Menopause, beat the symptoms with a diet

Menopause: beat the symptoms with a diet!

Beat the symptoms of menopause with a diet rich in estrogen & anti-oxidants!

Menopause is a phase of life each and every woman goes through, it is a very delicate phase accompanied by many changes both physical & mental.  A correct & balanced diet could help us live better this change.

It is not a disease but a phase of life that requires a correct strategy to go through it in the best of ways & control the most common symptoms such as:

• hot flushes
• excessive sweating
• palpitations
• articular pain
• vaginal dryness
• anxiety & depression

We must also modify our lifestyle but especially our diet.  Smoking is one of the habits that must be immediately stopped also because it anticipates the menopause symptoms by a few years.  We must do regular physical activity that helps strengthen our bones & produce endorphins that improve our mood & keep depression away.  Our daily diet & nutrition is fundamental, since hot flushes, vaginal dryness & difficulty in concentration seem to worsen in women who consume regularly:

-simple sugars

-red meat & preserved meats

-oily cheese

-preserved foods

-alcohol

-refined cereals

furthermore even our skin tends to age prematurely & our bones weaken too.

SYMPTOMS CAUSES

Menopause does not exactly arrive suddenly but starts manifesting itself in a period between 5 to 10 years, at the age of 30-35 our fertility begins its reduction through irregular periods & if at the age of 40 our menstruation period ends than we are talking about premature menopause, since we usually reach menopause at the age of 50-51.  During menopause we have a reduction of estrogen, that are the main cause of all the symptoms.  Estrogens are hormones produced by the ovaries, adrenal glands & adipose tissue, they guarantee a development of all the female characteristics like, healthy bones, memory function, blood vessel elasticity, help produce “good” cholesterol (HDL) & reduce “bad” cholesterol (LDL), that is why during menopause some women could have an increase in cholesterol due to less artery elasticity & this could also lead too high blood pressure.  That is why it is fundamental to keep our diet monitored and understand which foods to avoid & which to prefer.

FOODS TO PREFER:

wholegrain cereals & derivates
legumes (chickpeas, beans, lentils, azuki & edamame)
seasonal fresh fruit & vegetables
shoots
oily fruit & seeds (almonds, walnuts, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, flax seeds etc)
fish (better if salt water fish)
yogurt
soy & derivates
cinnamon, sage, turmeric & ginger
FOODS TO AVOID

refined cereals & derivates
sugar
sweets
soft drinks & artificial sweeteners (aspartame, glutamate etc)
oily cheese
red meat
salt
food with additives
hydrogenated fats
alcohol

We than have substances that are necessary for our organism to get used to this new condition and these are:

• DIETARY FIBRE, is recommended to prevent & cure constipation, haemorrhoids, overweight, diabetes & high cholesterol levels.
• PROTEIN, indispensable for muscles & immune system
• PHYTOHORMONES, reduce the risk of heart disease & breast cancer, they contrast hot flushes & overweight, they are mainly found in brown rice, beans, legumes, flax seeds, tofu, tempeh, pomegranate, soy shoots & sage.
• FAT, during menopause we must make good use of the fats found in nuts, fish, alghae, extra virgin olive oil & grapeseed.
• ANTIOXIDANTS, are fundamental for our skin & also to protect ourselves from various diseases, they are mainly found in fruit & vegetables but also in olive oil, cereals & legumes.

We could also use some natural supplements to weaken the symptoms, like for example:

–MELISSA, useful against stress, irritability, insomnia & hot flushes

–ISOFLAVONES, the ones found in soy or red clover help reduce sweat, stress & fatigue

–ANTIOXIDANTS, we can find real antioxidant mixtures that protect our organism from premature ageing, wrinkles, tumors & cholesterol increase, like for example vitamin C, betacarotene, selenium, green tea extract & resveratrol.

Take a look at our tried and tested method: Anti-Diet