GMA alum appears on rival Today 2 years after quitting ABC morning show
GMA alum Dr Jen Ashton appears on rival Today 2 years after quitting ABC morning show
DR. JEN Ashton appeared on her old competitor’s morning show, over at Today, two years after she quit GMA.
The beloved former television doctor appeared on Today on Friday morning, two years after leaving GMA.
Good Morning America alum, Dr. Jen Ashton, appeared on her old rival morning show, Today, on FridayCredit: NBC
Dr. Jen left GMA back in 2024 to launch a wellness companyCredit: ABC
Today Show’s Laura Jarrett introduced Dr. Jen, saying she is “board certified in OB/GYN practice and obesity medicine with a master’s in nutrition.”
Laura first congratulated Dr. Jen on her new podcast, Dear Dr. Jen, which just launched.
Dr. Jen said she was being inundated with questions about topics in women’s medicine that needed deeper dives and more clarity on how to use burgeoning information, and that those two needs helped her create the new podcast.
“I was noticing a lot of noise in the space of women’s health.
“It’s great that we’re talking about it more than ever, but it’s very difficult for women to get the perspective and the insights to understand how to use that information,” she explained, adding she is hoping her podcast can help add clarity there.
She continued, “But I was also getting 1000s of questions. People were DMing me on Instagram about topics that weren’t getting the deep dive that they really needed.
“So, Dear Dr. Jen was born, and it’s really all about women’s health and nutrition, mental health, menopause. It’s all in there.”
Dr. Jen also spoke about some of the topics that are currently hot-button issues.
She discussed how menopause has been getting a lot more attention recently, but urged that there is some panic in the information that has been going around.
“The good news is there are more options now than ever before, but we really have to pump the brakes and just understand it’s a privilege to go through menopause,” but the info needs to be “more in the moderate zone, not in the extreme zone.”
Dr. Jen also advocated that women need to be getting more fiber, both soluble and insoluble fiber, saying women need 20 to 30 grams of fiber a day.
At the end of the segment, Laura announced that Dr. Jen is also featured online on Today.com as their “expert tip of the day” where she is sharing more tips on fiber.
Dr. Jen left Good Morning America back in 2024 to launch her wellness company, Ajenda.
She had been with the morning show for 13 years before deciding to leave at the end of her contract.
Dr. Jen launched the company to help address the challenges of menopause health and weight management.
