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She was 38 years old. She came to me not because she thought she was in perimenopause, she came because she thought something was seriously wrong. She had already seen her OB-GYN and been told she was too young. When I reviewed her full hormone panel, the picture was clear. She was not too young. She was exactly the right age for what was happening to her body. She just had not been told that perimenopause can start at 38.

I still work in conventional medicine. I show up inside the system every single day, in the hospital, in urgent care before that and I watch, up close, the ways it fails the women who need it most. The women I see have often been to two or three providers before they find their way to a video visit with me. They have been told their labs look normal. That they should reduce stress. That this is just part of getting older.

Is it just aging, or is it your hormones? Discover why the menopause transition triggers a shift in body composition and learn the proactive steps you can take to protect your muscle, your metabolism, and your heart.