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Dr. Mindy shares why she stopped fasting for almost a year, introduces flex fasting for high-stress and menopausal women, and reveals the five health rules she's deliberately giving up in 2026, from counting macros to the gym to other people's urgency.

Dr. Mindy breaks down the new research linking GLP-1 weight loss drugs to a 30% increased risk of osteoporosis, compares GLP-1 medications head-to-head with intermittent fasting, and gives women five concrete steps to protect bone density, preserve muscle, and naturally stimulate their own GLP-1 production.

Caroline Alan returns with her new book The Mineral Reset to unpack why minerals are the missing foundation of every health plan — and how fulvic and humic acids detox glyphosate, restore energy, and rebuild what your food and supplements can't.

Food policy journalist Helena Bottemiller Evich joins Dr. Mindy to cut through the noise on MAHA, the FDA's GRAS loophole, food dyes, glyphosate, the new dietary guidelines, and what's actually changing in the American food system in 2026.

Feminist historian Elinor Cleghorn joins Dr. Mindy to explore the constructed history of maternal guilt, the myth of natural mothering instinct, empty nesting, fatherhood, and why motherhood urgently needs a rebrand — for all our sakes.

Tapping expert Jessica Ortner joins Dr. Mindy to explain how EFT tapping interrupts anxious thought spirals, reduces cortisol by up to 43%, and rewires the nervous system — and guides listeners through a live tapping session for perimenopause anxiety and self-sabotage.

Nurse practitioner and author Cynthia Thurlow joins Dr. Mindy to reveal how the estrobolome – the gut microbes that control estrogen metabolism – shapes your hormones, mood, metabolism, and menopause experience, and what you can do about it.

Positive psychologist Dr. Zelana Montminy joins Dr. Mindy to reveal why focus is a biological state, not a character flaw — and how chronic nervous system dysregulation, cognitive overload, and unprocessed grief are quietly destroying our ability to pay attention in midlife.