Perimenopause, Insulin Resistance & Your Thyroid: Why Your Body Isn't Broken

About this episode

Lora Ulrich discusses the hormonal changes during perimenopause and menopause and their impact on weight and health.

If you're gaining weight, exhausted, and doing everything "right" eating less, exercising more, and nothing is working, this episode is for you. Holistic nutritionist and menopause health coach Lora Ulrich breaks down the hormonal cascade that happens during perimenopause and menopause, and why the old rules simply don't apply to your body anymore. Lora shares her story: from a childhood thyroid condition, to a surgical menopause, to becoming one of the leading voices in midlife metabolic hea...

People in this episode

Host: Samantha Dench

Guest: Lora Ulrich

Topics covered

• perimenopause
• insulin resistance
• thyroid health
• metabolic health
• hormonal changes

Keywords

• perimenopause
• insulin resistance
• thyroid
• metabolic health
• hormonal changes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: holistic nutritionist, menopause health coach

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