Optimize Hormones to Thrive After 35 (It’s Easier Than You Think) | Dr. Christine Boev DSH #1160

Summary

Digital Social Hour – Episode Summary
Optimize Hormones to Thrive After 35 (It’s Easier Than You Think)
Host: Sean Kelly
Guest: Dr. Christine Boev
Release Date: February 4, 2025

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Introduction
In this enlightening episode of Digital Social Hour, host Sean Kelly sits down with Dr. Christine Boev to discuss the critical topic of hormone optimization for women over the age of 35. Dr. Boev, a full-time professor and women's health coach, delves into the complexities of hormonal changes, particularly during perimenopause and menopause, and shares practical strategies to not just survive but thrive during these transformative years.

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1. Understanding Hormonal Changes After 35

Dr. Boev begins by highlighting the significant hormonal shifts that women experience as they age. She explains that once women reach 35, they begin to enter perimenopause, a phase where estrogen levels start to decline, impacting various aspects of health and well-being.

[02:33] Unnamed Guest (Dr. Boev): "Once you turn 35, that starts to change. And it impacts you in kind of a negative way if you don't incorporate lifestyle changes that are going to optimize your hormones."

2. The Impact of Perimenopause and Menopause

Delving deeper, Dr. Boev discusses how declining estrogen levels during perimenopause can lead to depression, brain fog, and strain on personal relationships due to decreased libido and intimacy issues.

[01:55] Dr. Boev: "It's impactful… changes in their hormones are impacting their desire for intimacy, their desire to be close… consequences can really be devastating."

3. Controversy Surrounding Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)

A significant portion of the conversation addresses the controversy surrounding Hormone Replacement Therapy. Dr. Boev references the flawed Women's Health Initiative study from the early 2000s, which negatively portrayed HRT due to its use of estrogen derived from horse urine in older women, leading to misconceptions about its safety.

[03:08] Dr. Boev: "Even though we know based on the research it's safe to supplement, and it's important so that you feel like yourself again… hormone replacement therapy has been villainized."

4. Alternative Methods to Optimize Hormones

Beyond HRT, Dr. Boev outlines various lifestyle modifications that can naturally support hormonal balance. She emphasizes the importance of regular hormone checks, proactive health management, and understanding one's hormonal baseline.

[06:55] Dr. Boev: "The earlier you get your hormones checked, the better… it's really better to be proactive when it comes to understanding what's going on with your own hormones and to get a baseline."

5. Lifestyle Interventions: Sauna, Cold Plunging, and Exercise

The discussion transitions to specific lifestyle practices that aid in hormone optimization and overall health:

• Infrared Sauna: Dr. Boev extols the benefits of daily sauna use, including detoxification, improved skin clarity, and reduced blood pressure.

  [10:56] Dr. Boev: "The detoxification, the mental health, the clarity of your skin, and it decreases your blood pressure… a game changer."

• Cold Plunging: She advocates for cold plunging as a means to stimulate brown fat production, enhance thermogenesis, and boost overall metabolic health.

  [11:24] Dr. Boev: "Cold plunging… helps with brown fat, which is good fat. It's thermogenic fat in your body… a lot of great science around cold plunging."

• Physical Exercise: Emphasizing strength training, pull-ups, and mobility exercises like yoga, Dr. Boev underscores the importance of maintaining muscle mass and bone strength.

  [22:27] Dr. Boev: "You're gonna have this clarity… healthy mobility will keep you young as you get older."

6. Gut Health: The Second Brain

The conversation shifts to the pivotal role of gut health in overall wellness. Dr. Boev explains how a healthy microbiome is essential for preventing diseases and maintaining metabolic functions.

[27:46] Dr. Boev: "Gut health is everything… you can keep your gut healthy, you can keep the rest of your body healthy."

She also touches upon practical steps like parasite cleanses, magnesium supplementation, and individualized dietary adjustments based on microbiome testing.

[28:22] Dr. Boev: "Magnesium is simple, it's effective, and most people are deficient… it's a no-brainer."

7. Personal Experiences and Practical Tips

Dr. Boev shares her personal health journey, including overcoming cellulite fat despite being appearance-wise skinny, managing scoliosis-related arthritis, and implementing intermittent fasting to enhance mental clarity and energy levels.

[26:45] Dr. Boev: "When I was 30 again… I drank way too much… now I know how to take care of my body in a way that feels good and helps me perform."

8. Holistic Health and Future Directions

Towards the end, Dr. Boev emphasizes the importance of individualized health strategies and staying ahead with emerging health trends like microdosing and mitochondrial health supplements. She advocates for a holistic approach that considers the unique needs of each individual.

[25:36] Dr. Boev: "Individualized prescriptions for health… what does your body need, what do your cells need in order to function better?"

9. Conclusion and Resources

Wrapping up the episode, Dr. Boev provides listeners with resources to connect further, including her Instagram handle and website for personalized coaching and consultations.

