Quick Hits: Secrets to Anti Aging Skin Care with Amitay Eshel
The Hormone Solution | Menopause, Perimenopause, & Women's Midlife Health
Release Date: 08/11/2026
Quick Hits: Why Belly Fat Shows Up in Midlife and Why Dieting Harder Can Backfire for You
The Hormone Solution | Menopause, Perimenopause, & Women's Midlife Health
Welcome to Quick Hits — where we bring you the most impactful moments from past episodes in under 15 minutes. Today’s clip comes from one of our most replayed conversations. If you want the full episode, check the link in the description below. In this episode, I sit down with Ann and Anoop Asok to talk about stubborn belly fat, metabolism, reverse dieting, muscle, stress, and why so many women end up trapped in a cycle of eating less and working harder without getting the results they want. We get into why midlife body composition can change even when your habits have not, what years of...
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The Estrogen Patch Shortage: What Women Need to Know Before Switching
The Hormone Solution | Menopause, Perimenopause, & Women's Midlife Health
DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE Can't get your usual estrogen patch? Don't panic. You have options! In this free guide, hormone specialist Karen Martel breaks down the different estrogen delivery methods, including patches, creams, gels, oils, and injections. Learn how they compare, understand approximate dosing equivalents, and discover what to ask your doctor before making a switch. Plus, get practical tips for navigating the estrogen shortage so you can stay on track with your hormone therapy and avoid unnecessary disruptions. Imagine finally getting your HRT dialed in, feeling good again,...
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Quick Hits: The Protein Mistake That Could Be Costing You Muscle in Midlife with Angelo Keely
The Hormone Solution | Menopause, Perimenopause, & Women's Midlife Health
Welcome to Quick Hits — where we bring you the most impactful moments from past episodes in under 15 minutes. Today’s clip comes from one of our most replayed conversations. If you want the full episode, check the link in the description below. We talk constantly about eating more protein in midlife. But here is the question we do not ask nearly enough: Is your body actually getting what it needs from that protein? Because there is a big difference between eating protein, digesting protein, getting enough of the right amino acids, and actually giving your body what it needs to maintain...
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Menopause and Heart Disease: What Women Are Still Not Being Told with Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum
The Hormone Solution | Menopause, Perimenopause, & Women's Midlife Health
Most women enter perimenopause thinking about hot flashes, weight gain, sleep, brain fog, and hormones. Very few are told that this may also be one of the most important cardiovascular windows of their lives. And that is a problem. Heart disease remains the number one killer of women, yet women are still being underdiagnosed, dismissed, and evaluated using systems that were largely built around male cardiovascular disease. In this episode, I sit down with preventative cardiologist Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum to talk about what women actually need to understand about their hearts in perimenopause and...
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Quick Hits: Empower Your Physique: Breaking Misconceptions for Women Over 40 with Philip Pape
The Hormone Solution | Menopause, Perimenopause, & Women's Midlife Health
Welcome to Quick Hits — where we bring you the most impactful moments from past episodes in under 15 minutes. Today’s clip comes from one of our most replayed conversations. If you want the full episode, check the link in the description below. This week we're exploring the intricacies of hormonal health and nutrition for women over 40, including the delicate balance between diet, exercise, and hormones. Joining us is nutrition expert Philip Pape, and together we debunk diet myths and provide personalized strategies to maintain energy, muscle mass, and metabolic health. We also discuss...
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Why Do My Joints Suddenly Hurt in Perimenopause?
The Hormone Solution | Menopause, Perimenopause, & Women's Midlife Health
DOWNLOAD OUR FREE GUIDE "IS YOUR HRT OPTIMIZED!" Yesterday morning, I sat up in bed and somehow threw my neck out. That was it. I did not fall. I did not lift anything heavy. I did not have some dramatic injury. I literally sat up. And if you are somewhere in your 40s or 50s, there is a very good chance you have your own version of this story. Your shoulder suddenly stops moving properly. Your back goes out doing something completely ordinary. Your knees start aching. Your Achilles is angry. Your elbow hurts for no apparent reason. Workouts you used to recover from easily suddenly leave...
