How to feel more like yourself again during perimenopause
Diabetes Digital Podcast by Food Heaven
Wendy Lopez, Jessica Jones
4.9 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Perimenopause isn’t talked about enough and many women are left unprepared for the changes it brings. This hormonal transition often comes with unexpected shifts in energy, sleep, mood, and yes even blood sugar.
In this episode, Wendy sits down with Bria Gadd, also known as The Period Whisperer, to unpack what’s really happening in the body during perimenopause. They explore the connection between hormone fluctuations and blood sugar, how to spot early signs, and why symptoms like fatigue and cravings are real and valid. Whether you’ve been navigating perimenopause for a while or are just beginning to notice changes, this conversation will leave you feeling informed, supported, and more connected to what your body needs.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to another episode of the Diabetes Digital podcast. Today we have a very special guest for you. We are talking with Brea Gadd, also known as the period whisper. I love that name and I wish I would have had a period whisper when I first got my period. We are going to be packing what is really happening in the body during perimenopause. |
| 0:23.6 | Brea explores a connection between hormone fluctuations and blood sugar, how to spot early |
| 0:28.4 | signs, and why symptoms like fatigue and cravings are real and valid. Whether you've been |
| 0:33.2 | navigating perimenopause for a while or you're just beginning to notice changes, this |
| 0:36.8 | conversation will leave you informed, supported, and more connected to what your body needs. Perimenopause for a while or you're just beginning to notice changes, this conversation will leave you informed, supported, and more connected to what your body needs. |
| 0:41.2 | Perimenopause is one of those things that is not talked about enough and many women are left |
| 0:46.2 | feeling unprepared for the changes that it brings. So we are thrilled to have this conversation |
| 0:50.4 | with Brea and just a reminder that if you have perimenopause or menopause, |
| 0:55.0 | if you have pre-diabetes, PCOS, diabetes, and you want personalized support from one of our |
| 1:00.1 | dieticians, we do offer insurance-covered counseling. So make sure you check us out at |
| 1:04.8 | diabetes digital.co. And we are going to hop into this episode. |
| 1:09.3 | Welcome to the Diabetes Digital podcast. I'm Wendy. |
| 1:12.8 | And I'm Jess and we're best friends, registered dieticians and diabetes educators. Through our telehealth |
| 1:18.4 | platform, DiabetesDigital.co, we offer accessible and personalized virtual nutrition counseling for |
| 1:24.3 | people with diabetes and pre-di. Visit diabetes digital.co, |
| 1:28.7 | that's CO, to book your first appointment. We accept insurance and offer affordable self-pay options. |
| 1:34.4 | Now, let's get into today's episode. This podcast is brought to you by Hero Bread. |
| 1:42.1 | As dietitians, we're always on the hunt for store-bought foods that we can |
| 1:45.5 | confidently recommend to our patients. But here is the catch, anything we recommend has to actually |
| 1:50.8 | taste good. Life is short, and I both live to eat and eat to live. That's when Hero Bread reached out. |
| 1:58.6 | I'd seen them in stores, but I hadn't picked anything up yet, |
| 2:01.6 | and they had sent a bunch of products for us to try. Now, my husband and I, we love food, |
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