The Metabolism and Menopause Podcast

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If you've ever felt like you had weight loss figured out but then all of a sudden things started going backwards — this episode is for you.

Perimenopause and postmenopause are not the same hormonal environment. They don't respond the same to food. They don't respond to the same training. And the strategy that helps in one phase can quietly make things worse in the other.

In this episode, I break down how these two phases are so different — and why using the wrong approach for where you actually are is one of the most common reasons women feel stuck.

In this episode:
How your nutritional needs are completely different in perimenopause vs. postmenopause — and what actually needs to change
Why your training has to shift between phases — and the one thing that becomes non-negotiable the further you go
How fat loss strategy changes depending on which phase you're in — and why the same approach won't work for both
Why your hormones are behaving so differently in each phase — and what that means for how your body responds to everything you do
The most common mistake women make when they move from one phase to the other — and what to do instead

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What if eating more protein is actually one of the things keeping you stuck?

In this episode of the Metabolism and Menopause Podcast, Stephanie pulls back the curtain on gluconeogenesis — the process by which your body converts protein into sugar — and explains exactly why this pathway goes into overdrive in perimenopause and menopause. If you have been hitting your protein numbers and watching the scale go up instead of down, this is the episode that will finally tell you why.

You will learn:
• What gluconeogenesis is
• How estrogen decline removes the brake on liver glucose production
• Why cortisol is the master switch on this pathway — and what to do about it
• How chronic inflammation reroutes your protein into fat storage
• The five things to fix first — in order — before touching your protein number

If you are tired of doing everything right and watching your body do everything wrong, this episode is your map back. If this episode landed for you, share it with one woman in your life who needs to hear it — and leave a review wherever you listen. It helps more women find their way back to their bodies.

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High Cholesterol In Menopause - It has nothing to do with dietary cholesterol | MMP Ep. 240: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Nj8UUVrF6dHVQbtBkQorQ?si=OFOmYlpUR42Yp2Gvd9xsdw

Heart disease is the number one cause of death in women — not cancer. And your risk doesn't just increase with age. It accelerates during perimenopause.

The hormonal shift you are moving through right now isn't just about hot flashes and irregular periods. It is directly affecting your cholesterol, your blood pressure, your blood vessel flexibility, your insulin sensitivity, and your inflammatory load — and most women are never told this.

In this episode, Stephanie breaks down exactly what estrogen does for your cardiovascular system, what happens when it drops, the five root-cause drivers that compound your risk during this transition, and what you can actually do about it — including what the most current research says about HRT and heart protection.

This is the episode your doctor should have given you.

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What if the problem isn't how much estrogen you have - but what your body is doing with it?

Most women in perimenopause are told the same thing: get your levels checked, see where you land, adjust from there. But there's a piece of this conversation that almost never comes up in a doctor's office - and it's the reason so many women are doing everything right and still not feeling better.

Including women who are already on HRT or have “normal” levels but still feel like crap.

In this episode, I break down the part of estrogen metabolism that your lab results don't show you — and why it might be the missing piece that explains everything.

IN THIS EPISODE
• The real reason "normal estrogen" doesn't mean you'll feel normal
• Why starting HRT can sometimes make symptoms worse before it makes them better — and what's actually going on when it does
• The three roads estrogen can take through your body - and why two of them are working against you
• What your gut has to do with your hormones (more than you think)
• Things you can start this week — whether you're on HRT or not

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You've probably seen it — or done it. You ask ChatGPT how many calories you should eat, it gives you a number, and you follow it. It sounds scientific. It feels like you're doing something right.

But here's what nobody's telling you: the formula ChatGPT uses doesn't know your hormones, your thyroid, your stress, your sleep, your diet history, or how well your body actually converts food into fuel. It uses four variables to calculate a number that should require at least twelve.

And then there's the other problem — ChatGPT is trained to agree with you. If you've been going down a low-carb path, it's going to hand you a low-carb plan. Not because it's right for you. Because it's designed to mirror back what you already believe.

In this episode, Stephanie breaks down exactly why AI-generated calorie and macro calculations miss the mark for women in perimenopause and beyond — and shares what she found when she put ChatGPT's meal plan directly into MyFitnessPal.

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