Have you heard that your brain “eats itself” during menopause if you don’t take hormones? That viral soundbite has a lot of women scared—and confused. 😟

In today’s episode of Happy and Healthy with Amy Lang, we bring clarity to the conversation around menopause, brain health, and hormone therapy. 

First and foremost, the statement that “the brain will eat itself” without hormone therapy is medically inaccurate and needlessly alarming many women who certainly don't need more stress. This is a misinterpretation of Dr. Robert Brinton's research.

What IS true:
• Your brain is not atrophying during menopause.
• It's adapting to a hormonal shift.
• Some women need more support during this transition.
• Maybe that's hormone therapy. Lifestyle interventions can definitely help.
• The current evidence does not support using menopause hormone therapy to prevent Alzheimer's disease

What is ALSO true:
• Menopause is not a disease or a medical crisis. It's a neurological transition state. The process itself is adaptive, not destructive.
• Rats do not experience menopause the same way human females do
• What happens in rodents should not be extrapolated to humans

You’ll hear:
• What REALLY happens to your brain when estrogen drops
• Why your brain is renovating, not self-destructing
• What top neuroscientists like Dr. Lisa Mosconi and Dr. Pauline Maki want you to know.
• Lifestyle strategies to support cognitive resilience through menopause

Let’s stop making decisions out of fear and start leading with facts and self-trust. 💜

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