I’m 49. And if you’ve been told your hormones can’t be balanced after 40….I need you to hear me. That take is technically true about TWO hormones. Estrogen and progesterone decline in perimenopause. Those levels can’t be “balanced” through food or lifestyle when estrogen is naturally declining and you’re not ovulating. I know this and I personally take estradiol and progesterone. I support HRT for women who need it. But “balancing your hormones” was NEVER just about estrogen and progesterone. It’s about the hormones still running your body every single day. The ones dictating your cravings, your energy, your sleep, your mood, your weight. Insulin. Cortisol. Leptin. Ghrelin. Thyroid signaling. These don’t leave in perimenopause. They go HAYWIRE because estrogen was helping regulate them, and now it’s not. They’re still here. Still fixable. Still yours to balance every single day. And they all respond to one master lever: blood sugar. When you balance blood sugar, you manage insul...