| Perimenopause can leave women feeling bewildered and like they no longer have control over their bodies. When they try to figure out how to respond, they quickly discover that there’s very little research targeting middle-aged women, especially in the nutrition realm. Premenopausal and postmenopausal women are represented well enough. Those of us in the middle? Not so much. We get lots of questions from women about whether keto is appropriate for them: Can I start keto after 40? Is keto “good” for perimenopausal or menopausal women? Should I approach keto differently at this stage of the game? The answer to the first two is yes. As for the third one… well, that’s the million-dollar question, isn’t it? We don’t know for sure. Unsurprisingly, there’s no research looking at keto across different phases of women’s lives. Nevertheless, we can piece together some educated deductions paired with anecdotal observations based on working with a diverse community of keto dieters for years. Read More | 
