LLN Episode #227: Dr. Prudence Hall - Radiant Aging: Embracing Vitality, Mindfulness, and Menopause

About Dr. Prudence Hall: Dr. Prudence Hall started as a traditional gynecological surgeon and transitioned her career to focus on regenerative and integrated medicine. As the founder of The Hall Center in Santa Monica, California, she saw a critical need to address the problems confronting women and men experiencing the stubborn and often debilitating symptoms associated with aging. Her practice is focused exclusively on regenerative medicine, looking into the root causes of conditions and diseases rather than simply treating symptoms. She strives to help clients achieve optimal health and actively prevent disease without the use of pharmaceutical drugs when appropriate. As a health consultant, she strives to help clients achieve optimal wellbeing and actively prevent inevitable decline using proven natural, regenerative methods. She is also the author of Radiant Again & Forever. What We Discuss In This Episode: In this episode we talk a little today about aging - especially when it comes to women in perimenopause, menopause, or even postmenopause. All of a sudden, it becomes a big topic for us – even something that can keep us awake at night when we think about all of the changes we're seeing Dr. Prudence talks about how integrated the body is and how something as simple as the gut can affect all our emotions and our moods and our future diseases and it just became so exciting to be able to put this together in a different way with the traditional knowledge that I have. She shares her belief that treating perimenopause and really being aware of what's going on in our body is so important. She comments that when she started this type of work, the perimenopausal age was really more like 50, 51, 52. Now women are saying, "But you know, my doctor won't even check my hormones because they say I'm far too young for this." We see women at an earlier age starting their menopausal journey. Because of this, be your own advocate with your doctor - inform your doctor what you think is going on. Dr. Prudence shares that symptoms are absolutely crucial. And especially with some of the other hormones that start to decline. So, in menopause, it's not just the ovarian hormones that decline. It's very, very stressful to the body to lose your estrogen, progesterone and your testosterone. When you're in menopause, what happens is low estrogen causes high inflammation, high stress, high LDL, generally bad cholesterol, and so stress inflammation, and high sugar. Dr. Prudence shares that when she raises those estradiol levels in the rest of the hormones, including the thyroid, then the body becomes youthful again and whole. We also discuss what happens to women when they've had a hysterectomy - or even a partial – we should make sure that we know our hormones before and then after. Dr. Prudence discusses how it's not just about taking hormones in the perimenopausal phase, but she shares that at age 73, she is I'm still on full hormones and feels like she's about 45. She believes she would be much more tired and experience much more brain fog without them. Key Takeaways Perimenopause can start as early as the late 30s and is a crucial time to get hormone levels checked. Symptoms matter more than age. Menopause causes increased inflammation, stress, LDL cholesterol, and sugar, which lead to diseases. Hormone therapy can help prevent this. Hormone levels should be optimized to youthful ranges throughout life to prevent diseases and maintain vitality. Thyroid health is critical for energy, weight, skin, hair, and brain function. Free Resource from Dr. Prudence Hall: Free book on Website: https://drprudencehall.com Connect With Dr. Prudence Hall: Website: https://drprudencehall.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/prudencehallmd/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drprudencehall.com Connect with Lynne: If you're looking for a community of like-minded women on a journey - just like you are - to improved health and wellness, overall balance, and increased confidence, check out Lynne's private community in The Energized Healthy Women's Club. It's a supportive and collaborative community where the women in this group share tips and solutions for a healthy and holistic lifestyle. (Discussions include things like weight management, eliminating belly bloat, balancing hormones, wrangling sugar gremlins, overcoming fatigue, recipes, strategies, perimenopause & menopause, and much more ... so women can feel energized, healthy, and lighter, with a new sense of purpose. 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