Here’s an interesting fact, 52% of the UK population are female – and every person with ovaries will go through the menopause.
We want to make the topic of menopause less taboo – why should we shy away from talking about it when 52% people will be going through it? It’s a great milestone; freedom from monthly cycles, and a time described as the beginning of a new chapter, the new you.
Insomnia around 3-4am is a very common menopausal symptom. Often menopause symptoms appear years before we realise they are a result of hormones changing. Often we blame insomnia on young children, stress, overactive mind etc… Menopause is often diagnosed with hindsight.
Here’s an interesting article from the Guardian on the topic.
An HR Magazine article identified 59% surveyed women said menopause negatively affects them at work, and 30% have taken sick days as they’re too embarrassed to talk about it to their employer.
Just this week we ran Menopause Awareness seminar for Chartered Accountants at ICAEW in their Milton Keynes and London offices. Originally the seminar was commissioned by a senior female in a large construction company – she felt unsupported in a male environment and wanted to know what they could do to build awareness and explain what work colleagues could to do make symptoms a little easier.
We also facilitated our Menopause Awareness seminar as a webinar at CGI – fantastically over one hundred of their employees dialled in, and 52% were male! This is great, realising that it’s not just work colleagues but partners, mothers, sisters etc will all go through menopause. They wanted to find out how best to provide support.
So here’s a preview of the 1 hour Managing Menopause seminar:
- Average age of menopause in UK is 51, yet symptoms can start as early as 41 years old and even earlier following reproductive surgery
- Symptoms often start with insomnia, irritability, anger, weight gain around tummy. Hot flushes normally appear later
- Consider cutting down stimulants (caffeine, alcohol) – these are over-stimulating adrenal glands that are already overworked producing hormones to help assist with menopause
- HRT is not the only answer. Early symptoms do well with phyto-oestrogens, and also research or ask your GP about bio-identical hormones.
You can discover more about our Menopause Awareness webinar for your workplace here . You may also be interested in our Menopause; The Nutritional Roadmap webinar.
The content is written and delivered by Anjanette (MSc Nutritional Medicine) who can be contacted info@natural-alternative.co.uk
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