Functional Nutrition for Peri-Menopause & Menopause: A food-first, personalized approach

If you’re in peri-menopause or menopause & feel like your body has changed overnight, you’re not imagining it.

Weight gain, bloating, poor sleep, fatigue, brain fog, joint discomfort, and mood changes are common during this stage — yet many women are told their labs are “normal” or that this is just part of aging. Functional nutrition looks at why these changes are happening — and what your body needs now.

Why Midlife Nutrition Needs a Different Approach

During perimenopause and post-menopause, the body responds differently to food, stress, and inflammation.

Hormonal shifts can:

• Change how you regulate blood sugar

• Disrupt digestion and sleep

• Increase inflammation

• Lower stress resilience

  
  

This is also why some women notice new or worsening immune-related symptoms during midlife — things that may not have been present before. What worked in your 30s often stops working — not because you’re doing anything wrong, but because your physiology has changed. Functional nutrition meets your body where it is now.

What Functional Nutrition Does Differently

Functional nutrition is:

• Root-cause focused, not symptom-chasing

• Personalized, not one-size-fits-all

• Food-first, without detoxes or extremes

Instead of asking “What diet should I follow?” we ask: What does your body need right now to feel stable again?

My Approach

As a Registered Nurse and Functional Nutritionist, I work one-on-one with women in midlife to provide thoughtful, individualized support.

My approach focuses on:

• Supporting digestion and energy

• Stabilizing blood sugar

• Supporting hormone balance naturally

• Reducing inflammation

• Creating sustainable routines that fit real life

  
  

There are no rigid plans, no restriction, and no “starting over.”The goal is progress that feels steady, supportive, and sustainable.

A Supportive First Step

If you’re navigating perimenopause or menopause and want a more individualized approach to nutrition, I offer a complimentary 15-minute phone consultation to explore whether functional nutrition support is right for you.

Book your complimentary nutrition phone consult

Supporting women in Long Beach, NY and surrounding Long Island communities.