Welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition, brought to you by nutritional weight and wellness. I'm Melanie Beasley,

and I'm a registered and licensed dietitian who has helped many women understand how to navigate their menopause

with more ease and minimal symptoms. You may have noticed that this summer has been exceedingly warm,

and I often hear women of that certain age say, is it just warm or am I having a hot

flash? I think I've said that phrase myself many times. It's been a hot summer.

It's been a hot summer. And sometimes you're like, is it hot in here or is it just me? Many times

it was me. So today we'll discuss some possible reasons for hot flashes or other perimenopause

or menopause symptoms and what women can do nutritionally to control or to possibly eliminate

their menopause symptoms.

Joining me today as our co-host is Kara Carper, who is a certified nutrition specialist

and a licensed nutritionist. Good morning. Good morning, Melanie. Great to be here with you.

I think of Kara as the menopause specialist, honestly, because along with myself, we filmed a six-hour

menopause seminar, which is available on the Weight and Wellness website.

We had a great time.

We absolutely had a great time.

I want to talk more about that later.

Yes.

That was about a year-long process.

It was a lot of fun.

But it was really fun.

And with the filming, the hope was the education of women about menopause is that they could

navigate some of those pretty pesky menopause symptoms, how to avoid them.

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