Why Weight Gain, Fatigue & Inflammation Hit in Midlife: Gut Health, Toxic Overload & Perimenopause | Dr. Joy Ostroff

In this episode, Chelsea sits down with Dr. Diana Joy Ostroff — naturopathic physician, traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, and founder of the Center for Natural Healing Hawaii — for a powerful, eye-opening conversation about what’s really happening in women’s bodies during perimenopause and midlife.

Dr. Joy brings over 30 years of clinical experience — and her own deeply personal health journey — into a conversation that covers everything from gut health and hormones to stress, inflammation, joint pain, sugar cravings, detoxification, and weight gain.

This episode explores:

The importance of a healthy gut
How stress and cortisol shut down healing
What’s actually behind midlife weight gain
Why detoxification matters before fat loss
How inflammation shows up as joint pain

Dr. Joy offers a compassionate, whole-body view of health — one that honors both the physical and emotional realities of midlife and invites women to stop fighting their bodies and start working with them.

This conversation explores groundbreaking information that has the power to shift your entire perimenopause perspective.

Follow Dr. Joy on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/drjoyostroff/

Explore her work & practice:
https://www.naturalhealinghawaii.com/

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https://www.instagram.com/notyoungbetter/

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