628: The truth about lean muscle, GLP-1s & women’s metabolism | Ana Kausel, M.D.

“If you really want to be strong and you want to do strength training, you need to eat carbohydrates,” explains Ana Kausel, M.D. 

Ana Kausel, M.D., a board-certified endocrinologist and women’s health expert, joins us today to share how women can build metabolic strength from the inside out—through muscle, nutrition, hormones, and lifestyle.

- Her experience gaining 9 lbs of muscle (~3:40)

- GLP-1 dosage (~6:10)

- The importance of lifestyle on GLP-1s (~6:45)

- Her approach to training (~11:00)

- Balancing fat & protein (~14:15)

- Increasing protein intake (~17:00)

- The role of carbs (~17:30)

- Improving metabolic health (~19:00)

- Creatine & taurine (~21:00)

- Testing female hormones (~22:15)

- Symptoms vs. lab work (~23:45)

- HRT: Compounding vs. bioidentical (~27:40)

- Her take on DHEA (~28:45)

- Testosterone levels (~31:15)

- Use cases of GLP-1s (~35:55)

- Her nutrition philosophy (~37:20)

- Are NAD supplements worth it? (~47:25)

- The importance of calcium (~48:00)

Referenced in the episode: 

- Follow Kausel on Instagram (@dranakausel) 

- Check out her YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@DraAnaKausel) 

- Work with her (https://anzarahealth.com/) 

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