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Welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition, brought to you by Nutritional Weight and Wellness.

I'm Melanie Beasley.

I'm a registered dietitian with many years of experience.

And you may have heard me on other shows talking about how an excess level of estrogen in your body can

increase your risk of developing breast cancer. Today we want to talk about how having excess

estrogen during perimenopause can lead to night sweats, hot flashes, mood swings, and even waking.

Women between the ages of 35 to 55 often experience a

shift in their hormones, which is called perimenopause. The average length of perimenopause is

typically about four years, but it can last just a few months or symptoms themselves can be present for up to 10 years.

That was my experience.

Think about it.

If you're experiencing sleep problems, hot flashes for four years, those sleepless nights

can be such a strain on your life.

What if you have 10 years of poor sleep? And again,

that was me. I call myself a recovering insomnia. The consequences can be weight gain and

irritability and so many more. I'm just such a nicer woman now that I sleep. So in the past,

we were told that during parimenopause,

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