The Menopause Diet Plan: A Natural Guide to Managing Hormones, Health, and Happiness

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HILLARY WRIGHT is the director of nutritional counseling at the Wellness Center at Boston IVF, a Harvard-affiliated fertility treatment center…. But perimenopause, the time leading up to menopause, can last anywhere from two to 14 years (the average is around four). This is a comprehensive resource on medical practice guidelines for helping menopausal women maintain optimal nutrition and health. Both styles of eating strongly encourage limiting added sugars and refined carbohydrates, but neither forbids them.

For some women these effects could be sufficient to help relieve menopausal symptoms, particularly hot flushes. Between the two of us, we have many decades of experience helping people navigate weight issues, but to be honest, prior to experiencing menopause ourselves, we couldn’t fully relate to the specific challenges this stage of life presents.While the MDP is about much more than what the scale reads, we’re glad women ask about weight because it opens up the menopause conversation.

Both caffeine and alcohol can make hot flushes worse so try to moderate intake of caffeine from drinks like coffee, tea and colas or choose decaffeinated drinks if you are sensitive to its stimulatory effects. Keep to sensible alcohol limits – no more than two to three units per day, avoid altogether if you feel it makes symptoms worse. Determined to make a real impact, Faye dedicated herself to solving a common problem faced by many women: weight gain during menopause.She has appeared regularly on ITV This Morning as their dreams and spiritual expert as well as BBC Radio 2 with Claudia Winkleman, BBC Radio 4 Beyond Belief, BBC Radio 5 Live Sounds podcast Different with Nicky Campbell, Capital Radio with Ronan Kemp, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory, Gaia TV with Regina Meredith as well as appearances on Channel 4, ITV GMB, Today extra, Good Day Chicago, KTLA, This Morning Virginia, among others.

Phyto-oestrogens can help ease many menopausal symptoms, but they're also tasty and nutritious in their own right. Devising recipes rich in the three beneficial food groups – phytoestrogens, essential fatty acids and antioxidants, which are contained naturally in many everyday ingredients – Marilyn Glenville and Lewis Esson have created menus for all the meals in the day.Not only does she review the current scientific literature and make sense of it - no mean feat - but she also provides you with her expert dietitian's opinion on everything from Vitamin K to Kava Kava.