Is it possible to eat the tasty treats whilst beating hot flushes and other menopausal symptoms? With the help of bio-identicals – plants consisting of natural hormones with the same chemical structure as the hormones we produce in our bodies. So this is natural hormone therapy, nothing like that horse urine nonsense.
Working With Nature’s Gifts
This natural hormone therapy relies on good food, high quality and natural supplements, good sleep and exercise. Not only does this work for women, it works for men too! You may be thinking that by taking up the decision to eat good food requires a rigid eating plan that adds stress and worry to your life and take times out of your busy schedule planning on what to eat and what not to eat. You may also be concerned about having to get into a lengthy exercise program. Rest assured, none of this stressful activity is required to balance your hormones.
How To Balance Your Hormones The Natural Way
Low-calorie meals will cause pain and a serious reduction in day to day energy loss, causing you to feel miserable.
We need to understand how food affects our hormonal balance and how good foods make us feel. You only need to slightly adjust your eating habits to make sure you’re getting foods rich in protein (meat, eggs, fish, beans, soy, nuts, seeds etc), foods that have good healthy fats (avocados, olive oil) and foods that are high in fibre (vegetables, nuts, fruits, oats, bran).
Most healthy food is more delicious than junk food. Junk foods actually make you feel groggy in the morning and have a negative effect on our moods.
- Eat in small portions 3 or 4 hours a day rather than large portions 2-3 times a day. By doing so you will balance your sugar levels and prevent insulin levels spiking. An imbalance in sugar and insulin can raise the levels of stress hormones and causes an imbalance with the sex hormones
- Slow down your consumption of processed food and eat more organically but don’t stress yourself out over every little detail in your organic diet. Eat naturally and that’s all that’s needed
- Among its many benefits, vegetables protect us from ageing and prevents other foods being rapidly absorbed into the blood stream. This process slows down other foods transformation into blood-sugar
- While natural sugars are good for you, man-made sugars should be avoided at all costs. Cakes, biscuits, and ice cream make fit people unfit, clean people have spots, and middle aged women menopausal