So estrogen and progesterone both affect our fluid retention hormones. As we get closer and closer to menopause, because we've had this dysregulation of our fluid absorption hormones, we have a muted thirst sensation. So we have to be very cognate that what we are drinking works with our physiology and we're consciously aware that we have to drink.

It's just like appetite.

Yeah, right?

Women have a really funny, they're like, oh, I just worked out.

I did a fasted cardio and I'm not hungry anymore.

It's like you definitely need to eat.

You definitely should not push back your meal.

Hello, my friends and welcome to another episode of Better with Dr. Stephanie.

Tis me, your host, Dr. Stephanie Steema.

And today I am bringing you part two of my conversation with Dr. Stacey Sims.

In our first conversation, we talked about exercise and nutrition for women.

And this episode is all about that critical missing

piece, which is recovery. We talk about all types of recovery. We talk about sleep. We talk about

hydration. We talk about cold. We talk about heat. We talk about it all. And if you are a woman

who is in any shape or form an athlete, whether you are a

professional athlete or you are a weekend warrior or anything in between, this episode is going

to show you and teach you how to recover why it's important. What are some of the metabolic and

physiological adaptations that we miss out on

if we are not recovering properly, and especially in perimenopause and menopause, how that

changes. So Dr. Stacey Sims, in case you are unfamiliar, she's an international exercise

physiologist, and her body of work explains the crucial differences in training and nutrition

between menstruating, perimenopausal, and menopausal women. We love Stacey because she simplifies

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