Preparing For Perimenopause
Hormone Healing RD
Amanda Montalvo
4.9 • 851 Ratings
🗓️ 15 July 2024
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I’m answering a common question I get from this community and that is how can we prepare our bodies for perimenopause and beyond. I’ll be breaking down how to figure out when your transition may start and what areas you want to consider focusing on.
As always, I’m a dietitian but I’m not your dietitian. Please discuss any changes you may want to make to your health with your medical provider.
This episode covers:
- How to time your perimenopausal transition and health challenges that may occur
- Role of hormonal imbalances and its impact on health in midlife
- The importance of supporting the thyroid during perimenopause
- Tips for supporting your circadian rhythm and receiving light exposure to support your health
- Nutrition changes that occur during perimenopause and what you should focus on
- Using hot and cold therapy for managing symptoms
- Lifestyle adjustment recommendations for preparing for perimenopause
Thyroid Mineral Training: https://hormonehealingrd.com/opt-in/free-functional-thyroid-mini-course-podcast/
Resources/Links:
- Circadian rhythm podcast with Carrie Bennett: https://hormonehealingrd.com/podcast-episode/s5-e22-light-your-circadian-rhythm-your-hormones-with-carrie-bennett/
- Strength Training podcast with Adina Rubin: https://hormonehealingrd.com/podcast-episode/s2-e16-strength-training-for-happy-hormones-with-adina-rubin/
Connect with Me:
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hormonehealingrd
Free Thyroid Training: https://hormonehealingrd.com/opt-in/free-functional-thyroid-mini-course-podcast/
Feminine Periodical (monthly newsletter): https://hormonehealingrd.ck.page/d0317056cd
Master Your Minerals course: https://www.hormonehealingrd.com/master-your-minerals-course
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the RU. Menstrual podcast where we dive deep into all things women's health to support you on your healing journey. |
| 0:07.9 | I'm Amanda Montalvo, functional and integrative dietitian, also known as the hormone healing RD. |
| 0:13.2 | If you enjoy this podcast and you want to keep learning, check out the podcast Patreon where I share a bonus episode with additional downloadable resources each week. |
| 0:22.4 | You can go to patreon.com forward slash hormone healing RD or check out the link in the show notes. |
| 0:31.2 | All right. In this episode, I'm covering a common question I get from this community, and that is, |
| 0:36.0 | how can I prepare my body for perimenopause |
| 0:39.4 | and actually going through menopause? How do I ease this transition? So I'm going to break down |
| 0:44.4 | how to figure out when this transition may start for you, areas you want to consider focusing on, |
| 0:49.7 | and then basically what a healthy cycle looks like, what it looks like when it becomes out of |
| 0:54.6 | balance and when we start to go through menopause and then what we can do to support our bodies. |
| 1:01.0 | As always, I'm a dietitian, but I'm not your dietitian. |
| 1:04.1 | So make sure you discuss any changes you may want to make to your health with your provider. |
| 1:09.4 | Okay, let's start with the transition timing, because I feel like this is something that |
| 1:12.9 | I don't hear disgust enough, and it's usually a lot of fearmongering involved, and I don't want |
| 1:18.4 | anyone to feel scared with this information. It's more just to empower you and to help you |
| 1:23.5 | understand if you do see some shifts in your cycle, maybe you have some extra stress in your |
| 1:28.2 | life and you are within this window of perimenopause potentially based on when your mom went |
| 1:34.3 | through menopause, that it's like, hey, it's time to get really serious and take a look at |
| 1:38.6 | how you're eating, how you're living, and what we can do to support your body so that you can |
| 1:43.8 | put off this transition |
| 1:45.0 | and make hormones for as long as you possibly can and be healthy and not go through menopause |
| 1:50.4 | early because I am seeing it more and more where women are going through menopause at a much |
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