{"podcast":{"title":"Menopause Mastery","slug":"menopause-mastery-4896737","podcast_index_feed_id":4896737,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/386309/rss","website_url":"https://menopausemasterypodcast.libsyn.com/site","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/3/6/5/c/365ce96c7ff708b0e55e3c100dce7605/3.png","author":"Dr. Betty Murray","episode_count":288,"summary":"Welcome to Menopause Mastery with Dr. Betty Murray. This show is for women in the second season of life, the season of menopause, who are ready for more: health - vitality - passion - and purpose! Join host, Dr. Betty Murray (part geek, part magician, and your new medical bestie with a dash of sass), as she takes complex science and makes it easier to integrate into daily life. Nutrition, hormones, functional medicine, and a wellness lifestyle are only the tip of the conversation. Join the journey to uncover your deepest desires, harness your physical and mental health, and peel back the layers to know exactly what you want out of life. Let's make this season the best ever!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T02:20:39.875062+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/menopause-mastery-4896737"},"episode":{"title":"The #1 Nutrient Menopausal Women Are Missing","slug":"the-1-nutrient-menopausal-women-are-missing","published_at":"2026-07-01T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/menopause-mastery-4896737/the-1-nutrient-menopausal-women-are-missing","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/menopause-mastery-4896737","url":"https://thisfunctionallife.libsyn.com/the-1-nutrient-menopausal-women-are-missing","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thisfunctionallife/EP_285_-_Fiber_Solocast.mp3?dest-id=3177122","summary":"The Menopause Mastery Show | Fiber: The #1 Nutrient Menopausal Women Are Missing | Episode 285 Solocast with Dr. Betty Murray 🌿Welcome to The Menopause Mastery Show! Protein matters in midlife—but it is not the whole story. In this episode of Menopause Mastery, Dr. Betty Murray explains why fiber may be the missing nutrient behind stubborn menopause weight gain, visceral fat, glucose spikes, hormone detox issues, and gut imbalance. 🍏 ✨ You'll learn how soluble fiber, resistant starch, short-chain fatty acids, bile acids, and the estrobolome all influence insulin sensitivity, cholesterol, estrogen clearance, inflammation, and metabolic health. Dr. Betty also breaks down why extreme low-carb or carnivore-style diets can backfire long term when they starve the gut microbiome. If you've been hitting your protein goals but still feel stuck, this episode will help you rethink carbohydrates, rebuild fiber intake, and support your metabolism from the gut up. 00:00 Why Protein Isn't the Whole Menopause Weight-Loss Story 01:09 The Missing Nutrient: Fiber 02:10 Three Beliefs About Carbs, Protein, and Fiber That Need to Shift 03:48 Why Midlife Women Are Fiber Deficient 05:48 Visceral Fat, Menopause, and the Calorie Myth 07:26 How Fiber Slows Glucose Spikes 08:43 Short-Chain Fatty Acids: How Gut Bacteria Talk to Fat Cells 09:56 What Research Says About Fiber and Metabolic Health 11:00 Fiber as Your Body's Natural GLP-1 Support 13:02 Resistant Starch and Insulin Sensitivity 14:01 The Estrobolome: Your Gut's Role in Estrogen Detox 18:27 What Happens When You Starve Your Good Gut Bacteria 20:36 Testing Hormone Detox and Gut Imbalance 22:31 Fiber, Bile, and Liver Detoxification 25:39 How Soluble Fiber Helps Lower Cholesterol 27:42 The Protein-Fiber Problem 30:25 Why Extreme Diets Can B…","meta_description":"The Menopause Mastery Show | Fiber: The #1 Nutrient Menopausal Women Are Missing | Episode 285 Solocast with Dr. Betty Murray 🌿Welcome to The Menopause Ma…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2781,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/menopause-mastery-4896737/episodes/the-1-nutrient-menopausal-women-are-missing/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/menopause-mastery-4896737/the-1-nutrient-menopausal-women-are-missing.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}