The Perimenopause Solution: Take control of your hormones before they take control of you

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Achieving and maintaining a healthy weight may help alleviate menopause symptoms and help prevent disease.

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The first major UK book to focus on the perimenopause and offer a solution to millions, written by two experts in women's health You are not going mad - it's your hormones! Calcium and vitamin D are linked to good bone health, so it’s important to get enough of these nutrients in your diet. Although some studies found that black cohosh may effectively alleviate hot flashes, the evidence is mixed.The main benefit of HRT is that it can help relieve most menopause and perimenopause symptoms, including hot flushes, brain fog, joint pains, mood swings and vaginal dryness.

The Perimenopause Solution: Take control of your hormones

If you're taking the combined pill, you'll have monthly period-type bleeds for as long as you keep taking the pill. Though its symptoms can be difficult to deal with, eating the right diet and exercising regularly may help alleviate and prevent them. The high intake of phytoestrogens in Asian countries such as Japan is thought to be the reason why menopausal people in these places rarely experience hot flashes. But other than checking thyroid function, which can affect hormone levels, hormone testing is rarely necessary or useful to evaluate perimenopause. But for all the upsides, turning forty can also bring about hormone changes, mood swings and wellbeing issues.There is currently not enough evidence to recommend them for alleviating menopause symptoms ( 25, 26). It seems like a big omission from a book about empowering and educating women on all the options available to them.

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If you have a womb (uterus) you also need to take progesterone to protect your womb lining from the effects of oestrogen. For example, a study in Korea that looked at the effects of a 12-week walking exercise program found that the exercise improved physical and mental health and overall quality of life in a group of 40 menopausal women ( 12). Regular exercise has been shown to reduce hip fracture risk in older women and to strengthen bone density. However, these often start towards the end of the perimenopause stage and the early menopause stage and are a big indicator that you are nearing the end of perimenopause.

However, it is inevitable, as well as understandable, that at some stage or another it can all get a little too much and we begin to see a dip in our form. In The Perimenopause Solution, Dr Shahzadi Harper, a medical doctor specialising in women's health and Emma Bardwell, a registered nutritionist, provide a blueprint to help women find a new balance in this important phase of their lives, so they can be prepared, not scared. Regular exercise and physical activity helps prevent weight gain, improves your sleep and elevates your mood. A GP can prescribe oestrogen treatments you can insert into your vagina, as a tablet, cream or ring.