[30:26] Dr. Boev: "Instagram @doctorchristineboev… my website is mastermenopause.com."

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Key Takeaways:

• Early Intervention: Regular hormone assessments starting at 35 can preemptively address hormonal imbalances.
• Lifestyle Modifications: Incorporating saunas, cold plunging, and consistent exercise can significantly enhance hormonal health.
• Gut Health: Maintaining a healthy gut microbiome is crucial for overall wellness and can be achieved through diet, supplements, and cleansing protocols.
• Personalized Health Strategies: Understanding and addressing individual health needs leads to more effective and sustainable health outcomes.
• Debunking Myths: It's essential to discern facts from flawed studies, especially concerning hormone replacement therapies.

Dr. Christine Boev’s insightful discussion provides a comprehensive guide for women aiming to optimize their hormonal health post-35, advocating for a proactive and personalized approach to thriving through midlife and beyond.

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Connect with Dr. Christine Boev:

• Instagram: @doctorchristineboev
• Website: mastermenopause.com

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Transcript

[Dr. Christine]

Anti marijuana because it's legal in Cali. Right.

[Unnamed Guest]

So I live in New York and it's legal and I'm not anti marijuana. I think you've got to know why you're taking it. Are you taking it to escape a reality that you've created for yourself that you hate, or do you just need something to take the edge off? But I think it's okay. I don't have any major issues with it.

[Dr. Christine]

All right, guys, Dr. Christine here and we are in Vegas. First time doing a podcast in Vegas for you.

[Unnamed Guest]

It is, but I get to do it with you, so thank you so much for having me.

[Dr. Christine]

Yeah, I'm honored. How's the trip been treating you?

[Unnamed Guest]

Oh, it's been amazing. We had smooth travels. We've got a great hotel, we're gonna hang out, gamble.

[Dr. Christine]

Nice. What's your game?

[Unnamed Guest]

Blackjack.

[Dr. Christine]

Okay. That's one of the best ones to play.

[Unnamed Guest]

Statistically, I don't follow any of the rules.

[Dr. Christine]

Oh, you don't follow the book?

[Unnamed Guest]

No. So last night I was doubling down on 11 when the dealer had whatever. And I'm like, why wouldn't you double down on 11? I'm probably going to get a 10. And it worked every time.

[Dr. Christine]

Wow.

[Unnamed Guest]

It did.

[Dr. Christine]

Sometimes the people at your table get upset when you don't follow the book.

[Unnamed Guest]

I know, but luckily it was just my husband and I and a very lovely dealer, so it was awesome.

[Dr. Christine]

I love it. What else you been up to lately?

[Unnamed Guest]

You know, just working really hard. I'm a full time professor, so I teach nurse practitioner students pathophysiology. So that's a big part of my life. And then I coach women on how to be healthy as they age and especially as they go through menopause. So that's been a big part of my work is trying to help people not only survive during changes as you get older, but to really thrive. Because there's a lot of negative that goes along with it and there's so much positive that can be had.

[Dr. Christine]

Yeah. Because the mental side of menopause must be really tough on women. Right.

[Unnamed Guest]

And it really is. It's the depression, the brain fog. You feel like you're a psychopath half of the time because your hormones are changing so much.

[Dr. Christine]

Right.

[Unnamed Guest]

And it not only affects you and your livelihood and your work, but it also affects your relationships. And that's something I'm seeing a lot of with my clients and people I talk to is the changes in their hormones are impacting their desire for intimacy, their desire to be close, to have healthy sexual relations with their partners, and the consequences can really be devastating. So I'm really helping women to navigate through that so that they can have strong, healthy, intimate relationships.

[Dr. Christine]

Right. Because a woman's hormone cycle is a full month. Right. It's changing every day.

[Unnamed Guest]

Well, a woman's, yes, their menstrual cycle is. But once you turn 35, you're really starting down that pathway of perimenopause, which means the amount of estrogen that you make goes down. And estrogen is your dominant intimacy hormone. So once you turn 35, that starts to change. And it impacts you in kind of a negative way if you don't incorporate lifestyle changes that are going to optimize your hormones. And so. And then once you're in full blown menopause, you don't make any estrogen.

[Dr. Christine]

Wow.

[Unnamed Guest]

It's horrible.

[Dr. Christine]

I didn't know that.

[Unnamed Guest]

Right, so. And there's, you know, a little bit of a backstory. There was a big study that was done in the early 2000s called the women's Health Initiative, and it was a very flawed study. Everybody scientifically in the community has been like, wow, I can't believe they did that. But the sample was women, predominantly older, 60s, 70s, and they were giving them estrogen derived from horse urine.

[Dr. Christine]

Whoa.

[Unnamed Guest]

Yeah. Well, guess what? A bunch of people got cancer and they got really, really sick. And this went all over media, the television news, and it scared the crap out of women. And so pre Women's Health Initiative, 40% of women were on some sort of hormone replacement therapy. Now, because of the Women's Health Initiative, 1.8% of menopausal women are on hormone replacement.

