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BONUS: Nutrient Deficiencies in Perimenopause with Julie Sawaya | Menopause, Perimenopause, Nutrition
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- Sep 7, 2026
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Summary
This episode is another in our podcast series of conversations with highly vetted brands I feel confident recommending to my community. Today, I was delighted to connect with Julie Sawaya, Co-founder and Co-CEO of Needed, a women's health company advancing nutrition standards across the mother span, from fertility through menopause. Julie holds a degree from Northwestern and an MBA from Stanford. In our conversation, Julie and I discuss the silent epidemic of nutritional deficiency. We explore how oral contraceptives and food restriction can contribute to nutrient depletion, current RDA standards, and the impact of pregnancy, breastfeeding, the postpartum period, and perimenopause on women's nutritional needs. We examine the MTHFR SNP and its variants, explain how to read supplement labels and what pixie dusting is, and discuss why it's important to know your omega-3 index and how this can influence both food choices and supplementation. Julie also shares a "repletion, not restriction" reframe for midlife and discusses the policies and standards she would like to see improved, including updated recommendations for pregnant and breastfeeding women and a straightforward perimenopause RDA. We also discuss practical takeaways, including specific supplement recommendations and testing that may be helpful. Stay tuned for another conversation you'll likely want to listen to more than once. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN: How depleted food, environmental toxins, and normalized fatigue have contributed to the silent nutrient deficiency epidemic among women How oral contraceptives can deplete key vitamins and minerals, and how pregnancy, breastfeeding, postpartum, and perimenopause increase women’s nutritional needs What the current RDA standards were developed for—and how the…