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I'm Melanie Beasley and I'm a registered

and licensed dietitian and I'm in studio with Kara Carper today. It's been a long time, Kara.

I know. It's great to see you in person finally. Yeah. And you're a certified nutrition specialist

and a licensed nutritionist. And today we'll be discussing menopause symptoms and how you can get relief from them.

Mel, I have an interesting statistic to share with our listeners.

I think you already know this statistic, but it's predicted that in the next few years,

there will be over a billion yes I said a billion

women experiencing menopause and that's globally 12% of the world's population that's a really

high number and they say that's that's suspected to happen by the year 2025.

So if you are in perimenopause, if you're in menopause, or even if you're postmenopausal,

and if you're trying to cope with some of those unpleasant symptoms, just remember you are definitely not alone.

And maybe your neighbor is also going through menopause.

It could be that you're checking out groceries

and the person checking you out

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