Haven't changed your diet but still struggling with perimenopausal weight gain? You're not alone. 'We see women in clinic every day who say, “I haven’t changed anything but I can’t stop putting on weight,”’ says functional nutritionist Pippa Campbell. ‘They often blame themselves. But how you live in your 20s and 30s just doesn’t work in your 40s and beyond.
Hopefully this short taste of each approach will guide you to the one that’s right for you.The science-based perimenopause diet Famous for its groundbreaking research into the microbiome and using blood glucose monitors to reveal people’s personal reactions to food, Zoe is at the cutting edge of science. Here, Dr Federica Amati, head nutritionist at Zoe who also teaches nutrition to doctors at Imperial College London, shares her top perimenopause diet tips.