Ep 31: Hormones and Weight Loss During Perimenopause with Karen Martel

I am extremely excited for today’s guest, Karen Martel, not only because of her work in women’s fat loss and hormones but her genuine passion for helping others, which comes through on her podcast and in my personal interactions with her. 

Karen Martel is a Certified Hormone Specialist & Transformational Nutrition Coach and women’s weight loss expert. 

She is the host of the top-rated women’s health podcast The Other Side of Weight Loss where she helps women to unlock the mysteries of female fat loss and hormone imbalance. 

After struggling with her own health issues, Karen was determined to bring her knowledge to others with a bold new approach to women’s hormone health and weight management. Karen’s passion lies in helping women balance and optimize their hormones in peri- and post-menopause and breakthrough weight loss resistance. 

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Hormonal weight loss resistance
• Hormone imbalances that cause weight gain
• Sugar cravings from hormone imbalances
• What happens to hormones during perimenopause
• Gaining weight during peri or post-menopause
• Foods or nutritional strategy to consider before therapy/supplements/medical advice
• How perimenopause affects muscle growth
• Safety of bioidentical hormones
• When to start using bioidentical hormones
• Effect of estrogen on weight gain
• Seed cycling (viable strategy for estrogen dominance?)
• Determine whether we are processing hormones properly

RELATED LINKS

• Take the Hormone Quiz and find out which hormones could be stopping you from losing weight at this link
• Subscribe to The Other Side of Weight Loss podcast
• Visit Karen's website at karenmartel.com
• Find Karen on Instagram
• Watch the episode on video here

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