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Mood changes during menopause – does what you eat make a difference?
What causes menopause mood changes, and can the right nutrition help? Qualified nutritional therapist Rosie Letts explains what's going on - and how it's possible pack your plate with powerful goodness that's proven to balance the low moods and mood swings many...
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The Top 5 Best Exercises for Menopause
Menopause can put your body through the ringer, both physically and mentally. With joint aches, hot flashes, migraines and fatigue, alongside a host of mood related symptoms such as anxiety or feeling down, exercise in menopause can be the least appealing notion...
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Yoga for menopause: restorative yoga types & poses for menopause
The benefits of yoga for your body, mind, and all around emotional and physical wellbeing seem to have no end. Research has shown that practicing yoga in menopause can help prevent memory loss and aid brain function , can help reduce cellular aging , can boost...
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Painful sex and relationships – how to talk about it and improve things together
Are menopause symptoms making sex painful? Relate, a UK-based largest provider of relationship support, has worked with Health & Her to develop advice to help you and your partner work together to understand why painful sex can become a problem at menopause,...
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How to manage stress, anxiety and anger and keep your relationship strong
Relate, a UK-based network of relationship counsellors, has worked with Health & Her to develop advice to help you and your partner work together through menopausal symptoms. The stress, anxiety and anger that arise seemingly out of nowhere around menopause can be...
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Menopause mood changes and brain fog – the surprising cognitive and psychological symptoms
Many women are surprised by the changes to cognitive function that can occur around the menopause; brain fog might sound funny, but it certainly doesn’t feel that way. Psychological problems and low mood can be very common too – anxiety, phobias and...
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Perimenopause Diet Nutrition & Foods for Healthy Perimenopause
It's old news now that the way you eat can have a massive impact on how you feel. With fad diets popping up every other week, suggesting you need to slash sugar, forget fat, cut carbs, it can feel more than a...
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Mental health and perimenopause
Perimenopause, the stage before menopause, can be a particularly difficult time for women, both physically and psychologically. Mental health issues – such as anxiety, depression, fluctuations in mood, and fatigue – are often some of the first symptoms to present themselves when...
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Stress and anxiety – a doctor’s overview
Some of the most challenging menopause related symptoms are the ones you can’t see. Dr Shilpa McQuillan discusses the psychological side of menopause, and the symptoms many women visit her for help with: stress and anxiety, low mood and feeling tearful, irritability...
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Perimenopause to menopause and post-menopause – A doctor’s overview
From the time you start noticing changes and symptoms to beyond your last period, menopause is a time of multiple changes. Many of us feel mystified by what’s going on. So if you’re wondering ‘am I perimenopausal’ or want to understand what’s...
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