[Dr. Christine]

Wow.

[Unnamed Guest]

Even though we know based on the research it's saf, it is safe to supplement, and it's important so that you feel like yourself again. Like, you feel like a human again. So. So it's been really a disservice to women that, you know, hormonal replacement therapy has been villainized. And even to this day, it's hard to get prescriptions for it.

[Dr. Christine]

So, yeah, it's like looked down on it.

[Unnamed Guest]

It's looked down on, oh, my gosh, I'm gonna get cancer, I'm gonna have a stroke. When in fact, what we know is that protects your heart, it protects your brain, and it has anti aging pro potential. So I think that is something, you know, being on this sort of podcast, people need to understand that hormone replacement is actually incredibly beneficial.

[Dr. Christine]

Yeah. Is that the only way to get your estrogen levels back to normal once you're a certain age?

[Unnamed Guest]

No. And there's a lot of other ways. So a couple of things that I think is really important is marketing is.

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[Unnamed Guest]

Training is excellent not only for your estrogen, but your testosterone levels.

[Dr. Christine]

So in your opinion, when it comes to hormone replacement therapy, when should people start looking into getting that?

[Unnamed Guest]

So I think the earlier you get your hormones checked, the better. So you mentioned that you had your hormones checked when you were much younger because you were feeling sluggish. So if you notice any changes in your libido, in your energy levels, like go ahead and get them checked because women's estrogen level starts to decrease when they're 35 and that's a lot sooner than people think. You know, some women are like I'm going to hold off on Having kids till I'm in my late 30s. But by then their reproductive hormones have really changed. So it's really better to be proactive when it comes to understanding what's going on with your own hormones and to get a baseline. Right. So if you were 500 when you were 19, then that's your baseline. How can we work to increase your endogenous testosterone that your body makes? And there's lots of really easy ways to do that. But if you don't know there's a problem, then you don't know how to fix it.

[Dr. Christine]

Right. And when it comes to testosterone levels, you said it's also important for women to have decent levels too, right?

[Unnamed Guest]

Yeah. So testosterone is just as important for women as it is for men, although our levels are a lot lower. Because I don't want to have, like chin hair and like a big jaw. But I started doing testosterone replacement probably five years ago. I do a cream and I put it behind my kneecaps and I get my levels checked every six months. And I like to be in the 70s. That's where I look and feel my best. I have the best clarity in my mind. I feel like it helps with developing lean skeletal muscle mass, decreasing body fat percentage, and really just overall feeling on. And that's so important.

[Dr. Christine]

Yeah. You probably have hundreds of clients. Where are you seeing their testosterone and estrogen levels on average? Are they not enough or too high or.

[Unnamed Guest]

They're pitiful. Honestly, once people come to me, their testosterone and estrogen levels are so low and they're feeling like a shell of themselves. So it's almost like you're starting over. It's not standard practice to go at the age of 30 and say, hey, I wonder what my testosterone is? It needs to be. And this is a whole cultural shift of really taking proactive care of our health and understanding where we're at.

[Dr. Christine]

Right. And with our parents generation and grandparents, they weren't dealing with this as much.

[Unnamed Guest]

Right, Right. So if you looked at your grandfather's testosterone, he was probably easily 12, 1500. Right. Because he was probably out working, had normal circadian rhythms, wasn't eating a bunch of ultra processed foods, and didn't have all of the plastics and things in our environment that are absolutely crushing us now because of our environment and the amount of endocrine disruptors, we're in big trouble as a society. So men are walking around, they call it hypogonadism. That's like the, the fancy word for low testosterone. And it's really epidemic in terms of what's happening to. To men in this country. Y'all are a lot more feminine than you used to be. Right. And so we're dealing with erectile dysfunction. We're dealing with low sex drives. We're dealing with man bods and man boobs, and none of that is okay.

[Dr. Christine]

Yeah, that must be frustrating for clients. I'm sure they're complaining about that.

[Unnamed Guest]

Well, it depends, right? If you're a woman who wants to be in charge, then this works out really well. But in my opinion, that's not how it's supposed to be. Right. I want my man to be my provider and my protector. Like, if a lion comes in, I want you to go kick its ass. Like, I don't want that kind of man in my life. And our son is not going to be like that.

[Dr. Christine]

What's your son's testosterone level?

[Unnamed Guest]

I don't know, but it's probably pretty high. He's 20.

[Dr. Christine]

Okay.

[Unnamed Guest]

So it's probably pretty high. He's very muscular. He works out every day, so. So my assumption is that it's. It's pretty high.

[Dr. Christine]

Yeah. Yeah. The working out in sauna helped me probably get mine up 100 points, you know?

[Unnamed Guest]

Yeah. Do you do infrared?

[Dr. Christine]

Yeah, I do infrared five days a week. I haven't measured since I started doing infrared, but that might have done another boost or whatever.

