310: No "meno belly!" Nutrition & Exercise in Perimenopause - Dr. Stacy Sims [PART 1]

Women's Wellness ON AIR WITH ELLA

Ella Lucas-Averett

Education, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Self-improvement, Alternative Health

5 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Women are not small men. We have different needs as we age.

As women age, we experience additional hormonal changes associated with perimenopause and menopause. These changes can affect energy levels, body composition, and overall well-being.

Dr. Stacy Sims' work has been revolutionary in empowering women to understand and embrace our unique physiology so we can continue feeling strong and vital in the years between childbirth and menopause.

In this episode:

Changes in exercise during peri / menopause
Strength versus cardio training for women
Why Zone 2 training is not ideal for women
How to avoid belly weight gain ("meno-pot") in perimenopause
Sleep disturbances and hypoglycemia
Debunking the misconception that carbohydrates should be limited or avoided
Weighing in on nutrition, eg protein, carbs, creatine, BCAA/amino acids, collagen
Protein tips for vegan athletes and the importance of spacing out protein intake throughout the day
What to do about feeling overwhelmingly achy and tired
Creatine - why 3g a day may be useful for women across all ages

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0:00.0	Welcome. You're on air with Ella where we share simple strategies and tips from people who are doing something better than we are.
0:12.1	Whether it's wellness or relationships to just living better and with more energy or changing your mindset to accomplish more in your own life and succeeding however you define it.
0:22.6	This is where we share the best of what we're learning from the experts and we're learning more every day.
0:27.7	Live better. Start now. Let's go.
0:34.5	Hey, you're on air with Ella and I am very, very excited to introduce you to Dr. Stacey Sims,
0:42.1	who I'm sure you've encountered before.
0:44.4	Stacey, this is not your first rodeo, but welcome to your first time on air with Ella.
0:50.1	Oh, thanks. I'm excited. It's going to be fun.
0:52.6	Well, this has been months in the making. You are where today?
0:55.6	Mount Mongi Nui on the North Island of New Zealand. Yes. So a little time zone situation that we're working through. And I just appreciate you talking to us at an early hour for you today. So thanks, Stacey.
1:08.0	Not a problem. Stacey, I would love for you first to tell everybody who you are and what you do.
1:14.0	And then we're just going to jump in.
1:16.0	So I always started this with, I'm Stacey and I'm Jara's mom because that always ends up being the first thing.
1:20.6	But from a professional standpoint, I'm Dr. Stacey Sims.
1:24.1	And I am an exercise physiologist and nutrition scientists that specializes in sex
1:29.5	differences, really pushing to get women to understand that most of the protocols and guidelines
1:35.2	that are out there based on male data. And we're really trying to upskill people to understand
1:40.4	female physiology and how we should be changing things to work for our bodies,
1:45.2	whether we're 20 or all the way through up to 80 plus.
1:49.4	And thank God for you and the work that you do.
1:52.1	You wrote Next Level.
1:54.0	You wrote the book Roar, which we've talked about before.
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