Periods and perimenopause with Dr Lara Briden

Lara Briden is a naturopathic doctor and bestselling author of
the books Period Repair Manual and Hormone Repair Manual —
practical guides to treating period problems with nutrition,
supplements, and bioidentical hormones. 


With a strong science background, Lara sits on several advisory
boards and is the lead author on a couple of peer-reviewed
papers. 


She has more than 20 years’ experience in women’s health and
currently has consulting rooms in Christchurch, New Zealand,
where she treats women with PCOS, PMS, endometriosis,
perimenopause, and many other hormone- and period-related health
problems.


On this episode we discuss with Lara all things periods and
perimenopause. 


What is perimenopause? The nine symptoms you need to know!

Is midlife really from 37? 

What is going on hormonally and how this affects our entire
body system

Dealing with heavy periods

Supplementing our hormones 

Taking the contraceptive pill  

Dealing with stress, does perimenopause affect our ability to
cope the same as before? 

Alcohol use and the real truth you need to know! 

 All things ‘sorting your sleep out’ including dealing
with night shifts! 

All this and so much  more! 



LINKS:


Website
Hormone repair manual book
The Lara Briden Podcast - Everything women’s health in under 15
minutes
Graph of hormonal changes of perimenopause
Graph of menstrual cycle 


 


 


 


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