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Podcast: The Ben Azadi Show
Episode: Weight Loss After 40 Isn’t About Willpower – The Shocking Hormone Shift Slowing Your Metabolism with Karen Martel | #1250
Description: What if your weight loss resistance in your 40s isn’t about willpower, but a powerful hormone shift that changes your metabolism, insulin sensitivity, and fat storage?
In this episode of the Metabolic Freedom Podcast, Ben Azadi welcomes back hormone expert Karen Martel to unpack why weight loss resistance is often a biological signal, not a motivation problem. Karen explains how hormone disruption from environmental xenoestrogens can create estrogen dominant symptoms in younger women, even when bloodwork appears normal.
The conversation then shifts into perimenopause and menopause, where the real metabolic shift begins. As estradiol de...