Front Page Fitness Ep 48 - New Menopause Research
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Mar 25, 2026 They dissect a new narrative review on menopause and metabolism, calling out media spin and study design issues. They compare different metabolic measures and explain why rodent data may not translate to humans. They highlight missing papers, questionable claims about activity-related energy changes, and gaps linking hormone therapy to weight. They end with tips for critically assessing scientific headlines.
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Lauren's Shattered Kitchen Window Startled The Day
- Lauren Colenso-Semple opens the episode describing a window shattering in her kitchen as a recent minor disaster.
- She notes nobody was harmed, she was cold, and the event set a slightly frazzled tone for the day.
Narrative Reviews Allow Selective Interpretation
- Narrative reviews summarize existing studies without a strict inclusion protocol and allow authors latitude in which studies to highlight.
- Lauren Colenso-Semple warns this permits unintentional bias and can make broad claims that the underlying data don't uniformly support.
Energy Expenditure Must Be Broken Into Components
- Energy expenditure is usefully divided into resting metabolic rate, sleeping metabolic rate, thermic effect of food, and activity energy expenditure because each is measured differently and has different daily importance.
- Eric Trexler highlights doubly labeled water as the gold standard for total energy expenditure over days, versus single-timepoint indirect calorimetry.