The Hotflash inc podcast

Hotflash inc

Hotflash inc is an evidence, expert and human-experience driven podcast looking for the true truth in perimenopause, menopause and beyond.
In more than 100 episodes menopause and midlife journalist and host Ann Marie McQueen has spoken to a wide range of experts from around the globe, including practitioners, activists, researchers, doctors and industry leaders about this perplexing transition we still know too little about. She’s talked about her own frustrations and personal experiences. And she has connected with a perimenoposse of powerful women in the midst of a perplexing transition.

Hotflash inc is among the top 1.5 percent of podcasts in the world according to Listen Notes. It was named the number one podcast in women’s health in August 2023 by GOODPODS.

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22. SOLO: HUGE NEWS

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04/08/22 • 25 min

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This week Ann Marie talks all about the biggest news to hit menopause since... since... there hasn't been news this big, ever; how a simple memory test ruined my day, and an HRT story you don't hear every day.

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79. Dr Angela DeRosa wants you to think about testosterone

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06/23/23 • 48 min

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Dr Angela DeRosa is a doctor of osteopathy, integrative physician and hormone specialist in Arizona. She has a unique take on the current peri/menopause landscape as a doctor of osteopathy who also worked as senior medical director for Procter & Gamble, helping them launch osteoporosis treatments and try – and fail – to get a testosterone patch for women approved for use in 2004.
During her years with the pharmaceutical division, she saw firsthand how women’s ability to get proper medical care and treatment is thwarted due to politics, gender bias and poorly trained physicians. Her mission is to teach women about what’s happening to them physically, how they can obtain proper treatment, and how to change the paradigm of medicine so women everywhere can live healthier and happier lives.
Dr DeRosa discusses her view and experience of testosterone, which she says few doctors understand. This includes her endorsement of and cautions about the controversial use of pellets, as well as the important role of the thyroid, the vital interplay with blood sugar and the road to insulin resistance, and much more.

Highlights:

What it’s like working for Big Pharma
Her view on Intrinsa, the Proctor & Gamble testosterone patch the FDA did not approve almost 20 years ago
We are more than estrogen – and why testosterone is pivotal
The vital interplay between falling testosterone and insulin resistance
The crucial thyroid piece – and why thyroid health must come first
Why so many people don’t understand how to properly administer testosterone
Why pellets are like colour TV (and what people get wrong about them
How to avoid unsafe doses
What is "fulminant fear", why it's rare and how to avoid it
Her take on “menopause is natural”
Her take on fezolinetant, aka Veozah, the non-hormonal drug for hot flashes
Why you want your hormone therapy to be “biomemetic” aka bioidentical
What you think you know about compounding pharmacies is wrong (including that they are always “expensive”)
Why we need to look at the “whole universe” of what’s available

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69. Joyce Harper believes in HRT and worries about it at the same damn time

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04/06/23 • 45 min

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Day raver, cold swimmer, rabble-rouser, educator, author, podcaster, academic and publisher of scientific papers: Joyce Harper is a professor of reproductive science at the Institute for Women's Health, University College London.

She’s also author of the 2021 book Your Fertile Years and hosts the podcast Why didn’t anyone tell me this?

Harper is uncompromised and unflappable. She is all about the evidence. She’s not opposed to HRT but isn’t a breathless enthusiast either. It has to be about the evidence, she argues, otherwise it’s just stories and anecdotes that don’t add up to anything.

NB: We are both members of a balanced-approach group called MenoClarity, and we recorded this podcast before Joyce was quoted in a controversial Daily Mail article alleging excessive and unsafe HRT prescribing practices at a chain of private clinics in the UK.

When I followed up with her about it, she said: "We need to give women accurate information about the menopause and treatments. In the UK we've created huge negativity – some suggesting menopause is a disorder. It's not fair to women and I really worry for the next generations who are now nearing menopause. Menopause can be difficult for some. But for most it's a transition and life post menopause can be the most exciting and liberating stage of our lives."
(As always, I’m not a medical professional and this podcast is not medical advice. Expert opinion varies widely. Please listen to the disclaimer at the end podcast as well.)

Highlights:

• Almost 30 years after she completed her PhD, women still don’t understand their bodies
• Why we need to teach people what’s “normal” so they know when to seek help
• How she approaches research – and how we need to as well
• Her top myths in women’s health and menopause
• When you should go on HRT and why dosing matters
• How overall health sets you up for perimenopause
• Issues with the push for testosterone
• Why anecdotes are not research
• Her research-based conclusions the claims that can prevent dementia
• Why being post-menopause is so great
• Her homework assignment for every perimenopausal woman

Where to find Joyce:

Web: Joyceharper.com; Globalwomenconnected.com
Twitter: @profjoyceharper
Instagram @profjoyceharper

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73. SOLO: I had a good mother

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05/13/23 • 31 min

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A solo episode where I talk about my mom.
She died right after she turned 53.
I am about to turn 53.
This has been a thing.
This is a thing for people.
Also: the gifts my mom gave me by dying young, the message I want to give you about living courageously, with fear, honoring the ones we love that we lose, energy, breaking generational barriers and some funny stories, possibly involving cakes intentionally made to resemble poop.

