Yeah, you say you can't out hormone your lifestyle choices. If you're drinking

a lot caffeine by day and booze by night and you're not sleeping well, you know,

that is going to be a challenge and no amount of hormones will necessarily fix that.

Facts do not have opinions. Just don't let perfection be the enemy of good good.

Self love is really about self-respect and acceptance.

Welcome to the whole view. I'm Stacy Toth of Real Everything. I'm here each week to dive deeper

into how we can find happiness and health inside and out through self-love, body positivity,

and discovering new ways to be our best selves. Before we get started, this podcast is for

general education purposes. And while our guest today Esther is an integrative dietician,

she is not your health professional as of yet. So we always suggest seeking appropriate

treatment with licensed professionals accordingly. That said, welcome Esther to the show.

Thank you, Stacy. I'm stoked to be here. I cannot tell you how many questions I get about

Menopause. So I'm excited to dive into this show with you. We did a show once before on

kind of the science of Menopause and Perry Menopause. We talked a lot about health habits in terms

of lifestyle, getting more sleep, gentle movement, nutrients. We also talked a lot about physical

changes like skin, skin getting drier and things that we can do and stuff like that. But I think

that it was kind of at a very 30-foot view, is that what they say, right? Like very high level.

And so you have so much experience in this and as a woman who is entering this face of my life,

I'm more interested to talk about it now than we did a couple years ago when it felt so far away.

But just listeners, a little introduction. So Esther Blum is an integrative dietician and

Menopause expert. You've got a whole lot of letters behind your name as well, a Bachelor of Science

and Clinical Nutrition, a graduate of New York University with a Master of Science and Clinical

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