Metabolic Protocols, GLP-1s & Habit Stacking: WTF Is Happening Inside Me? Part 3 of 3
The Luminescence Podcast with Schuyler GrantShow Notes
Hormone therapy, GLP-1 medications, vitamin D, creatine, vibration plates, cold plunging, butter coffee. The list of things women in midlife are being told to try keeps growing.
This is part three of the conversation on what's happening structurally in your body. Schuyler Grant, Dr. Somi Javaid, and Dr. Sarah de la Torre get into what the science actually supports for metabolic health, muscle preservation, and bone density in perimenopause and menopause and go deep on GLP-1 medications, including why microdosing is quieting food noise and anxiety in ways that go well beyond weight loss.
They discuss:
Why GLP-1 medications are changing the conversation around weight, metabolism, and anxiety in midlife — and what microdosing actually does that full doses don't
What you need to know to protect muscle mass if you're on a GLP-1 — why the medication doesn't distinguish between fat and muscle loss, and how to work with that
The role of vitamin D, calcium, and omega-3s for bones and hormones — what the research supports and what's marketing
What actually moves the needle for metabolic health beyond the basics — from strength training to vibration plates, and why some interventions work better than others
Lightning round verdicts on step tracking, butter coffee, creatine, squats after meals, and cold plunging — what's worth your time and what isn't
For any woman trying to sort through the noise around what actually works for midlife health.
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