It didn’t hurt much and I had to use two fingertips to squeeze two drops of blood needed to check 34 biomarkers measuring my nutritional status. The test kit arrived at my mailbox and I sent back the blood sample by post. Personalized nutrition recommendation arrived at my email box.

Have a look into the future of healthcare where we, women, take care of our changing bodies to support longevity.

And that future starts now.

I’m speaking today with Dr. Colleen Fogarty Draper, a nutrition scientist, researcher and entrepreneur. A registered dietitian with over 25 years in personalized nutrition and genomics clinical dietetics. For 8 years she worked at Nestle in molecular nutrition and systems biology research, and translation sciences, while working on her PhD at Leiden University.

She founded PhenomX Health, an AI-powered digital platform, to empower perimenopausal and postmenopausal women through personalized nutrition. 

You’ll hear about

• a diet for perimenopause
• supplements for perimenopause
• perimenopause versus menopause
• perimenopause symptoms
• headaches and period pain
• inflammation,
• and Swiss startup environment.

We’ll not forget about advice to eat chocolate to loose weight.

Here’s where you may check the platform by yourself:

https://www.phenomxhealth.com

https://www.phenomxhealth.ch

https://phenomx.health/ (for US users)

Timestamps:
0:00 Dr. Colleen Fogarty-Draper and PhenomX Health

1:18 What Are the Benefits of Dark Chocolate and Sex in Your Diet

5:26 At Home Finger Prick Test to Understand Nutritional Status

16:54 Results Map and Overall Mineral Balance: How Important Magnesium Is

19:22 Menstrual Pain and What Can We Do about It

21:33 Micronutrient Status in Women of Different Age

26:10 Omega-3 Benefits for Women, B-Vitamines

29:21 Mediterranean Diet and Personalized Diet for Perimenopausal and Postmenopausal Women

33:22 Continuous Glucose Monitoring – CGM for Personalized Diet

37:59 Personal Transformation and Professional Journey of the Founder

43:41 Building a FemTech Startup in Switzerland

44:25 "Second Adolescence" and Perimenopause Symptoms

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