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How important is your diet during menopause?

During the change of life, there are a lot of things you can do to help your body.

One of the most important things you can do is to make sure you eat a sensible, healthy diet.

By doing this, you will help your body through the transition phase of menopause.

There are many healthy things you can do, such as increasing the amounts of fruit, vegetables and superfoods that you eat.

What is the Change of Life ?

In simple terms, menopause (often called the change of life), is a time in a woman's life when her monthly menstruation cycle stops and her body ceases it's usual monthly cycles.

menopause difficulty This usually also means her fertiility stops and her body undergoes various hormonal fluctuations too.

The word menopause comes from "menses" which means the shedding of blood and pause. In other words, the pausing (in fact cessation) of the monthly menstrual period.

Her periods stop and her body re-adjusts itself in various ways to get ready for life in middle age onwards.

Menopause is a normal part of a woman's life and marks a significant milestone, just like the age of puberty once did.

There are many articles on the website to help you understand this change in your life and to help you smoothly through this important transition.

Some Useful Herbs

Many women search for help regarding menopause. This can be before menopause starts, during menopause and after menopause.

A high proportion of women prefer a natural approach if possible and there are a number of herbs which have been shown to help women at this time. These include:

Black Cohosh
Dong Quai
Chasteberry
Sage
Red Raspberry

There are quite a few others, but these are the most popular ones. There are some articles about herbs and these ones in particular, which you may find helpful. Do a search or follow the various links. Information about natural remedies will increase as we are finding this is very much a wanted section from our readers.

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