Val Schonberg | Fueling for the Menopause Transition (CMA Menopause Series 6/6)

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Val Schonberg is a Registered and Licensed Dietitian with a master’s degree in nutrition science from the University of Minnesota. She is Board Certified as a Specialist in Sports Dietetics, a Certified Menopause Practitioner with The Menopause Society (previously known as the North American Menopause Society) and a Fellow of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Val owns a private practice in Atlanta, Georgia where she specializes in midlife health and menopause, recreational and professional sports nutrition, all types of eating disorders and helping individuals break free from dieting and disordered eating.

In this conversation we talk about the common tendency to overthink nutrition. Val invites us to embrace the idea that nutrition can be simple, that midlife can be a great opportunity to rethink our health goals, and how we can shift our focus from weight to wellbeing. Val discusses her sensible “food first” approach to nourishing our bodies, testing vs. guessing when it comes to supplementing, and non-scale victories. Val is passionate about providing nutrition care to populations vulnerable to disordered eating and promoting positive nutrition messages that help people make informed decisions about their health and live a life where they are at peace in their relationship with food and their body.

Sponsor: Canadian Masters Athletics

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• Previous episodes in this series:
  • Jill Moreash | Thriving in Postmenopause
  • Sasha Gollish | Perimenopause & the Competitive Athlete
  • Carrie Oswald | Medically-Induced Menopause
  • Dr. Nese Yuksel | Menopause 101
  • Amanda Thebe | Menopocalypse Author on Staying Fit Through Menopause

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