Perimenopause and Nutrition

On today’s episode, Dr. Alicia Power speaks to Kristen Yarker, a registered dietician in Victoria, BC and founder of The Kristen Yarker Nutrition Agency, with a combined 30 years of training and experience guiding people through the perimenopause and menopause period. While this time of transition presents certain challenges, not unlike puberty it should be considered in a comprehensive way from how our diet, exercise, sleep, stress and mental health can impact the transition - and vice versa. 

With a focus on nutrition, this episode dives deep into how we can make sure through food, a form of medicine, we are doing the best we can for our body supporting bone health, brain health, heart health, and mental health to ease the menopause transition. Be sure to tune in to the full episode for lots of perimenopause nutrition tips, and check out these resources for more!

• HealthLinkBC: provides non-emergency health information to the residents of British Columbia

• Menaupause.org: promoting women's health at midlife and beyond

• MenopauseandU.ca: the facts on menopause from Canada’s experts

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