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Raina Patel

Sep 7, 2026

5:09
But maybe the scale hasn't changed so much that they now qualify for a medication.
5:14
Yeah, no, really great point.
5:15
A lot of women come in with that same sort of concept and same sort of concerns more so.
5:20
And I try to frame it as if, you know, like let's reevaluate what our lifestyle is like, what is our nutrition? What is our physical activity? I try to work like step-by-step.
5:30
I try to ask them maybe like a 24-hour food recall.
5:33
What have they ate in the last 24 hours? How many servings of fruits or vegetables or protein sources are we getting per week? And this takes about like 40 minutes to do, right? It's very comprehensive.
5:44
And we try to target and try to work with women where they are, right? And so- You've talked about this in your podcast so many times where, you know, protein goal intakes, right? We think about how many grams of protein should we be consuming per day? Like the menopause society, for example, recommends like 1.2 grams per kilograms of body weight per day.
10:48
Tell me about muscle mass and what happens during menopause.
6:11
Yeah.
6:12
Yeah, no, really great point.
6:14
A lot of women come in with that same sort of concept and same sort of concerns more so.
6:19
And I try to frame it as if, you know, like let's reevaluate what our lifestyle is like.
6:24
What is our nutrition? What is our physical activity? I try to work like step by step.
6:28
I try to ask them maybe like a 24 hour food recall.
6:31
What have they ate in the last 24 hours? How many servings of fruits or vegetables or protein sources are we getting per week? And this takes about like 40 minutes to do, right? It's very comprehensive.
11:40
Tell me about muscle mass and what happens during menopause.

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