227: The Spreading Years with More of Me to Love: Geriatric Weight-Gain

(00:00:00) 227: The Spreading Years with More of Me to Love: Geriatric Weight-Gain

(00:00:11) Welcome to the Itchy and Bitchy Podcast

(00:00:42) Doc Itchy Medical Pets Supplements

(00:01:02) The Complexities of Midlife Weight Gain

(00:04:18) The Four Key Factors Contributing to Weight Gain After 40

(00:09:12) Hormonal Changes and Their Impact on Weight

(00:14:13) The Importance of Sleep and Behavioral Factors

(00:18:11) Sarcopenia, Body Composition, and Inflammation

(00:22:51) Legit or Bullshit: Muscle-Skin Communication and Fecal Microbiota Transplant

(00:28:17) Closing Remarks and Call to Action

Thanks Hormones, Very Cool: Why Your Body Decided Middle Age Was the Perfect Time to Expand

Congratulations, you survived your twenties, powered through your thirties, and your reward is a metabolism that has apparently gone into witness protection. Nobody told you that simply existing after forty would require a completely different operating manual, and yet here we are, buying pants with "comfort waistbands" and calling it self-care.