The New Menopause Quotes

“Long-term use of specific bioactive collagen peptides (Fortibone) has been shown to help slow down the loss of bone mineral density in people with osteoporosis or osteopenia (low bone density that may precede osteoporosis). Maintaining bone mineral density can help reduce risk of fracture and other bone-related injuries. Participants in the study took 5 grams of Fortibone bioactive collagen peptides each day for four years. It is usually found in powder form and mixed with water.”
― Mary Claire Haver, The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

“Anti-inflammatory nutrition means eating healthy fats”
― Mary Claire Haver, The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

“Ask for These Add-Ons: Zinc and magnesium.”
― Mary Claire Haver, The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

“Vitamin D Forty-two percent”
― Mary Claire Haver, The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

“Hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C)”
― Mary Claire Haver, The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

“Ask for This Add-On: Ask for a comprehensive thyroid panel that includes TSH and free T4”
― Mary Claire Haver, The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

“Ask for These Add-Ons: Lipoprotein (a) and Apolipoprotein B”
― Mary Claire Haver, The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

“Complete Blood Count (CBC)”
― Mary Claire Haver, The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

“patients who are more than ten years removed from menopause can benefit from starting with lower doses. This latter group may do well on a lower dose because (hopefully) their symptoms are less severe than what may be experienced in early menopause. Lower doses can also minimize potential risks”
― Mary Claire Haver, The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

“Progesterone plays a crucial role in hormone therapy during perimenopause and menopause”
― Mary Claire Haver, The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

“The Risks of Oral Estrogen When you take medication orally (by mouth)”
― Mary Claire Haver, The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

“Systemic Medications Systemic medications go into the bloodstream through a pill or cream or gel or patch and affect all body tissues. Since they have an overall effect”
― Mary Claire Haver, The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

“Estrogens There are two ways estrogen replacement therapy can be delivered to the body: systemically and locally (vaginally).”
― Mary Claire Haver, The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

“When we are talking about MHT”
― Mary Claire Haver, The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

“Again”
― Mary Claire Haver, The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

“The Benefit-Versus-Risk Ratio The most important consideration for menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) use is each person’s benefit-versus-risk ratio; in the ideal candidate for hormone therapy”
― Mary Claire Haver, The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

“You may also be able to seek out a clinic or specialized provider who offers a type of scan that measures your body composition. This may be the DEXA scan”
― Mary Claire Haver, The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

“The easiest and most inexpensive way to get an approximation of visceral fat is to calculate your waist-to-hip ratio. This isn’t going to give you a precise visceral fat percentage”
― Mary Claire Haver, The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

“if MHT is started later than ten years after menopause”
― Mary Claire Haver, The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

“A better test is a coronary calcium score test”
― Mary Claire Haver, The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

“Research published in 2021 reported that estrogen therapy may help prevent bone loss and reduce the risk of fracture by 20–40 percent”
― Mary Claire Haver, The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

“(An added bonus to a DEXA scan: It measures muscle mass and visceral fat as well—see”
― Mary Claire Haver, The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

“estrogen performs the important role of slowing the breakdown of bone. There are estrogen receptors in bone tissue”
― Mary Claire Haver, The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

“which can affect many organ systems and is a significant factor in the increase in health risks that comes with menopause. As a result of menopause”
― Mary Claire Haver, The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

“Estrogen is an incredibly protective hormone”
― Mary Claire Haver, The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

“This realization grew into what’s now referred to in scientific circles as the timing hypothesis or the healthy cell hypothesis”
― Mary Claire Haver, The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

“develop breast cancer was four out of one thousand per year on placebo. When estrogen and progestin were added”
― Mary Claire Haver, The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

“If you’ve worked through symptoms of perimenopause or menopause, I’m just telling you something you already know—that getting work done during this time of our lives can feel more grueling than ever.”
― Mary Claire Haver, The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

“Breast pain, however, is rarely a symptom of breast cancer, regardless of age.”
― Mary Claire Haver, The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

“If you’ve had breast cancer or are at increased risk for estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer (ERPB) and are seeking relief for menopausal symptoms, your doctor may recommend to you a “SERM” such as tamoxifen or raloxifene. SERM stands for selective estrogen receptor modulator, and these medications work by blocking the effects of estrogen in certain tissues and providing the benefits of estrogen in others.”
― Mary Claire Haver, The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts