Nutrition With You
My Approach
Your doctor manages your hormones. I manage everything that influences them.
Who This Is For
Most women who find me have been doing everything right — and still not feeling better. They're informed, proactive, and used to solving problems. But perimenopause introduces physiological changes that don't respond to the usual strategies.
The questions I hear most often:
- Why am I gaining weight in my midsection when nothing has changed?
- Why does the belly fat feel so resistant?
- Why am I waking up at 3am?
- How do I protect my bone health now?
- What does insulin resistance actually mean for me?
- And what can I realistically do about it?
These aren't failures of discipline. They're gaps in the traditional care model — and exactly what this practice is designed to address.
Standard medical visits are not structured to investigate the metabolic, hormonal, and nutritional drivers behind these symptoms. Functional nutrition asks why.
If you're reading this and recognizing yourself, you're exactly who this work is designed for.
How I Work
I take a root-cause, lab-informed approach — looking beyond symptoms to understand the mechanisms driving them.
That means evaluating blood sugar regulation, gut health, inflammation, nutrient status, and hormone metabolism as an interconnected system, rather than isolated issues.
When testing is appropriate — including DUTCH hormone panels, GI-MAP stool analysis, or body composition via InBody — I both order and interpret results in full, then build a targeted nutrition strategy based on what your data actually shows. Testing is always intentional, never routine.
As an Integrative and Functional Nutrition Certified Practitioner (IFNCP), I'm trained to work at a level of clinical depth that extends beyond standard dietetics — connecting labs, symptoms, and physiology into a cohesive plan.
My clinical anchor for every perimenopause client is the 30/30 Framework — 30 grams of protein per meal, 30 grams of fiber per day. These are the two highest-leverage nutritional targets for protecting muscle mass, stabilizing blood sugar, and supporting hormone clearance during this transition.
I work alongside your physician, not in place of them. My role is to bridge the gap between your clinical picture and a nutrition strategy that meaningfully supports it.
A Note on Hormone Therapy
Hormone therapy can be a powerful and appropriate tool — particularly for hot flashes, night sweats, sleep disruption, mood, and bone health. Many of my clients use it, and when indicated, it can play an important role in care.
But hormone therapy was not designed to fully address metabolism or drive weight loss.
If you're still gaining weight, feeling fatigued, or not quite like yourself despite being on HRT, that's not a failure — it's a signal that additional factors need to be addressed.
Targeted nutrition and lifestyle strategies don't replace hormone therapy — they enhance its effectiveness. That's where this work fits in.
What We Examine — Together
The key systems influencing your hormones, metabolism, and how you feel day to day.
Glucose regulation, insulin sensitivity, and how dysregulation contributes to weight gain, cravings, and energy instability in perimenopause.
Health starts in the gut — your digestion, energy, inflammation, and even how you feel during perimenopause are all connected.
Cortisol patterns, nervous system load, and how chronic stress impacts sleep, weight distribution, and hormonal balance.
Thyroid health, energy production, and the underlying drivers of metabolic slowdown and stubborn body composition changes.
How nutrition affects inflammation in the body, including the balance of healthy fats and how they influence energy, symptoms, and overall well-being.
Most women in midlife have suboptimal levels of key nutrients like magnesium, vitamin D, B vitamins, and iron — deficiencies that significantly impact energy, mood, sleep, and resilience.
This isn't just about getting through menopause.
It's about building a body that carries you well beyond it.