Are You Eating Your Way Through the Menopause?

Are you Eating Your Way Through the Menopause?

Nigel Denby Dietician

It’s not enough that many of us suffer with lousy sleep due to night sweats, hot flushes, mood swings, putting on weight we can’t seem to shift and many of you are not only still working but coping with elderly parents, kids and now a global pandemic.

How can food and our relationship with it affect our menopause? What about Bio Identical hormones and Body Identical hormones, what are they? Are they safe? How do they help?

We also know that there is evidence to show that women are going through the menopause earlier than our grandmothers, why? Because our lifestyle is more stressful, stress means higher cortisol levels and when that happens day after day, month after month that has a direct effect on other hormones.

The sad reality of this is women losing their sex hormones far sooner than previous generations whilst still being expected to work much longer - this will have a devastating effect on bone health, leading to a greater risk of osteoporosis, plus cardiac problems and dementia.

These are areas of our health that are protected by our sex hormones, so losing them in your early 40s rather than your early 50s is leaving you at greater risk.

However..it's not all gloom and doom, there is much you can do to help yourself and finding the right person to help is key.

Food can be a powerful tool to help you negotiate the menopause - knowing what to avoid, what you can increase, what supplements will help and those that are a waste of money. Bio identical hormones are becoming mainstream too - so knowing more about them and how they work may help you make informed decisions about your menopause.

Nigel is a registered dietitian, author of ten successful nutrition books and a broadcaster across television and radio both in the UK and Europe. Dietitian of the Year 2013, Nigel is the author of The Denby Report – the leading and authoritative review of nutritional subjects. He knows his onions and he's just down the road in Bedford!

His special areas of clinical interest are Weight Management, Women's Health and Irritable Bowel Syndrome. He's also worked with child care providers to help children have a healthy relationship with food by training the people who look after them. Food clearly is his passion.

Nigel is registered with the Health Professions Council and Nutrition advisor to Women’s Health Concern – and as well as his areas of speciality, he also works with patients in the dietary management of chronic and acute medical conditions including cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and a wide range of digestive and endocrine disorders.

Wednesday July 8th 2020 at 7pm.

You book in via our online booking system using the link above, the cost is £2 and that will go to the Hope Centre in Northampton. You will get the link to join your webinar shortly before the sessions start, via email, so do check your mail box just in case it goes to junk or spam.

Then, sit down, get comfy and prepare to listen and participate if you wish to. There is a chat box where you can post questions, you can do them so everyone can see OR you have the option to post to me only if they are more sensitive and get a reply without the whole world knowing what you are struggling with.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

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