What Is Perimenopause? | Dr.Sara Gottfried & Dr. Andrew Huberman

Alzheimer's disease is not a disease of old age , it is disease of middle age . What are some of the biomarkers that we can define that can tell you what your risk is . I've got a mother and a grandmother with Alzheimer's disease .

What Is Perimenopause? | Dr.Sara Gottfried & Dr. Andrew Huberman

They are a biomarker of increased bone loss . They are a biomarker of changes in the brain . Uh So many of these symptoms that occur in perimenopause are not driven by the ovaries , they are driven by the brain .

What Is Perimenopause? | Dr.Sara Gottfried & Dr. Andrew Huberman

It doesn't matter that you're not sleeping anymore , you know , turn down the temperature in the room and that's not right because hot flushes and night sweats are a biomarker of cardio metabolic disease . They are a biomarker of increased bone loss . They are a biomarker of changes in the brain .

What Is Perimenopause? | Dr.Sara Gottfried & Dr. Andrew Huberman

Yes . It seems to be a phenotype that you can then map to Alzheimer's disease because that's Lisa Mosconi S work she's looking at . Ok .

What Is Perimenopause? | Dr.Sara Gottfried & Dr. Andrew Huberman

The concept right now in conventional medicine is that hot flashes and night sweats are these nuisance symptoms that we will take care of temporarily , maybe with a little bit of estrogen and progesterone or a birth control pill because it's given a lot or that they pass or , you know , suck it up , suck it up . It doesn't matter that you're not sleeping anymore , you know , turn down the temperature in the room and that's not right because hot flushes and night sweats are a biomarker of cardio metabolic disease . They are a biomarker of increased bone loss .