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I'm Melanie Beasley, a licensed and registered dietitian.

Chances are, if you're a female listener, between the ages of 40 and 70, you are familiar with the terms perimenopause and menopause.

Or the terms hot flashes and night sweats. Is that currently in your vocabulary right now?

Or what about mood swings, maybe sleep issues, vaginal dryness, and urinary incontinence?

Listeners, if these terms sound familiar, well, you are not alone.

In the United States, about 6,000 women daily and more than 2 million women yearly reach

menopause.

So welcome to the club, ladies.

My co-host and I today are going to be talking about this issue

with you this morning. And with the average life expectancy of women being 81, the male clinic

reports that women are spending more than a third of their lives in menopause. Wow. Yeah,

interesting to think about. Yeah. And some of the reasons for women and men

living longer these days, especially compared to 50 or 100 years ago, is because of improved

medical technologies. I think we can all agree to that. Also, we have improved public health and

fewer infectious diseases, which is interesting.

But before you ladies start worrying about the idea of suffering and menopause for all those years,

we are here today to tell you it doesn't have to be miserable.

And that is our topic today, talking all about menopause. I am Brittany Vincent,

a registered and licensed dietitian. And Melanie and I want to specifically focus on something

women are frustrated with in your 40s and older. And it's menopausal weight gain. How to avoid that menopause weight gain is what we're

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