Women's Fertility & Lifestyle Debate: Dangers Of Not Having A Period! Fasting Can Backfire For Women

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The 4 leading powerhouses in women’s health break down urgent topics facing women today: irregular periods, PCOS, endometriosis, perimenopause, and the best diet for hormonal balance. Part 1 of this 2-part female health roundtable is focused on hormones and fertility, bringing together: Menopause specialist Dr Mary Claire Haver, longevity orthopaedic surgeon Dr Vonda Wright, fertility doctor Dr Natalie Crawford, and female physiology researcher Dr Stacy Sims. In this powerful conversation, they explain: ◼️The shocking lack of research on women’s hormones, and how it’s harming health ◼️How insulin resistance fuels hormone imbalance, irregular cycles, and infertility ◼️How coffee, fasting, and overtraining can silently disrupt your hormones ◼️The truth about cycle syncing, and why your luteal phase changes everything ◼️How stress, sleep, and muscle mass directly influence perimenopause ◼️Why birth control is not a cure, and the lifestyle tools that actually help (00:00) Intro (05:30) Why Do We Need to Have This Conversation? (10:51) Why the Female Body Is More Adapted for Endurance Exercise (12:12) Why Women's Heart Attacks Are Considered 'Atypical' (14:51) The Research Gap on Women's Health (19:14) Why Women Downplay and Gaslight Themselves About Pain (21:54) Why Don’t We Understand Hormones? (26:26) What a Normal Period Should Be Like (28:35) What Is Progesterone? (33:45) The Underlying Cause of PCOS (35:15) Developing Diabetes During Pregnancy (39:36) What Causes PCOS and How to Reduce It (47:47) The Pill Is Not the Only Help for PCOS (52:48) How Do We Know If It's a Normal Flow, Too Much, or Too Little? (57:42) How to Know If You're Experiencing Abnormal Period Pain (01:00:43) Anemia in Women and the Issues With Lab Results (01:03:58) People Suffer Silently With Endometriosis for Years (01:09:17) The Real Reason There's No Treatment for Endometriosis (01:12:27) Could We Create a Cellular Marker for Endometriosis? (01:15:22) How to Ease Pain Symptoms Before Your Period Naturally (01:20:49) If You're 15 to 25, You Need to Know This (01:22:10) How to Treat Your Body in Each Decade After You Start Your Period (01:35:14) Advice to Your Daughters (01:37:41) Should You Use The Coil? (01:43:32) The Best Contraceptive Method (02:02:33) The 5 Fertility Non-Negotiables (02:04:22) Should I Freeze My Eggs? (02:15:55) IVF Has Helped 13 Million People (02:24:44) PCOS and Infertility (02:28:47) Why Is Pregnancy Loss Still a Taboo? (02:36:59) Should You Take Time Off During Your Period? (02:41:18) People Need to Know When Perimenopause Starts (02:42:24) Menopause (02:49:12) Check Your Mum's Menopause Age to Know Yours (02:57:31) The Dangers of the Year Before Menopause (02:59:04) Suicide Rates in Women (03:04:39) What Is Hormone Replacement Therapy Really For? (03:13:33) Should You Treat Menopause Symptoms? (03:25:00) How to Improve Your Sex Life and Lubrication You can follow the guests, here: Dr Mary: ◼️Instagram - https://bit.ly/4ogsgwJ ◼️The Pause Life - https://bit.ly/48rycyv ◼️You can purchase ‘The New Menopause’, here: https://amzn.to/4nUOnt5 Dr Vonda: ◼️Instagram - https://bit.ly/46SMfvR ◼️Website - https://bit.ly/4n41GGg ◼️You can purchase ‘Unbreakable’, here: https://amzn.to/4n6xVEO Dr Natalie: ◼️Instagram - https://bit.ly/4nbZFI9 ◼️YouTube - https://bit.ly/3J5fLFw ◼️Website - https://bit.ly/3W6E0pG ◼️You can pre-order ‘The Fertility Formula’, here: https://amzn.to/3KRpobk Dr Stacy: ◼️Instagram - https://bit.ly/4hcRuKm ◼️Website - https://bit.ly/47dqkhS ◼️You can purchase ‘ROAR, Revised Edition’, here: https://amzn.to/4nbjDmr Independent Fact Check: https://stevenbartlett.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/DOAC-Female-Health-Roundtable-Independent-Research-further-reading.pdf Sponsors: Pipedrive - http://pipedrive.com/CEO Plaud - https://www.plaud.ai/pages/steven use DOAC22 for 22% off Note and NotePin or https://amzn.to/47ahktN with code DOAC2222 - only available from October 16th to October 23rd. Vivobarefoot - https://vivobarefoot.com/DOAC with code STEVENB20 for 20% off.