How to track your menopause symptoms | Dr. Sarah Berry and Tamsen Fadal

ZOE Science & Nutrition

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Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Education, Science

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🗓️ 5 December 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Most women will recognize one or two symptoms of menopause - the infamous hot flashes or weight gain. But there’s also brittle nails, tingling in your hands and changes to your taste buds. In fact, there are more than 50 symptoms of menopause. Today’s guest, Tamsen Fadal, found out she was in menopause while on live TV. Tamsen is an Emmy award winning journalist and executive producer of the documentary “The M Factor: Shredding the Silence on Menopause”. She’s got a new book titled “How to Menopause”. Tamsen is joined by Dr. Sarah Berry. Sarah runs the world’s largest study on nutrition and menopause here at ZOE. She developed a free tool called the MenoScale calculator that helps you track your symptoms so you can find relief. Sarah is a world leader in large-scale human nutritional studies, associate professor in nutrition at King’s College London and Chief Scientist at ZOE. 🥑 Make smarter food choices. Become a member at zoe.com - 10% off with code PODCAST 🌱 Try our new plant based wholefood supplement - Daily 30+ Follow ZOE on Instagram. Timecodes 00:00 34 symptoms of menopause 01:50 Quick fire questions 03:48 A scary moment on live TV 07:25 Feeling shame in menopause 08:20 What’s happening to your hormones? 12:40 12 months without a period 14:01 How long do symptoms last? 15:31 New science on symptoms 24:40 How estrogen changes fat distribution 29:10 Gut microbiome and menopause 36:00 Menopause symptoms in the workplace 48:18 Easy menopause food hacks 51:50 Brand new symptom tracker 📚Books by our ZOE Scientists The Food For Life Cookbook Every Body Should Know This by Dr Federica Amati Food For Life by Prof. Tim Spector Free resources from ZOE Live Healthier: Top 10 Tips From ZOE Science & Nutrition Gut Guide - For a Healthier Microbiome in Weeks Mentioned in today's episode ZOE Studies on Menopause: abstracts Menopause: Introducing a new way to understand your experience Have feedback or a topic you'd like us to cover? Let us know here. Episode transcripts are available here.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Zoe Science and Nutrition, where world-leading scientists explain how their research can improve your health.
0:10.2	Most women recognize one or two menopause symptoms, the infamous hot flashes, or perhaps night sweats, but there are many more,
0:23.2	tingling in your hands, brittle fingernails, changes to your taste buds, the list goes on.
0:29.7	In fact, there are more than 50 symptoms, and just one of these could suggest that it's
0:34.5	menopause that's knocking at your door.
0:39.3	Today's guests found out that she was in menopause while she was live on TV, and it's been
0:43.8	a long road since that day that threatened to derail her health and her career.
0:49.1	Emmy award-winning journalist Tam Zin Fidel interviewed 42 experts for her new book, How to Menopause, and his executive producer
0:56.9	of the documentary, The M Factor, shredding the silence on menopause.
1:02.9	Tamsin is joined by Professor Sarah Berry.
1:05.7	Sarah's a professor in nutrition at King's College London and runs the world's largest study
1:09.8	on nutrition and menopause here at Zoe.
1:12.6	She's developed a free tool called the Menacegale calculator that helps you track your symptoms so you can find relief.
1:18.6	And today, she's sharing an exciting new breakthrough about how gut health impacts her menopause.
1:24.6	Today's episode will help you track and treat your symptoms so you can take control of your
1:30.1	health.
1:34.1	Tamsan and Sarah, thank you so much for joining me today.
1:36.6	Thank you.
1:37.6	Great to be here.
1:38.9	So Tamsan, we have a tradition here at Zoe where we always start with a quick fire round of
1:43.0	questions.
1:43.4	Oh boy.
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