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60. Gerianne DiPiano: "We've been conditioned to accept hormones from cradle to grave"

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01/27/23 • 49 min

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Gerianne DiPiano is chairman and CEO of FemmePharma, which produces among other things a range of solutions for women going through menopause. That includes personal lubricants and moisturizers, and hot flash and sleep remedies. Geri has had a three-decade career in women's health, working at the top levels of the pharmaceutical industry as well as founding her own companies. She has amazing stories to tell about the business of menopause, about the science behind hormone therapy and various products. We talk about everything from clinical trials to letting your hair go gray.

Highlights:

• Hormones sure, but women need options for individual symptoms
• The problem with a lot of vaginal moisturizers and hormone therapies
• How we are conditioned to take hormones and what might be the problem with that
• There are risks to hormone therapy – don’t let anyone tell you there’s not
• Why you need to fact check influencers, doctors on social media + your own doctor (PubMed is a great place to start)
• What we’ve finally figured out about women – and how to use that power
• We’ve finally reached a North American menopause revolution – and what needs to follow
• A peek inside her experience as one of the only women inside Big pharma at the C-suite level
• How the traditionally male-dominated Big Pharma continues to impact women’s health care today
• The anecdote you have to hear about the possibility of a testosterone patch from Geri’s former career
• The one big thing pharmaceutical companies need to do in developing products for women safely
• Her peri/menopause experience + philosophy
• Becoming a certified silver sister
Where to find FemmePharma and Mia Vita:
Web: FemmePharma.com
Instagram: @FemmePharma

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88. Andrea Donsky knows her menopause supplements

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08/19/23 • 54 min

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The Hotflash inc podcast is the #1 podcast in Women’s Health on Goodpods and in the top 1.5 percent on Listen Notes. Thank you for making that happen!

Andrea Donsky is a Canadian nutritionist who turned her own terrible and epic perimenopause into a movement – and a company. Now a Menopause Educator and Researcher with 300,000+ TikTok followers, she is on a mission to change the conversation around perimenopause and menopause.

An entrepreneur with more than 23 years of experience in the health and wellness industry, Andrea hosts the weekly ‘Menopause Reimagined’ podcast, and appears as a menopause expert on television across North America. To date, Andrea has appeared in over 400 TV segments and has been featured on every major network across the U.S and Canada.

Her newest venture, Morphus, (which signifies ‘metamorphosis’ + ‘us’ as a community), empowers women over the age of 35 to “Reimagine Menopause” as a journey of empowerment so they feel heard, supported, and validated. Morphus empowers women to take control of their symptoms and health with nutrition, resources, and science-backed supplements.

Andrea and her business partner Randy are also my partners in the Menopause Shift Summit, which is returning next year!

Highlights:

What launched her into becoming a menopause researcher and entrepreneur (hint: A horrid, epic perimenopause)
Why she focused on symptomology
Starting to understand supplements through ingredients
The big problem she had with one of the most common menopause ingredients
Why you need to know about guar fiber
Pycnogenol: What it is, why she loves it and how much you really need
The one thing you need to know before you take a supplement (hint: It’s super-simple but most of us miss it
Toco-what?
The two things you need to address early in perimenopause
Her one golden rule about supplements
The scoop on black seed oil – and why it’s magic for menopausers
What to watch out for when it comes to supplement additives (and why they could be the reason what you tried isn’t working)
Why too many ingredients is a big supplement red flag
The benefit of new supplements vs older varieties
Why perimenopause is like updating your cell phone’s software
The goodies of menopause (stay tuned: there are MANY and they are AMAZING)
The magnesium-stress loop

Learn more at wearemorphus.com

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86. SOLO episode: 'I belong in this room'

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08/04/23 • 30 min

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BIG NEWS: Hotflash inc is the #1 Women's Health Podcast on Goodpods, and in the top 1.5 percent of podcasts according to Listen Notes.

Thanks so much for making that happen!

In today's episode, I talk about traveling to New York for my first big event on behalf of Hotflash inc.

And how I finally realized that I belong in the room.

The broad themes are connection, confidence and purpose.

But the main point, as it always seems to be, is loving and accepting yourself. And how to get there, even if it seems like it takes a lifetime.

I talk about the long, hard road to building the confidence to feel worthy of being there, and to keep confident while there, about the essential-ness of connecting with other people, and of the beauty in finding and having a sense of purpose – all essentials, and all things that it can feel like midlife and peri/menopause threatens.

But if you let them, they can be just the opposite.

I talk about the feeling of ALMOST entering menopause, meeting heroes, becoming your own hero, and what it feels like to start to see yourself, accept yourself, and BECOME yourself, after all this time.

