Magnificent Midlife

Karen Newby is a nutritionist who’s been practicing nutritional therapy for over 10 years. Her area of specialism is women’s hormonal health, especially menopause. She's the author of The Natural Menopause Method, a nutritional guide to perimenopause and beyond. This woman knows so much about nutrition and women’s hormones. This is a brilliant and empowering conversation. We talk about: - How we can best prepare ourselves for perimenopause - The first signs of perimenopause that Karen sees and what can be done about those - Good and bad estrogens - What we can learn from other cultures in terms of food and hormones - The importance of phytoestrogens - Food as medicine - How to stop sugar cravings and why they happen - Why modern life can make menopause worse - Why women may get heavier periods as they move into perimenopause - The importance of maintaining blood sugar levels - The role of the adrenal glands - Why we need to get better at managing stress - Why there is no easy fix when it comes