[Unnamed Guest]

Yeah. So I. We have an infrared sauna in our house, and I am in that thing every single day. It gets up to 170 degrees for 30 minutes. And the detoxification, the mental health, the clarity of your skin, and it decreases your blood pressure. To me, that is a game changer. You know, when you do extremes of heat and cold, that is very helpful in helping produce good stress in your body.

[Dr. Christine]

Right.

[Unnamed Guest]

So cold plunging is another temp extreme that I'm a big fan of. There's, you know, some controversy on should you cold plunge before or after your workouts. But truthfully, if you just do it once a day, you're in much better shape than if you don't at all.

[Dr. Christine]

Really? So I might have to incorporate that.

[Unnamed Guest]

Oh, absolutely. 100%.

[Dr. Christine]

I got a pool at home. I could just jump in there.

[Unnamed Guest]

In the wintertime, you could.

[Dr. Christine]

Freezing.

[Unnamed Guest]

These days, we live on a lake, and I cold plunge in the lake, and it's amazing. It's God's cold plunge.

[Dr. Christine]

Wow. Okay. I'm all about data, so I'll try it and I'll measure my results and see if there's a difference, you know?

[Unnamed Guest]

Well, they say that you shouldn't Cold plunge right after a workout. So the best thing is, like, first thing in the morning, and it wakes you up. It. The benefits are crazy. It helps with brown fat, which is good fat. It's thermogenic fat in your body. So there's a lot of great science around cold plunging.

[Dr. Christine]

Interesting. I've never heard of brown fat.

[Unnamed Guest]

Oh, yeah, you want that brown fat. White fat is the fat that makes you really sick.

[Dr. Christine]

And that's. We got to talk about this because I'm actually skinny, like, appearance wise. Right. But I got an MRI done. I had visceral fat everywhere. And people don't realize that just because you're skinny doesn't mean you're healthy. Healthy.

[Unnamed Guest]

Yeah. You're skinny fat.

[Dr. Christine]

Yeah.

[Unnamed Guest]

Right.

[Dr. Christine]

So I had to burn all that off.

[Unnamed Guest]

Yeah. So visceral fat is the fat around your organs, around your pancreas, your liver, your small intestines, and it releases substances that cause heart disease. So even though you're not fat, you're still at higher risk for atherosclerosis, which is when you've got plaque that builds up around your arteries that can kill you.

[Dr. Christine]

Yeah.

[Unnamed Guest]

So you want to be very vigilant about getting rid of that.

[Dr. Christine]

Yeah.

[Unnamed Guest]

Sauna is great. Cold plunging is great. And working out.

[Dr. Christine]

Yeah. I'm proud to say I was able to get rid of most of it because I just got a pernuvo scan done a month ago, and it was pretty much all gone. But it took about a year of just. Yeah. Hard work.

[Unnamed Guest]

What did you do besides sauna?

[Dr. Christine]

Sauna, cardio, basketball leagues. I'm in two leagues, so that's, I guess, technically hit workout. And then I tried yoga. I don't know if that helped, but just diet mainly, I'd say stopped eating out as much because I love food.

[Unnamed Guest]

Yeah.

[Dr. Christine]

I love restaurants. Being in Vegas, it's so tempting to just eat out all. All the time. And even when I do eat now, I cut out the seed oils.

[Unnamed Guest]

Oh.

[Dr. Christine]

I tell them not to use them. I was at a five star steakhouse last night. I don't want to call them out, but I asked what you use. They're like canola oil. They spray it on the bread, they spray it on everything. I was like, this is a five star steakhouse.

[Unnamed Guest]

But the fact that you knew to ask about canola oil is really a testament to the knowledge that we're sharing. Right. Because 20 years ago, nobody talked about canola oil or inflammatory omega 6 seed oils. But truthfully, if it's not olive oil or coconut oil or avocado oil, you should not put it in your body.

[Dr. Christine]

Right.

[Unnamed Guest]

And then you heat it in a fryer to 150 degrees. Oh, my God. That fries the inside of the lining of your arteries. Destroys it. And so it's bad enough to have the seed oil, but you. You heat that stuff up and you are asking for major, major problems.

[Dr. Christine]

Wow. Yeah. There's that viral clip of Dave Asprey. He's like, would you rather eat a French fry or smoke a cigarette?

[Unnamed Guest]

And he said, cigarette, cigarette, any day. Right. Because it's. It's more temporary.

[Dr. Christine]

Yeah. And there's some new studies on nicotine. This is kind of controversial, but it's actually not that bad for you.

[Unnamed Guest]

Yeah. They call nicotine a nootropic, a smart drug. What worries me is the kids with the Zen. And they are. They're in their system constantly where that didn't used to be a thing. So I think if there's a safe way to microdose nicotine, then you would be in better shape then. It worries me a little bit.

[Dr. Christine]

It's pretty gross to.

[Unnamed Guest]

Yeah.

[Dr. Christine]

Putting that stuff on your gums.

[Unnamed Guest]

Yeah. It can't be good for you. But we don't know because it's so new. Right.

