The 5 Biggest Nutrition Mistakes Women Make After 40

If you’re dealing with menopause weight gain, perimenopause symptoms that are taking over your life, bloating after meals you’ve eaten for years, or just trying to figure out what to eat to support your health and nutrition in midlife, this episode is for you. 

Andrea Donsky is a nutritionist, seven-time published menopause researcher, and bestselling author of Nourishing Menopause, and she has surveyed more than 5,300 women to find out exactly what is happening to our bodies in perimenopause and menopause, and what nutrition can actually do about it.

In this episode, Tamsen and Andrea cover:

- Why your body feels like it changed overnight and what is actually happening hormonally

- The gut microbiome shift that happens in menopause

- Why you’re bloated after meals you’ve loved your whole life

- The simple framework you can use today to build the ideal menopause plate

- How much protein you actually need

- Why fiber is just as important as protein (and how much you actually need per day)

- The foods that help with brain fog, including the specific omega-3 sources that support cognition

- Foods that trigger hot flashes

- The one food group that research now shows can actually reduce vasomotor symptoms