Archive · 10 Jan 2026
Nutritionist Shares Tips for Brain Fog During Perimenopause
Samantha Ruth Prabhu, a popular actor, talked with a nutritionist named Rashi Chowdhary about a problem called brain fog.
Brain fog makes people feel slow, forgetful, or confused.
This often happens to women during a time called perimenopause, which is before menopause.
Rashi explained that hormones changing during this time can cause brain fog.
She gave three tips to help: eating healthy fats like ghee or coconut oil in the morning, adding a special mushroom called lion's mane to drinks, and taking supplements like creatine and CoQ10.
A doctor named Dr. Ravina Patel checked these tips.
She agreed that healthy fats are good but said there isn't enough proof that lion's mane mushroom helps with brain fog.
She also said that eating a balanced diet is important and supplements might not always be necessary.
Samantha Ruth Prabhu discussed brain fog during perimenopause with nutritionist Rashi Chowdhary on her YouTube channel.
Brain fog is described as feeling mentally slow, forgetful, or confused, often due to hormonal and metabolic changes during perimenopause.
Rashi Chowdhary suggested starting the day with healthy fats like ghee, butter, or coconut oil, adding lion's mane mushroom to drinks, and taking supplements like creatine monohydrate and CoQ10.
Dr. Ravina Patel fact-checked the tips, agreeing on the benefits of healthy fats but noting a lack of evidence for lion's mane mushroom's effectiveness in improving brain fog.
Dr. Patel emphasized the importance of a balanced diet and suggested that supplements may not always be necessary unless symptoms are unmanageable through diet and exercise.
- Who
- Samantha Ruth Prabhu and nutritionist Rashi Chowdhary
- What
- Discussion on tackling brain fog during perimenopause
- When
- Recent conversation on Samantha Ruth Prabhu's YouTube channel
- Where
- YouTube channel
- Why
- To address symptoms of perimenopause, including brain fog
- Actor
- Samantha Ruth Prabhu
- Nutritionist
- Rashi Chowdhary
- Gynaecologist
- Dr. Ravina Patel
- Healthy Fats
- Ghee, butter, coconut oil, nuts, seeds
- Supplements
- Creatine monohydrate, CoQ10, vitamin B complex, omega-3 fatty acids, EGCG (green tea)
- Brain Fog
- Feeling mentally slow, forgetful, unfocused, or confused
- Perimenopause
- Transitional phase leading up to menopause