Today on the root cause medicine podcast. It's more than 50% of all women starting in perimenopause

who report having trouble not only falling asleep but also staying asleep. There's this sense of

overwhelm where you want to crash. You want to close your eyes and go to sleep and you can't.

And when you finally can, at some point you just wake up, usually two in the morning or three

in the morning and you can't fall back to sleep.

I think it's maddening when that happens repeatedly over time.

I think it's important to understand why that happens and what can help

if you want to talk about it. Hello, hello. I am your co-host for today, Dr. Carrie Jones,

and I am beyond excited to introduce to you Dr. Lisa Moscone. She is at the forefront of neuroscience and women's health. In fact,

she is her PhD in both neuroscience and nuclear medicine. Now, she's quite the scientist and also

a best-selling author. She is the author behind Brain Food, which is all about nutrition in the brain.

She is the author behind XX Brain, which is about the female brain and Alzheimer's,

and we are talking about her newest book, The Menopause Brain, which I think is going to get home

for a lot of you. It's safe to say that the brain is her forte. And we go into all the things that

happen to a woman in her brain when she goes through perimenopause and menopause.

And it's a lot more than you think up there

in the neurological area.

In fact, she talks about the neuroendocrine system

so much and how much they are so intricately connected.

And most importantly, what can we do

to help support our brain through this entire transition?

She is a wealth of information. It is a fantastic book. And if you are struggling with any of those

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