[Dr. Christine]

That's the thing with health. Right. And FDA is not quick enough to, you know, adapt.

[Unnamed Guest]

Yeah, exactly.

[Dr. Christine]

Like they. I remember when Jules were popular when I was in high school, but it took them like, I don't know, two or three years to ban them.

[Unnamed Guest]

Yeah. The mango flavored and bubble gum, by.

[Dr. Christine]

Then, the damage was already done. There was people dying.

[Unnamed Guest]

Crazy.

[Dr. Christine]

All the lung issues. I mean, that can't be good for your lungs.

[Unnamed Guest]

No, I. I've actually said point blank to our children. I would much rather you roll a joint with actual marijuana than vape. Like, if you had to choose, just roll the joint.

[Dr. Christine]

I love it. Are you anti marijuana? Because it's legal in Cali. Right.

[Unnamed Guest]

So I live in New York and it's legal and I'm not anti marijuana. I think you've got to know why you're taking it. Like, are you taking it to escape a reality that you've created for yourself that you hate, or do you just need something to take the edge off? But I think it's okay. I don't have any major issues with it, but for a lot of my clients, they'll do edibles and then they'll go raid the pantry. So that, to me, isn't helpful, you know? So it depends on how you receive the drug.

[Dr. Christine]

Yeah. Edibles are a whole Nother game.

[Unnamed Guest]

Oh.

[Dr. Christine]

Oh, man. I got some nasty edible stories. I thought I was gonna die.

[Unnamed Guest]

I believe it. I believe it. But there's. There's a lot of interesting, you know, things with psilocy and psychedelics and microdosing in order to try to, you know, escape and get rid of, like, PTSD and depression. And so the research, and there's more funding around that, so that's really exciting.

[Dr. Christine]

I'm a fan of microdosing. Psilocybin.

[Unnamed Guest]

Yeah. I have not tried it. The only time was in college on a pizza, and it did not go well. It was. I would never do it. It was horrible.

[Dr. Christine]

That sounds weird.

[Unnamed Guest]

It was awful. Yeah, it was.

[Dr. Christine]

You ate the whole thing.

[Unnamed Guest]

I don't know what I ate. Bad. And I was like, I will never do this again. So perhaps if it was. Yeah. And this was in the 90s, Sean. Like, the 90s was a different time.

[Dr. Christine]

I did in college too, but, you know, that's different. The people you were with is important.

[Unnamed Guest]

Yes, I agree. I agree.

[Dr. Christine]

You might have been around some bad energy or something.

[Unnamed Guest]

It was. And I just wanted it to go away, and it didn't. And it was horrible.

[Dr. Christine]

Damn. One and done, huh?

[Unnamed Guest]

Was it?

[Dr. Christine]

Well, microdosing, you don't have any bad feelings or anything, right?

[Unnamed Guest]

So I would try it. I would try it. If it was like, somebody was like, okay, you need this dose and this, you know, and it's safe. And that's what is exactly in there versus whatever the heck was on that pizza.

[Dr. Christine]

Absolutely. I didn't know weed was legal in New York now. Wow.

[Unnamed Guest]

Oh, yeah.

[Dr. Christine]

When I was growing up in Jersey, it was super on down upon.

[Unnamed Guest]

Yeah, they're finally opening dispensaries in New York. Very highly regulated tax. You know, it's New York. But, yeah, it's. It's. It's very common.

[Dr. Christine]

Is that what you teach your students to in New York?

[Unnamed Guest]

I do.

[Dr. Christine]

There's a university up by you?

[Unnamed Guest]

Yep. Out of Rochester, New York.

[Dr. Christine]

Okay.

[Unnamed Guest]

Yeah.

[Dr. Christine]

Is that upstate?

[Unnamed Guest]

Upstate, yeah.

[Dr. Christine]

Good old upstate. Beautiful out there.

[Unnamed Guest]

Go Buffalo Bills.

[Dr. Christine]

Oh, that game yesterday, did you see it in the course?

[Unnamed Guest]

I did.

[Dr. Christine]

Holy crap.

[Unnamed Guest]

Yeah, we're huge fans.

[Dr. Christine]

I can't believe they play in that. My friend was trying to fly and the whole flight got canceled.

[Unnamed Guest]

Oh, really?

[Dr. Christine]

He's trying to fly in for the game.

[Unnamed Guest]

Oh, yeah. They had three to four feet, and we live an hour from there and we had nothing.

[Dr. Christine]

Whoa.

[Unnamed Guest]

Like, that's. That's upstate New York.

[Dr. Christine]

You get any snow at all?

[Unnamed Guest]

We do, but Buffalo for some Reason, because of Lake Erie. It just dumps right there. And for some reason, it dumps right on Orchard park where the Bill Stadium is. And so it's. It's. This happens every year. It's absolutely insane.

[Dr. Christine]

You think they would cancel the game, though? No.

[Unnamed Guest]

God, no. They have people who volunteer. They show up with their shovel, they pay them 20 bucks an hour, and they shovel the stuff.

