Debunking Peri-Menopause Myths: 7 Ways to Find Relief
🚫 Myth: Peri-menopause symptoms are inevitable. ✅ Fact: You can take control! Discover the truth about peri-menopause and how to find relief! Our latest blog uncovers the myths and offers 7 proven strategies for a smoother transition. 🌟 #PeriMenopauseRelief #PeriMenopauseMyths
Have you ever wondered if the challenging transition many women experience during peri-menopause is normal? Or could there be other reasons why some sail through while others struggle?
Perimenopause symptoms, like extreme versions of hot flashes, sleeplessness, brain fog, and joint pain, are not inevitable. They are not an inevitable part of aging.
The troublesome, often debilitating nature of peri-menopause symptoms for many women is often related to a need for healing.
Top 7 Areas to Consider for Improving Peri-Menopause Symptoms
Maintain healthy liver function.
Improve digestion.
Achieve a balanced blood sugar response.
Effectively manage stress.
Adopt a nourishing, diverse, whole foods diet.
Avoid toxic chemical exposure as much as possible.
Stabilize autoimmune or inflammatory flares.
The symptoms our culture, and even medical professionals, label as normal are, in fact, signs of imbalances that we can often address and stabilize. I'm not promising a symptom-free peri-menopause, but many women can achieve more stability than is commonly talked about. These things we often consider inevitable, merely a quirky part of aging, are actually symptoms of deeper dysfunction that can often be brought into better function.
Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT)
Many people immediately turn to hormone replacement therapy as the first line of defense. It's important to work with your health and wellness care practitioners to determine whether there are other, perhaps better ways to support these changing hormone systems.
Exogenous hormones might help in the short term but are masking a deeper problem that will continue to worsen and cause more health problems over time. Short-term relief should be just that - short-term relief. It should not be mistaken for a balanced body.
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If your liver isn't working right, consider supportive herbs, less alcohol, reduced exposure to toxic chemicals, lab testing, or appropriate digestive and detoxification supplements. B vitamins, sulfur-containing foods like cauliflower, and bile-producing foods like raw beets, lemon, and flax seeds can also potentially be helpful, depending on your body’s needs.
If digestion isn't functioning correctly, figure out what part of the digestive system is struggling and why. Consider calming down before meals, taking a few deep breaths, increasing zinc and salt consumption if needed to boost stomach acid production. Investigate what's going on with the pancreas, liver, gallbladder, small and large intestines, and the microbiome. Work to improve symptoms like bloating, constipation, loose stools, and reflux.
If your blood sugar systems aren't working properly, they need fixing as well. Don’t ignore a pre-diabetes diagnosis. There is still time to reverse the blood sugar trajectory towards diabetes.
If you're exposed to toxic substances, remove them from your life.
If your diet is all over the place, high in processed foods, sugar, low in fiber, and perhaps even includes bingeing, it's essential to address it and deeply nourish your body!
Next Steps - Solutions
I have tons of support on all of these issues in the Nourish + Flow program. If you need deep clinical support, we can work together in my 1:1 programs.
Change is hard. I understand that. But now, in our 40s and 50s, is the time to decide if health is a priority for the rest of our lives. It's your choice, 100%. Each one of us gets to make that choice.
Claiming our right to health requires a significant amount of rebellion in this incredibly unhealthy culture. It involves cultivating a food culture and a health culture in your life, family, home, and community to make it happen. It means finding real time to make it a priority.
And let me tell you, it's worth it. Living comfortably in these bodies is worth it. Trusting our brains and our energy is worth it.
Conclusion
Please don’t let the myths of perimenopause make your decisions for you. There is so much relief and improvement to be found for many women if you are willing to seek it and to carve out the time to welcome it in. If you're eager to work on the underlying drivers of peri-menopause symptoms, allowing your transition and the rest of your beautiful, precious life to be better, consider taking just one little step in that direction. Are you ready to embrace delicious food and find ways to trust your body and brain for many decades to come?