The Livelong Podcast
“You’re going to find this [estrogen] patch on my dead body.”
For Dr. Sophia Yen, a Stanford adolescent medicine specialist and the Pandia Health CEO and co-founder, hormone therapy isn’t a short-term treatment…it’s lifelong health insurance.
In this episode, Livelong’s Erin Hunter sits down with Yen for a deep dive into menopause, perimenopause, hormones, birth control, and how estrogen loss rewires the body, driving visceral fat gain, cardiovascular risk, bone loss, and metabolic dysfunction. Dr. Yen also challenges the playbook (such as the “10-year window” and compounded hormones) and argues that much of modern menopause care is based on outdated information, not current evidence.
They explore:
Why menopause triggers visceral fat, cholesterol spikes, and arterial stiffening (and why this isn’t just “aging”)
The case for lifelong hormone therapy
Why birth control is often the best treatment for perimenopause
The misunderstood “10-year window” for starting HRT
The overlooked role of metformin in midlife metabolism and diabetes prevention
Protein-forward diets and the 60–60–60 longevity rule
We hope this conversation helps you understand the role of hormones and move beyond symptom management.
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