079 - Media & the Menopause - Nadia Sawalha & Dr Louise Newson
The Dr Louise Newson Podcast
Dr Louise Newson
4.7 • 933 Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2020
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Dr Louise Newson is joined by Nadia Sawalha. Nadia is a well-known British actress and TV presenter and has been part of Loose Women from the outset. While talking to Dr Newson, Nadia is very open and candid about her menopause experience and how frightened she was. She talks about how she has always been a very positive and outgoing person and found herself becoming very negative and argumentative. She has had some very dark thoughts which, understandably, were very scary to her.
Nadia talks to Dr Newson about how little she knew about menopause in the past and how important it is that women have access to evidence-based information and treatment. Nadia is determined to talk more openly going forwards to educate more women about the symptoms and also the numerous health risks associated with low hormone levels.
Nadia Sawalha's Three Take Home Tips:
- As women we have to talk about it, share information and be open to changing our minds about the menopause and HRT.
- Spread positive messages and don't be judgemental about the choices of other women.
- We need to challenge the myths and negativity surrounding the menopause and HRT.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Neuson Health Menopause podcast. I'm Dr. Louise Newson, a GP and menopause |
| 0:15.8 | specialist and I'm also the founder of the Menopause charity. In addition, I run the Newston Health Menopause and Well-Being Clinic |
| 0:24.1 | here in Stratford-upon-Avon. |
| 0:30.9 | So today I'm absolutely delighted and thrilled |
| 0:33.6 | and also honoured to have with me Nadia Suala from... |
| 0:36.9 | Well, she's known, she tells me, as Nadia Suala from, well, she's known she tells me as |
| 0:38.5 | Nadia from the telly, so she can introduce who she is. That is what people call me. My husband |
| 0:44.3 | started this joke because we've got a YouTube channel and we're on Instagram a lot and it's Nadia |
| 0:49.1 | off the telly and that's become the way that people describe me now. So I'm Nadia off the telly. That suits me fun. |
| 0:54.6 | So welcome Nadia off the telly. |
| 0:57.2 | And you were saying, which makes me feel very old, I'm always feeling old, but that you've been on loose women for 20 years. |
| 1:04.8 | That's quite something, isn't it? |
| 1:06.4 | The very, very first episode was myself, Jane Moore, Kay Adams and Karen Brady. |
| 1:13.1 | Wow. |
| 1:13.9 | We were the first cousin. |
| 1:15.1 | We all had bouncy boobs then. |
| 1:17.2 | When we looked back on that first episode and we were coming out and we were just like |
| 1:21.2 | young and foolish and knew nothing of the menopause. |
| 1:25.6 | No, gosh. |
| 1:26.7 | So how things have changed. |
| 1:28.1 | Yeah. |
| 1:28.5 | So we, well, we've only recently connected really, but I've had you on my radar for a while, which is what I said. |
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