The No.1 Menopause Doctor: They’re Lying To You About Menopause! Mary Claire Haver

In 2023, 85% of women are complaining of menopausal symptoms, 10.5% are receiving treatment or therapy. I mean, it would be as if your testicles shriveled up and died at 51. That's the equivalent.

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Dr. Marie Claire Haver. Renowned menopause expert.

With more than two million followers. Helping countless women through their menopause experiences.

Menopause is inevitable, suffering is not. But a woman is more likely to be prescribed an antidepressant for her menopause than hormone therapy. Women by the thousands were like, "Oh my God, I had no idea." That's when I realized, no one's talking about this. So here's their laundry list of symptoms, we've categorized about 70. So there's brain fog, changes in her sexual function, weight gain. But here's the scary things, and the studies have been done. We see either a new onset or worsening of depression, anxiety, bipolar, ADHD, risks for cardiovascular disease and diabetes increases, recurrent urinary tract infections, which is a major cause of death for women. They're suffering in silence and I was one of those women. I want to see my grandkids one day. I want to watch these women I've raised grow up and, you know, be the women they're meant to be. And that choice might get taken away from me if I'm not careful. But there's lots of things that we can do. For example, we see a dramatic loss of muscle mass. Focus on strength training, this is going to determine your longevity as you age. Strength over skinny. What about your diet? I developed a program for my patients, and it's not rocket science, it's...

Whether you're a man or a woman, menopause is going to affect you, because it's going to affect 50% of our society. And there is 1.2 billion women being affected by menopause right now. And whether you're a man or a woman, most of us don't have the answers. How do we help? How do we talk about it? What is it? How does it affect the human body? If you're in a relationship with a woman that's in perimenopause, which can start at 30, up to a woman that is currently going through menopause in her 40s or 50s or 60s, what should you do to support her? What can she do to support herself? This subject of menopause has exploded in public conversation, thankfully. But there's still so many unanswered questions. And that's why today, I invited one of the leading voices on menopause globally onto my show. Even as a man that won't go through menopause myself, but has a partner and a mum that certainly will, there's something that everyone can learn from this. And I implore all men who maybe clicked on this episode or were sent this link to listen. Please just listen, because you can learn something too. And for everybody new to this channel, can you do me a favor? If you like what we do here, you like the guests we have on, and you like the show that we bring to you, can you hit the subscribe button? It is the single thing and the only thing I'll ever ask of you. I would love you to join us on this journey. And if you do, I will repay you and that is a promise. Do we have a deal? Thank you. Dr. Marie Claire Haver, why do you do what you do?