[Dr. Christine]

The season.

[Unnamed Guest]

Oh, yeah. It's a thing. It's a thing.

[Dr. Christine]

Bill's mafia, right?

[Unnamed Guest]

Bill's mafia.

[Dr. Christine]

They're known to be, like, the craziest fans.

[Unnamed Guest]

We're the. We're the most loyal fans because we've been so bad for so long, and we've never won a Super bowl that, like, it's. It's our time. This is our time.

[Dr. Christine]

I hope you get one. You. You've been close.

[Unnamed Guest]

Yeah.

[Dr. Christine]

You. You guys always make the playoffs. Recently, at least. And then, I don't know, first, second round.

[Unnamed Guest]

Stupid Chiefs.

[Dr. Christine]

The Chief. Oh, man, the Chiefs Raiders game. I was watching. You watch every game?

[Unnamed Guest]

Yes.

[Dr. Christine]

And that was crazy. They blew it. Fumble.

[Unnamed Guest]

Yeah.

[Dr. Christine]

All they needed was a field goal and they fumbled it.

[Unnamed Guest]

I know.

[Dr. Christine]

Like, that's mind blowing. I've never seen a game end like that. It was so anticlimactic.

[Unnamed Guest]

It really was. And the coach didn't get fired.

[Dr. Christine]

He should be soon.

[Unnamed Guest]

Interesting.

[Dr. Christine]

Very soon.

[Unnamed Guest]

Right?

[Dr. Christine]

I didn't know you're big on sports. Oh, football.

[Unnamed Guest]

Only football. Sorry. Just football. I. I am pretty sure, and my kids will say this, that I was part of the NFL in a past life, or maybe I was. They're like, mom, you need to be a ref in the NFL. I'm like, well, I think it's a little bit more complicated than that. But, no, I am passionate about the Buffalo Bills.

[Dr. Christine]

Your parents must have been big fans and they pass it down to you.

[Unnamed Guest]

Yeah. My dad is a Dallas Cowboys fan. Oh, I know.

[Dr. Christine]

They're everywhere.

[Unnamed Guest]

I know. Bless his heart.

[Dr. Christine]

They're in Jersey, too.

[Unnamed Guest]

Dallas. They're everywhere.

[Dr. Christine]

It's crazy.

[Unnamed Guest]

I know.

[Dr. Christine]

I remember growing up in Jersey, like, yo, you should be a Giants fan or a Jets fan. Why are you a Cowboys fan in New Jersey?

[Unnamed Guest]

Yeah. Well, there's only one New York team, and it's the Buffalo Bills.

[Dr. Christine]

Got the Yankees, too.

[Unnamed Guest]

Yeah.

[Dr. Christine]

You don't like baseball, you slow fan?

[Unnamed Guest]

It's. Yeah. Just doesn't catch my interest. Lacrosse is fun.

[Dr. Christine]

Yeah. But they don't really show it anywhere.

[Unnamed Guest]

Yeah, it's not a thing. But it's fun to watch.

[Dr. Christine]

Yeah. Cross ice hockey is fun to watch. In person?

[Unnamed Guest]

Yeah.

[Dr. Christine]

But not on tv. Can't even see it.

[Unnamed Guest]

I love sports. I was a springboard diver in high school and in college, and so that's where, you know, I kind of got my passion for athletics. And I always identify myself like I am an athlete, and I hope to always do that. You know, to be able to play sports with the kids and the grandkids and roll around and stay active and not really have any, like, physical limitations. You mentioned yoga earlier. I think yoga is amazing. Like, it's such a great way to improve your mobility. You probably follow Peter Otiah. He talks about the Centurion Olympics. And as you get older, just the ability to lay down and get up without any assistance is an important, you know, measurement of health or, like, grip strength. Hanging from a bar, if you're a female, try it male. 60 seconds. You should be able to just hang, really. And that is a big longevity indicator.

[Dr. Christine]

So that's a long time. 60.

[Unnamed Guest]

60 seconds is a lot. 30 seconds is a lot, too. You'd be surprised.

[Dr. Christine]

I'm going to test it tonight. I got to pull a bar at home. I just bought one because I have arthritis in my back, actually.

[Unnamed Guest]

Oh, really?

[Dr. Christine]

I found out on the nouveau scan back and neck.

[Unnamed Guest]

Huh.

[Dr. Christine]

27. I have scoliosis, so that could have played a role. And I. My posture has always been I slouch. So I got that bar to start hanging every day.

[Unnamed Guest]

Yeah. And they also have that inversion table where you can hang upside down and it pulls your vertebrae. Those are really awesome too. But you'll have to message me, let me know how long you got. Yeah, 60 seconds.

[Dr. Christine]

Oh, I didn't know that was the norm for men.

[Unnamed Guest]

That's the. That's kind of the bottom.

[Dr. Christine]

I couldn't do a pull up all of high school.

