Lifestyle medicine for menopause. What matters to you? Do you need to make some changes? Could you focus on improving your level of physical activity, eating real foods, finding time for good quality sleep, exploring effective stress management, avoiding toxic overload, developing healthy relationships and feeling a sense of purpose? Lifestyle and how it affects […]
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Dr Sonnenberg discusses more about menopause, skin and hair with Dr Mandy Leonhardt, in detail in the instagram live interview linked below. We highly recommend you buy the recommended book which goes into great detail about how the hormonal changes affect skin and hair. It covers the basics of healthy skin, hair and nails and
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Good sleep is vital for our wellbeing and health. The feeling of naturally waking, after a wonderful, refreshing sleep is incredible. Sleeping can become more difficult when hormones change during perimenopause and menopause, for lots of reasons. It’s not all about hot flushes, could sleep disordered breathing playing a part in your symptoms like brain
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Many women notice that around the time of menopause their metabolism seems to change. Weight gathers around the waist, energy levels drop, blood pressure rises, and blood tests show raised cholesterol or changes in blood glucose. After menopause, the risk of developing metabolic syndrome increases and understanding why can help you take control early. Postmenopausal
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Difficulty getting up from the sofa or getting out of bed? Aches and pains in your joints? Taking longer to recover from injuries? Menopause may be a natural part of the female ageing process, but it can bring discomfort and pain in a number of ways which can affect your quality of life. 40% of women
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It is common, as hormones change in perimenopause and menopause for women to suffer from a decline in their mental health, research shows this may happen to 45-68% of women. Emotional symptoms of menopause like low mood, anxiety, irritability, rage, fluctuating mood swings, loss of confidence and tearfulness can occur, making it very difficult for
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Genitourinary syndrome of the menopause, GSM, is a term used to describe the vaginal, vulval and bladder symptoms. These are rich in oestrogen receptors, so when oestrogen levels fall in perimenopause and remain low in menopause this can lead to changes in the vulva, vagina, bladder and pelvic floor muscles. This condition affects 80% of
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