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Sleep Series Part 2: How Sleep Impacts Your Body Composition in Menopause? | Episode 194

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Sleep isn’t just about having more energy the next day. In menopause, it can impact much more than you realize. In Part 2, we’re diving into what happens under the surface when you’re not getting enough sleep, from disrupted hunger hormones and blood sugar to impaired muscle recovery, elevated cortisol, and the factors that can make body composition goals harder.

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Sleep Series Part 2: How Sleep Impacts Your Body Composition in Menopause? | Episode 193

Waking up in the middle of the night and wondering, “Why am I wide awake?” is incredibly common in menopause. In Part 1 of this three-part series, we’re breaking down the four major factors that can disrupt your sleep: declining estrogen, declining progesterone, nighttime blood sugar and cortisol changes, and hot flashes. Understanding the “why” is the first step toward knowing what to do next.

Hunger Series Part 5: The Science Behind Hunger vs. Cravings | Episode 192

Not every urge to eat means your body needs fuel. In this final episode, we unpack the difference between hunger and cravings, how sleep, stress, emotions, environment, blood sugar swings, and restriction can influence what you want to eat and how to figure out what your body is actually asking for.

Hunger Series Part 4: The Insulin Connection | Episode 191

Why does managing hunger and weight suddenly feel so much harder after 40? One piece of the puzzle is how your body responds to insulin as estrogen changes during menopause. In Part 4 of the Hunger Series, we’re unpacking insulin sensitivity and how nutrition, movement, muscle, and even sleep can support more stable blood sugar.

Hunger Series Part 3: The Truth About GLP-1 | Episode 190

GLP-1 medications have changed the weight-loss conversation, but how much do we really understand about what they’re doing in the body? In Part 3 of our Hunger Hormones 101 series, we’re breaking down natural GLP-1, GLP-1 medications, appetite suppression, and what happens to your metabolism along the way. If you’ve wondered whether GLP-1 is the answer or whether there’s another path, this episode is for you.

Hunger Series Part 2: Getting Hunger Back | Episode 189

Hunger isn’t the enemy. It’s communication from your body. In our Hunger Series Part 2, we explore how chronic under-eating can disrupt ghrelin and leptin and why slowly giving your body more of what it needs may help restore those hunger and fullness signals.

Hunger Series Part 1 | Episode 188

Why does hunger sometimes feel impossible to control, especially during menopause? In Part 1 of Hunger Series, we break down the four key hunger hormones: ghrelin, leptin, insulin, and GLP-1 and how nutrition, sleep, stress, and dieting can influence them.

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