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Mood swings are very common for women going through the menopause. Many women start to feel low, a little sad and tearful. They can also feel that they have less control in their lives and can start to feel very irritable. Couple these feelings with the everyday stresses of modern life and you can understand […]

I am often asked what I think is the best food to help with menopause symptoms. It’s a tricky one to answer as so many different foods are needed to make up a perfect and balanced menopause diet. Take a look at the best hormone loving foods here. However, there is one food that punches […]

It is very common for peri and menopausal women to experience problems with their skin. In fact, many women start to get the same sort of acne they had as a teenager. Yep – that’s right. Teenage acne all over again! And then of course there are the wrinkles that just sort of appear overnight […]

For many women brain fog is one of the first symptoms of perimenopause and it can be one of the most worrying. It is a term used to describe memory loss or an inability to focus.   Losing your train of thought in meetings, forgetting what you went into a room to get and just […]

As you grow older, many of your hormones can become less efficient at doing their job. One of the most sensitive glands is your thyroid and when it is out of balance, so are you! It can mimic many symptoms which are similar to those reported during the menopause transition. And for this reason, a […]

Oestrogen dominance is very common in perimenopausal women. It occurs when the levels of oestrogen are relatively high, compared with the levels of progesterone and testosterone. It can be due to an excess of oestrogen, inadequate progesterone production or a combination of the two. The perimenopause is characterised by a fluctuation and eventual decline of […]