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Hey, you're on here with Ella and I am here today with Dr. Meg Mill. How are you, Dr. Meg?

Hi, Ella. Thank you for having me. Dr. Meg,

where are you today? I am in Indiana, Pennsylvania. It's a little confusing because it's actually,

we think it's the state. There's an Indiana, Pennsylvania? It is, yes. It creates a lot of

confusion. Yes, it's right outside of Pittsburgh. So we're in the greater Pittsburgh area.

Dr. Meg, could you do me a favor and tell everybody who you are and what you do?

Yes. I'm a functional medicine practitioner. And I see people in my virtual functional medicine

practice actually all over the world. So what I do is look into causes of health issues.

And then we do testing and personalized plans and really

dig into people's overall health and then really find the body's natural ability to heal.

Well, that is one of the reasons I wanted to speak with you, obviously, is functional medicine

is something that I have taken many a deep dive into, but never on this specific topic,

Dr. Meg, that I really wanted to talk with you about today. And that is paramenopause. And I have

had so many people, honestly, I think for upwards of three years, I've had people ask me to

cover this topic. And for one reason or another, I just never have. So that is what we're

focused on today, Dr. Meg,

and I thank you so much for being here to do that. Could we start with a baseline definition of what

paramedopause even is? Absolutely. And I think one thing even before we get into that that I

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