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Quick Hits: Estrogen Has Been Vindicated! Estrogen HRT & Its Crucial Role in Breast Cancer Prevention with Dr. Lindsey Berkson
The Hormone Solution | Menopause, Perimenopause, & Women's Midlife Health
This is Quick Hits, where I pull the best takeaways from past podcast episodes and bring them to you in a shorter format. If today’s clip resonates with you, be sure to check out the full episode linked below. Download in iTunes or on your favorite podcast platforms. Dr. Devaki Lindsey Berkson is a thought leader in functional medicine, with an emphasis on hormones, nutrition, digestion, and intimacy. Berkson was a distinguished hormone scholar at a world-renowned estrogen think tank at Tulane University because she wrote one of the first breakthrough books on endocrine disruption)....
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The Midlife Peptide Guide: Energy, Muscle, Recovery, Skin, Sleep & Libido with Dr. Jeff Gross
The Hormone Solution | Menopause, Perimenopause, & Women's Midlife Health
Peptides are everywhere right now. They are being talked about for fat loss, muscle, recovery, brain health, skin, longevity, inflammation, mitochondrial function, injury repair, and just about every other problem women run into in midlife. But which peptides actually make sense? Which ones have useful evidence or clinical experience behind them? Which ones are still early? And where do peptides fit when a woman is already dealing with changing hormones, declining muscle, stubborn body composition changes, poor sleep, low energy, and slower recovery? In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Jeff...
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Quick Hits: The Sun Deficiency Epidemic: Could Sunlight Be the Missing Link in Modern Health W/ Gerardo Gutierrez
The Hormone Solution | Menopause, Perimenopause, & Women's Midlife Health
Welcome to Quick Hits, where we bring you the most impactful moments from past episodes in under 15 minutes. Today’s clip comes from one of our most popular conversations. Want the full episode? You’ll find the link below. Are we getting enough of the right kind of light? In this Quick Hits episode, I pull out the biggest takeaways from my conversation with Gerardo “Guti” Gutierrez on sunlight, UVB, vitamin D, red light therapy, infrared light, circadian rhythm, and hormone health. We break down why sunlight is about far more than vitamin D, how UVA and UVB affect the body differently,...
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What Happened When I Stopped Drinking: Hormones, Weight, Stress, and Breaking the Cycle
The Hormone Solution | Menopause, Perimenopause, & Women's Midlife Health
This may be one of those episodes you are tempted to skip because nobody really wants to hear that their nightly glass of wine could be working against them. But this is not a lecture about why you should never drink again. In this episode, I’m having a very honest conversation about alcohol, especially for women in their 40s, 50s, and beyond. We talk about how drinking may affect sleep, cortisol, cravings, estrogen metabolism, liver health, insulin sensitivity, weight loss, and the way your body handles stress as you move through perimenopause and menopause. But this conversation goes much...
info_outlineWelcome to Quick Hits — where we bring you the most impactful moments from past episodes in under 15 minutes.
Today’s clip comes from one of our most replayed conversations.
If you want the full episode, check the link in the description below.
What actually works when it comes to anti-aging skincare, and what is simply expensive marketing in a very attractive bottle?
In this quick hits clip Karen sits down with Amitay Eshel, co-founder and CEO of Young Goose.
Amitay explains why effective anti-aging skincare is about much more than moisturizing the surface of the skin. Healthy, resilient skin depends on cellular energy, mitochondrial function, ingredient stability, internal hydration, damage repair and the skin’s ability to respond to stress.
We also explore how common skincare ingredients such as vitamin C, hyaluronic acid, retinol, NAD, NMN, collagen and spermidine actually work, along with why stronger treatments are not always better.
If your bathroom cabinet is overflowing with products but your skin is still dry, dull, irritated or changing rapidly during menopause, this conversation will help you understand what your skin may actually need.
In The Full Episode, You’ll Learn
- How vitamin C and hyaluronic acid influence skin rejuvenation
- Why the stability of vitamin C matters as much as the ingredient itself
- Why topical skincare cannot fully compensate for poor internal hydration
- How mitochondrial health affects skin quality and muscle strength
- How cellular energy influences the skin’s ability to repair damage
- Why stronger concentrations of retinol are not always more effective
- How skincare ingredients can degrade before they ever reach your skin
- Why encapsulation is used to protect sensitive ingredients such as NMN
- How collagen and NAD work differently when ingested versus applied topically
- Why spermidine is being studied and used in advanced skincare formulas
- How menopause affects collagen, hydration, pigmentation and skin resilience
- Why personalized skincare is more effective than following a generic routine
- When laser resurfacing may be helpful
- Why frequent aggressive treatments may damage the skin barrier
- How targeted skincare may improve wrinkles, pigmentation and visible aging
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