[Unnamed Guest]

Really.

[Dr. Christine]

I was. That week I was a twig was 140 pounds.

[Unnamed Guest]

Yeah. A lot of females can't do pull ups, but it's. It's really important that you keep working. Like, when I started, like, really lifting, I could not do a pull up. And now I can do 10. And I think that's pretty good, you know, to undisted 10 pull ups. So my goal is always to just up it a little bit more. And again, I don't believe in going backwards as you get older, like, you can just keep moving forward or dips, unassisted dips. I always try to, like, up my number a little bit. Push ups. My big thing is handstand push ups. I love handstand push ups.

[Dr. Christine]

How Many push ups can you do?

[Unnamed Guest]

Probably 10. But I. My feet are kind of like they're. I'm not unassisted, you know what I mean? So I'm like up against a door or a wall.

[Dr. Christine]

Got it.

[Unnamed Guest]

But still they're pretty hard. And that's yoga. Like being able to do back bends and things like that. You know, keeping the mobility up will keep you young as you get older.

[Dr. Christine]

Impressive. I've never done a handstand push up. We'll have to do it after this and film it.

[Unnamed Guest]

Oh, let's do it.

[Dr. Christine]

I'll do it with you against the wall.

[Unnamed Guest]

Okay, deal.

[Dr. Christine]

I think I got you beat on regular push ups and sit ups.

[Unnamed Guest]

I hope so.

[Dr. Christine]

But not pull ups. You got me beat on pull ups. I got some work to do. But I got long arms, so I feel like. Because I've always had trouble benching because so much distance kind of holds me back.

[Unnamed Guest]

Yeah, but your height is a superpower.

[Dr. Christine]

It's been basketball. Yeah. In most sports. I'd say it is.

[Unnamed Guest]

Yeah. And your bone strength. Arthritis is interesting. I don't know why you have that. Yeah, but that, that's inflammation. So it could be diet related as well. So as you clean up your diet, spend more time in the sauna. I think you might see that that starts to subside as well.

[Dr. Christine]

I hope so. I got the infrared like a month ago. I'm going to do that. And I'm taking a parasite cleanse to tonight.

[Unnamed Guest]

Oh, what is that? What are you taking?

[Dr. Christine]

All sorts of natural herbs. Shout out to Chris Motley. He's been on the show three times. He sent me a bunch of stuff.

[Unnamed Guest]

Cool. I'll be curious to see what comes out.

[Dr. Christine]

I know. Well, every time I. I take them every year, kind of. But anytime I feel like I'm craving sugar more than normal, I start taking one. Because I know that's a parasite thing.

[Unnamed Guest]

Yeah.

[Dr. Christine]

Like people that have a sweet tooth. That's usually like a parasite thing. I think 94% of people have parasites. Something ridiculous.

[Unnamed Guest]

Yeah. And that's what that biome test will tell you as well. If there's any like, bacteria organ. Like what organisms are living in your gut. Like, you literally take a little scoop of your poop, you send it in the mail. It's crazy.

[Dr. Christine]

That is crazy.

[Unnamed Guest]

The data that you get back, like in things that I should eat are not things that you should eat. Like raspberries is one of my superfoods. Where yours might be artichokes. Like, and there's a whole list. Eat These. Don't eat these. It's. It's really fascinating because there's no one size fits all when it comes to gut health. Everybody's microbiome is different, but if you can keep it happy, like, you won't get sick.

[Dr. Christine]

Yeah, I got one of those on my dogs that you pluck their dog hair, you send it to them, they tell you what food they're allergic to.

[Unnamed Guest]

Oh.

[Dr. Christine]

And it was really fascinating.

[Unnamed Guest]

I better do that for Lola.

[Dr. Christine]

Yeah, they were allergic to like 40 things.

[Unnamed Guest]

Really?

[Dr. Christine]

Damn. I used to feed them that chicken was one of them palm trees, which there's like 40 in my backyard. One of my dogs is allergic to them, and he would always itch. Now we know why.

[Unnamed Guest]

Fascinating.

[Dr. Christine]

So, yeah, I gotta remember the name of that one. But, yeah, those allergy tests are fascinating.

[Unnamed Guest]

Yeah. And I think it's. It's the next kind of frontier of having, like, individualized prescriptions for health. You know, what does your body need, what do your cells need in order to function better?

[Dr. Christine]

Which I love, because right now the doctors just follow a checklist.

[Unnamed Guest]

Right.

[Dr. Christine]

Treat everyone like a system.

[Unnamed Guest]

Right. If they, if a doctor looked at the stuff that I take, the supplement that I take, they'd be like, why? But they're very targeted. You know, I want my mitochondria to function at their highest level, so I take a lot of things that are like co factors for aerobic respiration. Like, if you ever took a science class, you learned about the Krebs cycle. And I take certain things that will help those work better. So I take methylene blue every day, and that's part of the mitochondrial health. And it's like, makes everything work better, you know. The mitochondrias are the batteries of your cell. If you can get those things, you know, really firing, everything is going to feel better. Your eyesight's gonna be better. I don't have gray hair. I think part of it is because I take care of my cellular health. And the infrared sauna is amazing for cellular health. It helps with those heat shock proteins and getting rid of crap that you accumulate in the environment. It's amazing.

