The Metabolism and Menopause Podcast

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When More Protein Makes You Fat In Menopause (Gluconeogenesis) | MMP Ep. 301: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3p5oOusImUSbNbVLzK7wTa?si=9J6xMlQiRvOwYZI8ek70PA

• High A1C.

• Stubborn belly fat.

• Energy crashes by 2pm.

• Blood sugar swings  even when you're eating well.

Most women assume these are carb problems.

But there's something quietly driving your blood sugar that has nothing to do with how many carbs you're eating  and everything to do with your hormones, your stress load, your sleep, and your liver.

In this episode, we break down what blood sugar actually measures, why it gets harder to manage as estrogen declines, and what to do about it  without cutting out carbs

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In this episode of the Metabolism and Menopause Podcast, Stephanie pulls back the curtain on what alcohol actually does to a woman's body in perimenopause and menopause. This is not a lecture and it is not a sermon — it is honest education. By the end you will have the full science and the framework to make your own choice with eyes open.

You will learn:
How alcohol shuts down fat-burning the second it hits your bloodstream — and why your liver drops everything else to deal with it
How it tanks your testosterone levels
Why "the wine helps me sleep" is a  lie 
The cortisol rebound
The gut- inflammation loop 
And how to drink but still lose weight

If you have been doing everything right and watching the scale refuse to move, this episode might be the missing piece.

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In this episode of the Metabolism and Menopause Podcast, Stephanie unpacks leptin — the hormone made by your fat cells that tells your brain how much energy you have stored — and explains exactly why so many women in perimenopause and menopause develop leptin resistance, where the signal between the body and the brain breaks down.

And here is the part most coaches miss: leptin resistance does not always show up as constant hunger. Some women are starving all day. Others barely have an appetite, eat 1,200 calories a day, and STILL gain weight. Both of them have a metabolism stuck in conservation mode. Both of them have leptin signaling that isn't getting through.

The hunger is just a separate system that may or may not be screaming about it. If either of those is you, this is the episode that finally tells you why.

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If you've ever felt like you had weight loss figured out but then all of a sudden things started going backwards — this episode is for you.

Perimenopause and postmenopause are not the same hormonal environment. They don't respond the same to food. They don't respond to the same training. And the strategy that helps in one phase can quietly make things worse in the other.

In this episode, I break down how these two phases are so different — and why using the wrong approach for where you actually are is one of the most common reasons women feel stuck.

In this episode:
How your nutritional needs are completely different in perimenopause vs. postmenopause — and what actually needs to change
Why your training has to shift between phases — and the one thing that becomes non-negotiable the further you go
How fat loss strategy changes depending on which phase you're in — and why the same approach won't work for both
Why your hormones are behaving so differently in each phase — and what that means for how your body responds to everything you do
The most common mistake women make when they move from one phase to the other — and what to do instead

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‣ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7erYECmZG7JHyzFePoaybe?si=ad89a3c7d408496e
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What if eating more protein is actually one of the things keeping you stuck?

In this episode of the Metabolism and Menopause Podcast, Stephanie pulls back the curtain on gluconeogenesis — the process by which your body converts protein into sugar — and explains exactly why this pathway goes into overdrive in perimenopause and menopause. If you have been hitting your protein numbers and watching the scale go up instead of down, this is the episode that will finally tell you why.

You will learn:
• What gluconeogenesis is
• How estrogen decline removes the brake on liver glucose production
• Why cortisol is the master switch on this pathway — and what to do about it
• How chronic inflammation reroutes your protein into fat storage
• The five things to fix first — in order — before touching your protein number

If you are tired of doing everything right and watching your body do everything wrong, this episode is your map back. If this episode landed for you, share it with one woman in your life who needs to hear it — and leave a review wherever you listen. It helps more women find their way back to their bodies.

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• Listen the Podcast on:
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‣ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7erYECmZG7JHyzFePoaybe?si=ad89a3c7d408496e
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