Also discussed in this episode:

Not wearing heels when everyone else is + the beauty of proper hair and makeup

How I got involved with Perry, the sisterhood for perimenopause

Perry panel members: State of Menopause’s Stacy London, Menopocalypse author and Nyah Health cofounder Amanda Thebe, Behavioural Sleep Doc Dr. Shelby Harris, The Menopause mogul Dr. Joy’El Ballard, Endocrinologist Dr. Disha Narang, journalist and midlife influencer Tamsen Fadel, ob-gyn and menopause expert Dr Sharon Malone and most inspirational-in-midlife maven Rachel Hughes

Yvonne, Hotflash inc perimenoposse member extraordinaire

Coffee in Bryant Park with pro-aging advocate Skylar Liberty Rose (apologies, I say ROSS)

Menopause Multiverse Cocktail Hour in Harlem: Hosted by Omisade Burney-Scott (Black Girl's Guide to Menopause) and featuring many amazing women including Karen Arthur (Menopause Whilst Black); Jessica Jolie (Age Lust) and and the fearless, wonderfully profane and inspiring Mona Eltahawy, who has such astonishing courage that I switched my own nickname for summoning courage from LADY BALLS MONAS

The hero’s journey of menopause and midlife

Showing up for yourself

Thank you so much to Perry and Omi and sparks & honey and everyone else who helped me be a part of this.

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34. SOLO: How to ruin your sleep in perimenopause

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07/16/22 • 14 min

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A short example of why sleep hygiene is important, yet it's the first thing to go when things start to get tough.

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10. Dr Neal Barnard is a soy man

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01/14/22 • 41 min

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This episode and all of season 1 is sponsored by Become clothing.
Themes: soy, menopause, HRT, insulin resistance, fat, diet, hot flashes
Summary: Dr Neal Barnard is an adjunct professor of medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.He has led an array of important research into the effects of diet on diabetes, body weight, and chronic pain, including work on dietary interventions for Type 2 diabetes. He’s written 100 scientific publications as well as 20 books, including his most recent, Your Body in Balance. He also led a study that was published last year in Menopause, the Journal of the North American Medical Society, which found that eating a soy-rich, all-vegetable diet dramatically cut down on hot flashes and several other menopause symptoms. He is currently replicating that study, which is a big part of the process of scientific inquiry. Dr Barnard explains why diet plays such a major role in the peri/menopause transition, how to make the right changes to go vegan, the problem with fat, as well as provides insight into HRT, genetics, Alzheimer’s and dementia and more.
Highlights:
•Why we can manipulate hormones by how we eat (3.45)
•How menopause is different in Japan (4.45)
•The research-driven truth about soy (6.10)
•The inside scoop on his “soybean salad” study (9.20)
•Reaction to the findings (12.15)
•Assessing HRT risks and how to mitigate them (17.30)
•There’s a reason we have menopause (20.45)
•Dr Barnard’s recipe for plant-based eating (24.24)
•Why menopause doesn’t really cause weight gain (26.44)
•Fat and insulin resistance (27.55)
•Why does everyone push good fats? (31.45)
•HRT, diet, genetics, Alzheimer’s + dementia (33.00)
•What about vegan-ish? (35.00)
•Help for other symptoms (37.00)
Where to find Dr Barnard:
Website: PCRM.org
Instagram: @physicianscommittee
Twitter: @PCRM
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13. Andrea Donsky wants you to follow the research

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02/04/22 • 56 min

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This episode and all of season 1 is sponsored by Become clothing.
Themes: seed oils, nutrition, hot flashes, supplements, perimenopause, menopause, processed foods, nutrition, insulin resistance
Summary: Andrea Donsky is a registered holistic nutritionist, entrepreneur and television personality based in Toronto; co-founder of naturallysavvy.com and new company called Morphus, which is all about menopause supplements. We talk about how to approach menopause via diet, lifestyle and supplements, what her menopause experience was like, and how much better life can be when you do some work on yourself through this transition.
Highlights:
•her own menopause experience (4.45)
•how she dealt with horrid hot flashes without HRT (8.45)
•why you need to be careful with menopause supplements (11.10)
•why you need a trusted wellness team - even if it's online (15.30)
•how exactly to switch up nutrition to lesson symptoms (17.45)
•the problem with seed oils (22.00)
•what foods can help and hinder during perimenopause (27.20)
•insulin resistance + menopausal weight gain (28.30)
•see a doctor even if it’s a known perimenopause symptom (31.25)
•the weirdest perimenopause symptoms (33.00)
•signs you are deficient in this important mineral (33.45)
•why this is so much more than a physical transition (47.45)
Where to find Andrea:TikTok: @Andrea Donsky
Instagram: @wearemorphus @naturallysavvy
Web: Naturallysavvy.com
Podcast: Morphus for Menopause; Naturally Savvy
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