Why Your Energy Crashes in Perimenopause (The Truth About Mitochondria)

Added: 2026-05-23

[00:00:00]What is happening to women as estrogen declines in relation to the mitochondria?

[00:00:05]>> The main thing is that we're not going to be using energy as efficiently. So, we're not going to be using glucose efficiently, and we're also going to be more prone to not using fats as well.

[00:00:14]We're going to be sort of sticking fats into places that we didn't want it before, like the belly. The other area that is also really interesting for women to be aware of is muscle strength in our overall amount of lean body mass.

[00:00:27]When people go through perimenopause and estrogen goes down, your lean mass starts to slowly also go down, and this is because the mitochondria in your muscles are no longer as efficient as well, too.