[Dr. Christine]

That's impressive. Yeah. You said earlier, I think you're 50 now, but you felt you feel better now than you did at 30.

[Unnamed Guest]

Oh, 100%.

[Dr. Christine]

Which is amazing.

[Unnamed Guest]

Yeah. I mean, when I was 30 again, you know, I didn't understand what my body needed. I didn't understand from a nutrition standpoint what I needed. I drank way too much because I thought that was what people do at the age of 30. And so now that I'm older and wiser, like, I know how to take care of my body in a way that feels good and helps me perform. Because at the end of the day, if you and I aren't performing well and our brain isn't working well, then none of this would, would be for anything.

[Dr. Christine]

Yeah, it's exciting because a lot of people fear aging. They fear like their 40s and 50s, but. Yeah, you know, you're killing it.

[Unnamed Guest]

Well, it, it can be scary if you aren't proactive. Right, right. You know, your hormones change, your gut health changes, you become debilitated. That sucks. Like, I don't want that. I don't want that for myself. I don't want that for my clients. I don't want that for you. I want to get better as I get older, period.

[Dr. Christine]

Yeah. Gut health is super important. Right.

[Unnamed Guest]

It's everything.

[Dr. Christine]

It really is your second brain, they.

[Unnamed Guest]

Say it Is, it is 1,000%. And so if you can keep your gut healthy, you can keep the rest of your body healthy.

[Dr. Christine]

And right now, people's guts are being destroyed by everything.

[Unnamed Guest]

Well, the ultra processed foods, you know, the, the chemicals, the glyphosate, it's all absolutely gutting us. Like literally, literally gutting us.

[Dr. Christine]

I love that. Yeah. I had to do a gut detox. Mine was.

[Unnamed Guest]

So in addition to the parasite cleanse.

[Dr. Christine]

Yeah, it was a different one. But I had constipation my whole life, so I had to like reset my whole gut.

[Unnamed Guest]

Yeah, constipation is a big problem.

[Dr. Christine]

I had it for years.

[Unnamed Guest]

You're supposed to poop twice a day.

[Dr. Christine]

Yeah, I was doing maybe twice a week. Yeah, three times a week.

[Unnamed Guest]

And what happens is your poop just sits in there and it get, toxins get emitted into your system and it's.

[Dr. Christine]

It'S really, really 10 pounds of poop inside the average person, I think.

[Unnamed Guest]

Yeah, absolutely. So, you know, doing that to make sure that you're not constipated anymore. And like, for people that are constipated, an easy way to address that is to make sure you're taking enough magnesium. Magnesium is simple, it's effective, and most people are deficient. So if you just take a magnesium supplement every night, you're gonna poop, you're probably gonna sleep, your bones are going to be happier. Like that's, that's kind of a no brainer.

[Dr. Christine]

I was deficient in that. I was deficient in zinc, vitamin D, vitamin C. So all the important ones. And then I started fasting and between all that. It went away.

[Unnamed Guest]

Yeah. Are you. Do you fast now?

[Dr. Christine]

I try to intermittent fast. I want to do another three day fast. I haven't done one in a while.

[Unnamed Guest]

Yeah, it's intense.

[Dr. Christine]

It's tough.

[Unnamed Guest]

But then like after the first 12 hours, you're really not hungry anymore. It's just getting over that initial hump and then all of a sudden you have this energy that comes out of nowhere and you have this clarity. You could write a book when you're fast. Yeah, it's crazy.

[Dr. Christine]

Are you big on it?

[Unnamed Guest]

I am. So I don't. I normally stop eating at about 8 o'clock at night and I tell my husband too, like, the kitchen's closed, stay out. Right. Because you got to digest at night. And then I wake up in the morning, I'll do coffee. So it's not technically fasting if you're having coffee. But then I work out. I don't normally eat an actual meal till around noon and I'm just not hungry. And I get my best thinking done in the morning when I don't have any food in my system.

[Dr. Christine]

Yes.

[Unnamed Guest]

And there's a lot to that. The minute I eat something, it's like, okay, now I've got to use that energy to digest and it just slows me down a hundred percent, you know, so that's how I address it. And it works really well. And I feel fine. I feel amazing.

[Dr. Christine]

I love that. Well, Dr. Christine, it's been fun. Where can people find you and potentially get advice and work with you?

[Unnamed Guest]

Yeah. So instagram @doctor christineboev. And then my website is mastermenopause.com. anybody can message me, send me a direct message and we can hop on a zoom and I love to problem solve, you know, see if we're a good fit.

[Dr. Christine]

Yeah. Yeah. We'll link below. Thanks for coming. Thanks for watching, guys. Yeah, See you next time.