Welcome to Season 4 of the Essence of Health Tea Time podcast!

New Year's resolutions typically focus on eating better, exercising more, and losing weight. While these goals matter, many other health habits that shape your well-being just as much, if not more, than a new gym routine.

On today's episode of the Essence of Health Tea Time Podcast, Dr. Shayla Toombs-Withers kicks off Season 4 with a brand new format, reviewing popular health and wellness news articles together and sharing her expert take as a physician specializing in integrative medicine, functional medicine, metabolic health, and hormone optimization.

In this premiere episode, Dr. Shayla reviews an article from the American Medical Association (AMA) titled "𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐊𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫'𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬" and will be spilling “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫-𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫’𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬”.

Synopsis

• Discover the 10 health areas that doctors recommend focusing on for New Year's resolutions, beyond just diet and exercise.
• Understand the deeper connections between common symptoms like decision fatigue, joint pain, afternoon exhaustion, and winter blues, and how they may all be related to hormonal imbalance and insulin resistance.
• Learn how hormone shifts during perimenopause and menopause affect immune function, mood disorders, cognitive function, sleep quality, and chronic inflammation.
• Learn why healthy aging starts in your 30s, 40s, and 50s, and how choices you make now determine how you'll feel in your 60s, 70s, and beyond.
• Get Dr. Shayla's “New Year New You” tea on each recommendation, along with her FREE "𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭", your practical step-by-step guide covering the five areas she assesses with patients before recommending weight loss, hormone optimization, and aggressive lifestyle changes.

Today’s Highlighted Article:

“What doctors wish patients knew about healthy New Year’s resolutions”

https://www.ama-assn.org/public-health/prevention-wellness/what-doctors-wish-patients-knew-about-healthy-new-year-s

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