How to Make the Most Out of Menopause

Menopause can be seen positively as a milestone in a woman’s life. She has gone through changes from childhood to adolescence then again through the child bearing years and now is a new phase in life. Although like the other phases a woman’s body goes through changes and the hormones fluctuate, so it is through this stage. Here is some help in reducing the effects of these fluctuations.

• Exercise: walking, swimming, playing with the kids will benefit your heart, bones and your outlook on life.
• Eat high fibre carbohydrates: avoid empty calorie carbs and select whole grain pastas and breads, dates, plums, bananas, even green leafy veggies. By eating these types of food you will avoid or lessen the mood swings as well as improve your energy level.
• Calcium foods such as low fat cheese, milk, yogurt etc as well as almonds, eating canned salmon bones and all, broccoli and green leafy veggies.
• Vitamin D type foods because they help absorb the calcium. Examples are eggs, fish oils, fortified milk.
• Soy products which have plant estrogens such as yams, brussell sprouts, soybeans, tofu, tempeh and soy milk etc. These will reduce the symptoms of menopause such as the hot flushes and other inconveniences.
• A Time for Relaxing: unwind by sitting and thinking of a favorite calm place or by a bath or a massage.

An excellent program made specifically for women who are about to face and who are in the midst of facing menopause is Tahitian Noni® Tahiti Trim® Plan 40®. It provides the vitamin, mineral and herbal supplements that are needed to make the most out of menopause.