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Naturally Nourished

Episode 443: Perimenopause

Naturally Nourished

Ali Miller RD

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Health & Fitness:nutrition

4.8 • 655 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Could you be in perimenopause? Are you experiencing mood swings, trouble sleeping, or irregular cycles and wondering if it’s just stress—or something more? In this week’s episode, we’re unpacking the hormonal rollercoaster that is perimenopause, a transitional phase that can span up to 10 years before menopause officially sets in. We talk about what’s happening with your hormones during this time, how to assess where you’re at, and the most common symptoms women face as their bodies shift. We also share empowering, food-as-medicine strategies, targeted supplements, and key lifestyle interventions to help you feel balanced, supported, and vibrant through the transition. Aging doesn’t have to mean losing yourself in the process—there’s so much you can do to stay sharp, energized, and grounded. Tune in and learn how to navigate perimenopause with clarity and confidence. Also in this episode:  Defining perimenopause Symptoms of perimenopause Conventional treatment of perimenopause symptoms Functional medicine approach Phytoestrogens Kudzu Red Clover Flax Turmeric Resveretrol I3C Broccodetox  Labs for perimenopause Dutch Hormone Panel Labrix Neurohormone Complete Plus Episode 395 Testing Women's Hormones LH, FSH, Estradiol (Day 3) Progesterone (Day 19) Cholesterol changes in perimenopause Episode 139 The Pregnenolone Steal Episode 433 Markers that Matter for Heart Health Priorities of supplementation Relax and Regulate Bio-C Plus Vitamin D Balanced Blend Women’s Flora Julva Food as medicine  Mediterranean Keto Protein Episode 412 The Power of Protein Whey Protect Pure Collagen Fiber Omega 3s Bone Broth Fasting Carnitine Detox Packs Creatine    Sponsors for this episode:  This episode is sponsored by Wild Foods, a company that puts quality, sustainability, and health first in all of their products. They have everything from coffee to turmeric to medicinal mushrooms, and every single product is painstakingly sourced from small farms around the globe. They take their mission seriously to fix the broken food system, and believe real food is medicine. They've partnered with us to give you guys an exclusive discount, so use the code ALIMILLERRD for 12% off your order at WildFoods.co!

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Naturally Nourished Podcast that delivers cutting-edge food is medicine solutions for optimal health.

0:12.8

Ali Miller is a nutrition expert sought up by the media in America's top medical institutes

0:18.3

for her revolutionary functional medicine interventions.

0:22.6

From disease treatment to prevention, every episode will empower you with ways to put yourself

0:28.3

back in control of your health. Please know, the topics discussed are for educational purposes

0:35.1

only. Now welcome, Integrative Dietitians, Ali Miller, and her co-host Becky You.

0:42.6

Welcome to the Naturally Nourished Podcast.

0:45.0

You are joining us for episode 443.

0:47.7

Are you in perimenopause?

0:49.9

In this episode, we are talking about hormone shifts with aging and common symptoms of perimenopause

0:55.8

and just how to age with grace.

0:58.4

Yes, I think there is so much out there trying to kind of push you ladies to work against the clock

1:04.2

and all of the anti-aging banter out there of what you need to inject into your face or what you need to inject into your

1:13.3

body in the world of GLP1s and how to kind of like hack the aging process. And that's just not how

1:20.4

I view things in a functional medicine modality. We're really looking at promoting optimal health.

1:29.9

And when we're entering into this perimenopause phase and things are starting to slow down as far as ovarian hormone levels are speaking,

1:35.5

we want to make other considerations and changes in the body. And one thing that I really

1:39.5

want to leave you all with today is the messages that we put out there as far as intermittent fasting

1:44.1

and leptin

1:45.3

and some of these hormone regulations, we start to shift the goals when we start to experience

1:50.0

perimenopause because we're no longer looking for optimizing fertility. We're looking at a different

1:55.6

approach of longevity. We're looking at potentially some metabolic slowdown and maybe less

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