

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[Penny]

Hi Roxana,

I have had really good success by using parasympathetic regulation and strengthening the adrenal glands. So, resting a lot during exercise, doing things like IF, yoga, tai chi. Meditation, adding in a DIM cream and rubbing it into the belly fat, since that fat is estrogen sensitive. Most people are magnesium deficient as well. Dr Lando makes a great green powder that helps with detox, losing that fat will release toxins into the body as fat stores toxins.

[Roxana]

Penny! Thanks for this response. So many different ‘gurus’ out there speaking and teaching about this phase of life, and so far I’m leaning towards Amandha Vollmer and looking to see if Dr Barre has some suggestions. Love this input. Thanks again.

[Penny]

I know right? At least it’s being discussed, finally.

• This reply was modified 9 months, 2 weeks ago by  Penny.

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