Over 80% of women suffer with sleep disturbances during the

primary menopause period and what we also saw was that over 60% were suffering

with anxiety and mood disorders. So we're talking about more than the

majority, like more than the majority of women suffer with these debilitating

symptoms and regardless of HRT use, regardless of what your initial BMI is,

if you have more plants in your diet, you significantly reduce by

in some cases up to a third, they're likely heard of suffering with these worse

symptoms of the menopause. Well, that's Dr Federica Amati, a post-doctoral

medical scientist and accredited nutritionist who feels that food really needs to

be central to conversations about menopause. Welcome to the Lizar Wellbeing

Show. I'm Lizar and this is the podcast that brings you weekly wellness

wisdom you can trust. Now, I don't know about you, but my relationship with

food has certainly changed since perimenopause and menopause. You know, I've

noticed a change in how my body responds to certain foods. Certainly before I was

on HRT, I used to get cravings for high-process foods, for biscuits, for cakes,

for sweet things, and I guess through my research now and work of being

much more aware of not only my menopausal health and hormone health and gut

health, it has really made me highly attuned to what I eat and how my body

responds to it. Well, groundbreaking new research from the Zoey

Predict Study, which is the largest human nutrition study of its kind, has shown

surprising effects of the menopause on our daily metabolism. Now, the results

show that a powerful shift occurs in a woman's metabolism and microbiome

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