Extend Podcast

A Revolutionary Podcast Unlocking The Secrets To A Longer, Healthier Life - Featuring Darshan Shah, MD

Cynthia Thurlow: What Your Doctor Isn't Telling You About Menopause and Metabolic Health

What if the symptoms you've been told to "just deal with" during perimenopause could actually be addressed? In this episode of Extend, I sit down with Cynthia Thurlow, a nurse practitioner who left traditional cardiology to focus on women's health and metabolic medicine.

We explore why the medical system has failed women during menopause, the critical biomarkers your doctor probably isn't checking, and how the misinterpretation of one major study has left generations of women suffering unnecessarily. We also discuss why LDL cholesterol might not be the villain it's made out to be and how hormone replacement therapy could be one of the most important interventions for long-term health.

Cynthia Thurlow is a nurse practitioner and intermittent fasting expert. She's the author of "Intermittent Fasting Transformation" and hosts the "Everyday Wellness" podcast. She specializes in helping women navigate perimenopause and menopause through lifestyle medicine and bioidentical hormone replacement therapy.

We Also Discuss:

  • The Women's Health Initiative Disaster: How One Study Damaged Generations of Women
  • Why Your "Normal" Fasting Glucose of 95 Means You're Already in Trouble
  • ApoB and Lp(a): The Heart Disease Markers Your Doctor Isn't Checking
  • Dutch Testing vs. Blood Work: Which Hormone Tests Actually Matter
  • The $100 Calcium Score That Should Be Routine After 40
  • Why 60-Year-Olds CAN Start Hormone Replacement Therapy
  • GLP-1 Medications: Beyond Weight Loss to Metabolic Healing
  • The Intermittent Fasting Mistakes That Wreck Women's Hormones
  • Pellet Therapy vs. Patches: The Hormone Delivery Debate
  • Why Statins Are the Most Over-Prescribed Drugs in History
  • Dysautonomia and HRV: The Nervous System Signals You're Missing
  • The Gut-Menopause Connection No One Talks About

Learn more about Cynthia Thurlow:
Website: https://www.cynthiathurlow.com/
Podcast: https://www.cynthiathurlow.com/podcast
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cynthia_thurlow_/