Your dietary protein, menopause hot flushes and the Okinawan ratio.
It took me a long time to understand why my menopause hot flushes were getting worse, despite the medications. My hot flushes were not only embarrassing and exhausting, especially the red-face, but seemed to increase in intensity in the evening. After dinner was the worst. But I now know why this is. The high-protein diet […]
Beat your menopause heat by controlling your blood sugar levels.
The connection between elevated glucose levels, higher body temperature and sweating are already known in Diabetes research, but this is not only a diabetic issue. In healthy people without diabetes, acute spikes in glucose, either by glucose infusion or excessive carbohydrate consumption, causes body temperature to climb. (Bikman, 2022). I’m sure some of you, especially […]
Reduce hot flushes and improve heart health during menopause with the ‘Rye Factor’.
“After this past year of avoiding whole-grains completely based on the diet I was on, I now realise that this was the wrong thing to do now that I’m in my 50’s. I’ve lost 5 lbs & I’m feeling amazing. I have so much more energy.” [Kirsten, USA] Most women joining me on the MyMT™ programmes […]
New Research: Can a plant-based diet with lower fat intake, reduce your hot flushes?
It’s taken a while for the research to be undertaken exploring the link between our nutrition in menopause and our hot flushes, or as they are better known in medical parlance, ‘vasomotor symptoms’. That’s why I love this new research, conducted as part of new women’s studies in America. The Women’s Study for the Alleviation […]
Beat the menopause heat with sleep … and check levels of this vital mineral too.
“Is it HRT you really need or an iron test instead“ I asked her during the weekend when she mentioned that she had started on HRT recently for her hot flushes, but she hadn’t noticed a difference. Her inquisitive look told me that she had no idea what I was talking about. But I was […]
Will lemons reduce your hot flushes during menopause?
For women in mid-life and beyond, all citrus fruits are an important component of our diet as we age. Lemons and other citrus fruits, especially blood oranges, mandarins, limes, bergamot and other varieties of oranges are full of bioactive compounds that help your heart, blood vessels and hot flushes during your menopause transition. They are […]
Menopause Supplements and Alternative Therapies for your hot flushes … what works, what doesn’t.
The emails arrive in my in-box every week – women wanting to know if I promote supplements for menopause – [no I don’t, because I’m not a Naturopath] – or asking why they are still getting hot flushes, anxiety and insomnia, even though they are taking a variety of menopause supplements. This was me as […]
Why water intake matters to your hot flushes and aching muscles in menopause
When you walk through the small alpine village of Le Chable in Switzerland, you pass a number of ancient water troughs. Today, whilst out walking in this beautiful village, I filled up my water bottle from this water trough in the photo – yes the water is safe to drink and some of the best […]
Feeling anxious? Hot flushes frustrating you? HRT is in short supply in New Zealand, so what lifestyle changes help?.
There’s a national shortage of Hormone Replacement Therapy in the UK apparently. “HRT: UK faces shortage for menopausal women” shouted the headline on the 19th of August from the BBC news page. And according to the article, this is sending thousands of women into the very symptoms that menopause-related HRT is supposed to alleviate – […]
