Did you know that what you eat and stress reduction techniques may help you reduce your menopausal symptoms? The six steps below are a good start to see if your symptoms improve: 1. Follow a blood sugar balancing diet. This means eating unrefined, low sugar carbohydrates, like wholegrain bread, rice and pasta, and including proteins and healthy fats with each meal. This may help reduce any anxiety you feel, reducing the highs and lows of a diet high in sugar. 2. Avoid caffeine and alcohol as...
Mood swings, night sweats, no sex drive, stubborn weight gain that you just can’t shift; heavy or erratic period bleeds, forgetfulness and feeling unmotivated and like anything you do requires buckets of effort and energy that you just don’t have anymore. This can’t be the menopause, you’re too young for that? Actually, it’s probably not and instead, it sounds like you may be in perimenopause. What’s the difference? Perimenopause normally starts between the...
How would you feel if you had been fed a big fat lie, that a high 'good' fat diet is good for you, and especially good for your hormone health? Well I'm here to burst this big fat bubble, good fat, bad fat, it's all fat! Our 10 to 15% of low fat intake should be coming from wholefoods, not refined oils, and the best place for these oils are our hair and skin, not our mouth. Saturated, polyunsaturated and monounsaturated, it's all fat and it's clogging your arteries, slowing your blood flow...
Common symptoms of the menopause include hot flushes, mood swings, decreased libido, anxiety, insomnia, fatigue and many more. These symptoms can be a huge challenge for many women and others apparently, sail through the menopause with few or no symptoms! How can these symptoms be helped with nutrition?
Switching to a healthy diet really can help reduce these symptoms. Aim to give yourself the best nutrients possible with freshly prepared foods, eating five vegetables and two fruits...
In the UK the average age of a woman experiencing natural menopause is 51 years, but can occur between 45-55 years of age. Younger women undergoing treatment or surgery which has an impact on the ovaries, such as cancer therapy or a hysterectomy, may also promote premature menopause. Hot flushes are the most commonly reported symptoms due to brain's temperature regulating system being influenced by lowering oestrogen levels. Interestingly a higher proportion of European women than...
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