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Angela Foster’s podcast/interviews and highlights on biohacking, hormone balance, and health optimization for longevity.

Why Cutting Calories Makes Belly Fat Worse in Perimenopause
VideoJun 6, 2026

Why Cutting Calories Makes Belly Fat Worse in Perimenopause

The video explains why cutting calories can exacerbate belly fat in perimenopausal women, linking muscle loss to insulin resistance and visceral fat accumulation. As women age from their mid‑30s, sarcopenia reduces glucose uptake, raising insulin levels that preferentially store fat around...

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Is Visceral Fat Dangerous? What Every Woman Over 40 Needs to Know
VideoMay 12, 2026

Is Visceral Fat Dangerous? What Every Woman Over 40 Needs to Know

The video explains why women in their 40s and beyond often see a sudden increase in belly fat. As estrogen levels fall, the hormone’s signal to store calories in the hips and thighs weakens, prompting the body to deposit excess...

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The Perimenopause Compound 80% of Western Women Can't Make (Belly Fat, Brain Fog) | Siobhan Mitchell
VideoMay 11, 2026

The Perimenopause Compound 80% of Western Women Can't Make (Belly Fat, Brain Fog) | Siobhan Mitchell

The podcast explores how perimenopause‑related estrogen decline rewires women’s metabolism, causing belly‑fat accumulation, brain fog, and reduced energy. Listeners learn that estrogen is a master hormone that directs lipid storage to hips and thighs; as levels fall, fat relocates to...

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How to Know If You Need HRT: Symptoms, Labs & What to Track in Perimenopause
VideoMay 9, 2026

How to Know If You Need HRT: Symptoms, Labs & What to Track in Perimenopause

The video explains how women can determine whether they are good candidates for menopause hormone therapy (HRT) by combining proactive symptom tracking, regular laboratory testing, and personalized dosing. It introduces the Parsley Symptom Index, a two‑minute, bi‑weekly online questionnaire that scores...

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What Perimenopausal Women Should Be Fixing First for Bloating, Brain Fog and Food Sensitivities
VideoMay 8, 2026

What Perimenopausal Women Should Be Fixing First for Bloating, Brain Fog and Food Sensitivities

The discussion centers on how the gut microbiome underpins many perimenopausal complaints—bloating, new food sensitivities, brain fog, skin breakouts, and mood swings. Host‑microbe interactions form a gut‑ovarian, gut‑brain, and gut‑bone axis that influence hormone metabolism and short‑chain fatty‑acid production, making...

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Why You're Always Bloated in Perimenopause (And the Supplement That Actually Fixes It)
VideoMay 7, 2026

Why You're Always Bloated in Perimenopause (And the Supplement That Actually Fixes It)

The video addresses persistent bloating that many women experience during perimenopause, linking it to a deficiency of the short‑chain fatty acid butyrate and broader gut‑microbiome disruption. Experts explain that modern diets lack prebiotic fibers needed for commensal bacteria to produce butyrate,...

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Can HRT Lower Your Risk of Dementia and Alzheimer's? What Research Says
VideoMay 5, 2026

Can HRT Lower Your Risk of Dementia and Alzheimer's? What Research Says

The video examines whether menopause hormone therapy (HRT) can reduce dementia and Alzheimer’s risk, citing a massive observational study of more than 120 million women. The analysis found women on HRT experienced a markedly lower incidence of dementia compared with non‑users. Researchers...

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Can't Perform at Your Best After 40? Here's What's Blocking You and How to Actually Fix It
VideoMay 4, 2026

Can't Perform at Your Best After 40? Here's What's Blocking You and How to Actually Fix It

The video targets high‑achieving women past their 40s who feel their energy, focus, and physical performance slipping. It argues that the issue isn’t lack of effort but a misaligned physiological foundation, and introduces a seven‑pillar biohacking framework to reset that...

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The Real Reason Perimenopausal Women Can't Fix Their Energy, Brain Fog or Bloating
VideoMay 1, 2026

The Real Reason Perimenopausal Women Can't Fix Their Energy, Brain Fog or Bloating

The video argues that perimenopausal fatigue, brain fog and bloating stem primarily from deteriorating cell‑membrane integrity rather than hormone levels alone. As we age, phospholipid‑rich membranes become “leaky,” disrupting nutrient and hormone signaling. The speaker explains that men experience a gradual...

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The Early Cancer Detection Tools Women Over 40 Should Use
VideoApr 30, 2026

The Early Cancer Detection Tools Women Over 40 Should Use

The video addresses early‑cancer detection strategies for women over 40, emphasizing that rising cancer rates are linked to metabolic dysfunction, chronic inflammation, and accelerated immune aging. It argues that waiting for symptoms—often appearing at stage III or IV—is no longer acceptable. The...

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Why You’re Aging Faster in Perimenopause and What Actually Helps | Jen Scheinman
VideoApr 24, 2026

Why You’re Aging Faster in Perimenopause and What Actually Helps | Jen Scheinman

The discussion centers on why women experience accelerated aging during perimenopause and how a new line of topical products containing 1% urolithin A can counteract those effects. Urolithin A triggers mitophagy in skin cells, revitalizing mitochondria, while simultaneously turning on...

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Metabolic Health Expert: Doing Everything Right But Feel Worse? Fix Your Gut to Fix Your Hormones
VideoApr 20, 2026

Metabolic Health Expert: Doing Everything Right But Feel Worse? Fix Your Gut to Fix Your Hormones

The episode centers on how gut health underpins the hormonal upheaval many women experience during perimenopause and menopause, arguing that the “missing link” is often an overlooked microbiome. Host Cynthia and the expert explain that chronic stress, poor sleep, ultra‑processed diets,...

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Is Fasted Training Actually Bad for Women in Perimenopause? | Dr. Lauren Colenzo-Semple
VideoApr 17, 2026

Is Fasted Training Actually Bad for Women in Perimenopause? | Dr. Lauren Colenzo-Semple

The video tackles a common dilemma for perimenopausal women: whether exercising on an empty stomach harms performance or hormonal health. Dr. Lauren Colenzo‑Semple explains that, for typical gym sessions, fasted training yields comparable strength and muscle‑gain outcomes to fed workouts,...

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You're Not Tired. Your Mitochondria Are. The Estrogen Connection in Perimenopause No One Explains
VideoApr 13, 2026

You're Not Tired. Your Mitochondria Are. The Estrogen Connection in Perimenopause No One Explains

The video explains how declining estrogen during perimenopause triggers a cascade of mitochondrial dysfunction, leaving many women feeling a sudden loss of energy compared with men’s gradual decline. It frames mitochondria as cellular power plants whose efficiency depends on hormonal...

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