SE3:27 Food and Lifestyle solutions for Menopause and Longevity

My guest Dr Leslie Kasanoff a holistic chiropractor and health coach focused on holistic health and nutrition. She works with women who want to lose weight, address hormone issues, and resolve or reverse chronic health issues, not just treat them, using food and lifestyle as medicine.

We talk about:

• Leslie’s own Menopause journey and how changing her diet healed her gut and reduced her brain fog
• How mass-produced foods are contributors to our hormone issues
• Why reducing animal food intake & eliminating dairy is key to managing perimenopause symptoms.
• Why getting down to your ideal weight before perimenopause is important
• The big myth about dairy and osteoporosis prevention
• What we can learn from the Asian traditional diet in managing Menopause symptoms
• What a whole food/true Mediterranean diet really looks like
• The role of fermented foods in gut health

You can connect with Dr Leslie through her website https://www.drlesliek.com/

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