I’m Karin Hermoni, PhD — a molecular nutrition scientist who helps supplement and foodtech companies build products with real scientific depth, and helps women navigate mid-life with science that finally speaks their language.
Having spent two decades in the dietary supplement industry, leading science and innovation, and running clinical trials - I became acutely aware that most nutrition research was conducted on men and built for male physiology. This left a gap exactly where women need answers most: when navigating hormonal changes, both across the month and across a lifetime. Because hormones don't just shape what we crave - they change how our bodies absorb, use, and respond to the same nutrients.
I've been researching plant bioactives and hormonal balance since early in my PhD. But when I began experiencing perimenopause myself ( in parallel with my daughters entering the opposite side of this hormonal transition) the work became personal. It grew into a mission: to help the industry design products for women, not marketed at them, and to translate molecular nutrition into everyday practice for the women navigating this chapter.
Most nutrition research was built for male physiology — leaving a gap exactly where women need answers most, in perimenopause and menopause. My framework is simple. No strict rules, no fear.
With small, science-backed tweaks that help what we're already eating work harder as our biology recalibrates
With precision and deep understanding of the female operating system
The everyday practices that help us listen to what the body is telling us, in the midst of change
For decades, nutrition guidance treated women as smaller men. I translate molecular nutrition into everyday practice for the years when it matters most — so you feel informed, not overwhelmed.
Co-chair of the Science Committee at WIN (Women in Nutraceuticals) — two+ years championing inclusivity and innovation in how the industry serves women.
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