{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Endocrine Matters","title":"Why We Don't Talk About Menopause and Why That Silence Is Hurting Us","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":888,"description":"Your mother's silence about her own body was never wisdom. It was a gap, and it has a cost. If you are a South Asian woman who arrived at your 40s with no language for what your body is doing, this episode is for you. The exhaustion, the 3am wake-ups, the anxiety you don'trecognize, none of it is in your head, and none of it is something you have to endure quietly.Dr. Arti Thangudu, board-certified endocrinologist, Menopause Society Certified Practitioner, and founder of Complete Medicine and Hey Healthy, connects the cultural silence around women's bodies to its real clinical consequences: why we enter menopause earlier, why oursymptoms get missed, and what to actually do about it. This one is personal. She grew up inheriting that silence too.\n🔍 This episode explores:• 🧩 Why periods and women's health were treated as shameful, and the health cost of that silence• 🧩 Why South Asian women reach menopause earlier (around 48 versus 51), with nearly 1 in 3 before 45• 🧩 Why earlier menopause means earlier cardiovascular and metabolic risk• 🧩 The symptoms that show up more for us: sleep disruption, joint pain, mood changes, urinary symptoms, often more than hot flashes• 🧩 Why vitamin D deficiency (70 to 90 percent of South Asian women) matters even more now• 🧩 Hormone therapy and the timing question• 🧩 The five things to bring to your next appointment\n👩 This episode is for you if:• You are a South Asian woman in your 40s and confused about what your body is doing• Your mother never explained menopause, and no one else did either• You keep telling your doctor you're \"fine\" when you are exhausted and not sleeping• You want to understand your cardiovascular and metabolic risk, not just your symptoms• You want evidence-based clarity and permission to ask for help\n⚖ The bottom lineThe silence that surrounded our mothers' bodies was not wisdom. It was a gap, in research, in conversation, and in the basic permission for women to be seen as full human beings whose physical...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/LA3-Z5npWAfURN2OcbeyEztCIcEpLMnD4wEPWOmRhWE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wNjJl/MDMyMzEzMTRiNDAz/NzI3NDYwYjIyNWQ3/N2M5MC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}