Cynthia Thurlow, NP
@_CynthiaThurlow
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Global Speaker/Everyday Wellness Podcast/Author/Helping women thrive in middle age and beyond/sign up for my newsletter https://t.co/Cl5l0vtu3O
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Joined April 2009
27 days after being hospitalized I delivered my 2nd TEDx talk... On THE best strategy to stay fit, lean and a badass I have 89k views in less than 24-hrs It is epic! 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 https://t.co/kwOybOsfaX
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Not caring what others think of you is a life skill Focus on your purpose ❤️
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When you are inspired by the incredible work of friends and colleagues @BenBikmanPhD @drjasonfung @bigfatsurprise & Drs. Jaime Seeman & Dr Nick Metabolic health experts 🙌🏻
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Not caring what others think of you is a life skill Focus on your purpose ❤️
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Longevity isn’t about living forever, it’s about living better, longer
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Longevity isn’t about living forever, it’s about living better, longer
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@HHSResponse @HHSGov @SecKennedy Please just don’t try the same outdated approach of “eat less, exercise more”. If that worked, obesity would have been solved decades ago. The focus for too long has been on calories. Calories matter, but so does the source. Calories that spike the hormone insulin will alter
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Gut healing starts with what you remove: ultra-processed food, seed oils, artificial sweeteners
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Don’t fear carbs Fear refined ones, like bread, pasta, cake, cookies Whole carbs feed keystone bacteria
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Latest podcast episode with 3 time guest and friend @robbwolf
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Podcast Episode · Everyday Wellness: Midlife Hormones, Health, and Science for Women 35+ · 11/05/2025 · 55m
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Learning the difference between pseudo-food and Real Food is the key to healing.
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Alcohol and antibiotics both disrupt gut repair, double down on probiotic foods post-use as well as beneficial yeasts, like Sacc boulardii
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SCFAs like butyrate = the gut’s currency of health Get yours via butter, veggies, legumes, and resistant starches
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The menopause belly is real, but not inevitable 1️⃣ Hormonal changes shift fat from hips to waist 2️⃣ Lower estrogen = higher cortisol = more visceral fat 3️⃣ This isn’t about vanity—it’s metabolic 4️⃣ Focus on muscle, not misery 5️⃣ Protein, resistance training, and sleep restore
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Big-pharma is not interested improving your health in months, they want to manage your disease for years...
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Stop eating dessert all day long 🥮Granola bars 🍢Cereal 🍧Oatmeal 🎂Juice 🍪Protein bars (most) 🍩Yogurt (most) What else would you add? The average American consumes 6 cups of sugar/week‼️❗️ Don’t be average! Timely post given the fact it is HALLOWEEN
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Your microbiome shifts in menopause, less diversity, more inflammation Feed it fiber, not restriction
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The gut isn’t Las Vegas, what happens there doesn’t stay there It affects your hormones, mood, and metabolism
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The gut isn’t Las Vegas, what happens there doesn’t stay there It affects your hormones, mood, and metabolism
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You can’t out-supplement a poor night’s sleep Cortisol wrecks insulin sensitivity
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How muscle becomes the organ of longevity 1️⃣ muscle burns fat at rest 2️⃣ it buffers glucose & insulin spikes 3️⃣ it protects bones and brain 4️⃣ strength=stability=longevity 5️⃣ in your 40’s+, resistance training is medicine
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