253. Dr. Jessica Shepherd: On Menopause, HRT, and Longevity Tips for Women

0:00We've always idealized medicine as [music] direction in order to give someone what they need to do in order to be their best health. So, why is it that we have the best of research and the

0:09best of resources and we're not applying it in the way that people can actually live longer and live well? >> The system is very expensive and by shifting some of that healthcare

0:19spending to these preventive care, it's almost keeping people out of the system. >> We are classically trained as humans to ignore what your body is [music] telling

0:28you until it tells you something where it's catastrophic. >> This is why there is such a prevalence of autoimmune disease in women because where does autoimmune prey? It preys on

0:38the weak. >> I am really trying to capture women before they hit menopause to give them the best building blocks so that at 60, 70, and 80, they are optimized instead

0:48of waiting for it to be a catastrophic fall off the cliff. >> Especially for the women and for the men that are listening, where do they start? >> You know, Gary, that is the

0:56million-dollar question. Well, I do have several answers. One is >> [music] >> What if I told you that 50 million women have unnecessarily suffered for decades because of one misquoted study? Today's