weight gain

This week's Addicted to Fitness focuses on the signs and symptoms of burnout. Nick and Shannon provide a definition of this common ailment, physical & mental symptoms associated with this condition, and the importance of calling upon your social support system when dealing with chronic stress. They also share the strength, flexibility/mobility, and mental health challenges for week 3 of the Pre-Holiday ATF Fitness Challenge. Follow the podcast profile on Instagram @TheATFPodcast. Give it a listen and let us know what you think by leaving a rating & review in Apple Podcasts.

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I first spoke to today’s guest on Episode 342 - and that episode has become one of the most downloaded episodes of the year - it has transformed the lives of many women - and men and I think this conversation will do the same.

Dr Mindy Pelz is a nutrition expert, a pioneer on the subject of women’s health & hormones, and the author of Fast Like A Girl and The Menopause Reset: Get Rid of Your Symptoms and Feel Like Your Younger Self Again.

Mindy’s aim is to empower women by explaining the biological changes that take place each month and throughout a woman’s life. She believes that, armed with that knowledge, they can improve their health, happiness and relationships. But this conversation is just as relevant for men.

We discuss whether weight gain is inevitable as we age. Is it our fate – and particularly a woman’s fate – to gain weight once she hits 40? It can be, she tells me, but only if women don’t know how to harness their hormones to prevent it. She explains how declining oestrogen levels can make women insulin resistant which may be one the reasons why the diet and lifestyle that worked for them in their 20s and 30s, no longer does once they hit 40.

At the same time, declining levels of progesterone, the calming hormone, can result in lower-quality sleep, more perceived stress and increased levels of the stress hormone cortisol - which, in and of itself, will contribute to an increase in belly fat. It makes so much sense when Mindy explains it, but unfortunately, this information is still not widely known.

We cover so many different topics, including:

• How to adjust when and what you eat during different phases of your cycle.
• The importance of gut health when thinking about hormonal health.
• Why women often handle stress in a different way to men.
• The impact that hormonal changes can have on brain function.
• The practical steps we can take to improve our sleep.
• The importance of lifestyle changes irrespective of whether a woman chooses to have HRT or not.
• The best times in a woman’s cycle to resolve conflict and deal with relationship issues.

This episode is jam-packed with insightful information and practical take-homes. I hope you enjoy listening.

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Psychological explanations for obesity, including restraint theory, disinhibition and the boundary model.

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Episode Description:

Rick Johnson, Professor of Nephrology at the University of Colorado and a previous guest on The Drive, returns for a follow-up about unique features of fructose metabolism, and how this system that aided the survival of human ancestors has become potentially hazardous based on our culture’s dietary norms. In this episode, Rick explains how the body can generate fructose from glucose and how circulating glucose and salt levels can activate this conversion. He discusses the decline in metabolic flexibility associated with aging, as well as how factors such as sugar intake or menopause-associated hormone changes can alter responses to sugar across a lifetime. In addition, Rick lays out strategies for combating the development of metabolic illness using dietary changes and pharmaceutical therapies, and he discusses the impact of fructose metabolism and uric acid on kidney function and blood pressure. He concludes with a discussion of vasopressin, a hormone that facilitates fructose’s effects on weight gain and insulin resistance.

We discuss:

• Unique features of fructose metabolism and why it matters [2:45];
• A primer on fructose metabolism and uric acid [10:30];
• Endogenous fructose production, the polyol pathway, and the effect of non-fructose sugars [22:00];
• Findings from animal studies of glucose and fructose consumption [29:00];
• What calorie-controlled studies say about the claim that a “calorie is a calorie” [42:15];
• Implications for aging and disease [51:15];
• Impact of endogenous fructose production on obesity and metabolic syndrome [1:01:30];
• Why vulnerability to the negative effects of sugar increases with age and menopause [1:04:30];
• Dietary strategies to reduce the negative impact of fructose [1:16:30];
• The role of hypertension in chronic disease and tips for lowering blood pressure [1:30:45];
• The impact of fructose and uric acid on kidney function and blood pressure [1:39:45];
• The potential role of sodium in hypertension, obesity, and metabolic syndrome [1:49:00];
• The role of vasopressin in metabolic disease [1:54:00];
• More.

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