When you hit perimenopause your body starts speaking a language you were never taught.
You've spent your life being capable. So when your body started changing, you expected answers — not dismissal.
You are not crazy. You are not lazy. And this is fixable.
You've tried eating better, exercising more, pushing through. Your body used to respond. Now it doesn't. The energy dips. The sleep fails. The weight stays.
You're done guessing. You want answers.
Your body has been screaming them. It's been speaking this whole time — and no part of us enjoys being talked over.
Data translates it. I teach you to read it. You learn to respond. That's metabolic literacy.
Your journey starts here ↓
You are doing everything right, so why do you feel like this?
You've been told this is "just menopause." That fatigue, brain fog, weight gain, sleep disruption, and rage are simply the price of aging.
That's not an explanation. That's a refusal to investigate.
Here's what's actually happening:
Your metabolism, hormones, brain, bones, and nervous system didn't suddenly become irrational. They're responding — to signals, inputs, and constraints that have shifted dramatically.
Estrogen didn't just regulate your cycle. It protected your brain, fueled your mitochondria, stabilized your mood, and maintained your bones. When it dropped, your entire system had to adapt — and no one gave you a manual for the new rules.
The problem isn't your body.
The problem is a medical model that treats symptoms as nuisances to manage rather than signals to interpret. A model that offers protocols instead of understanding. Reassurance instead of explanation. Hope instead of measurement.
Most women are offered either dismissal or dependency.
INTELLIGENT Metabolism exists for women who reject both.
Transition line:
What if the symptoms you've been fighting are actually your body trying to communicate?
I'm Dr. Deb Heald—Naturopathic Physician, RN (ret), MBA. Decades in medicine, microbiome research, and ME/CFS studies. I worked in Silicon Valley during the Theranos era—I learned to spot the difference between legitimate science and investor and influencer hype. click to about Dr. Heald
Metabolic Literacy: The language you weren't taught
This isn't coaching. This isn't protocols. This is metabolic literacy — and it changes everything.
Intelligent Metabolism teaches you to understand it.
Signal Literacy — Learning the vocabulary: Your symptoms are data points, not dysfunction. A hot flash isn't just a hot flash — it's your nervous system, cortisol, liver clearance, and blood sugar converging in one moment. We teach you to see what each signal actually means.
Cascade Literacy — Learning the grammar: Nothing in your body happens in isolation. Your mitochondria respond to your gut. Your gut responds to your liver. Your liver responds to your stress hormones. Your stress hormones respond to your sleep. Touch one, you touch them all. We teach you to trace the connections — so you stop chasing symptoms and start seeing patterns.
Metabolic Fluency — Speaking the language: When you understand both the signals and how they connect, you can respond with precision instead of guesswork. Not because someone told you what to do — but because you see what's happening and know what it needs.
The Tools:
We use real-time biometric data — metabolic tracking, HRV monitoring, recovery metrics — not to make you obsessive, but to make you un-gaslightable.
Data doesn't tell you what to do. It shows you what's happening. I teach you to interpret it. You learn to respond.
The goal isn't more tracking. The goal is comprehension.
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Some kind words from amazing clients
Are you tired of having your concerns dismissed?
This is not your mother's menopause. You're entering this transition more depleted — nutritionally, hormonally, with a nervous system already maxed out. Your body doesn't have the reserves to compensate. So the old rules don't apply.
This 10-minute video explains what your doctor should have told you about menopause, metabolism, and why nothing seems to work anymore.
Why "eat less, move more" fails you (but not men)
What your hormones were really doing for you
Why menopause hits women 45x harder than andropause hits men
What actually helps — when the old rules don't apply
Intelligent Metabolism uses your lab results and ongoing biometric data to guide your body back. Not with generic advice. With YOUR data.
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