Menopause: How your body changes and what you can do

ZOE Science & Nutrition

ZOE

Nutrition, Science, Health & Fitness, Education

4.6 • 5.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

There's a condition that leads to an increased risk of heart disease, dementia, and early death that's been affecting people for as long as they've existed. The many symptoms can severely impact quality of life - ranging from headaches and memory problems to anxiety and weight gain. This condition affects more than half of the world's population, but unbelievably its rarely discussed and the scientific research that exists on it is limited. It's called menopause, and it affects 1.2 billion women worldwide. It's not a disease, but the effects can be just as serious for some women. Jonathan talks to the British doctor who's working to educate us about menopause and bring the discussion on the topic into the mainstream. Dr Louise Newson is a GP, menopause specialist and founder of the Newson Health Menopause & Wellbeing Center. Director of the Balance Menopause App and the non-profit Newson Health Research and Education. Founder of The Menopause Charity. Download our FREE guide — Top 10 Tips to Live Healthier: https://zoe.com/freeguide Timecodes: 00:00 - Intro 00:09 - Jonathan Intro 01:11 - Episode start 01:24 - What is menopause and why is it important for Dr Louise 04:17 - Being hormone-deficient is bleak 07:27 - The overall scale of menopause 12:41 - What is HRT? 17:24 - How little menopause is talked about 19:30 - Dr Louise’s push for menopause understanding & education 23:02 -What’s the accurate test for perimenopause? 28:10 - Understanding hormone deficiency symptoms 31:58 - What else can you do besides HRT: Nutrition considerations 41:09 - Does your body shape change while menopausal? 41:55 - Summary 44:06 - Goodbyes 44:31 - Outro Episode transcripts can be found here. Dr Louise’s non-profit organisation about improving and understanding women’s hormone health: https://www.nhmenopausesociety.org Check Dr Louise’s app on perimenopause and menopause: https://www.balance-menopause.com Follow Louise: https://twitter.com/drlouisenewson Follow ZOE on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoe/ This podcast was produced by Fascinate Productions.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Zoe, Science and Nutrition, where world-leading scientists explain how their
0:04.9	research can improve your health.
0:08.1	What if I told you there's a condition leading to increased risk of heart disease, dementia
0:15.2	and early death that's affected humans for as long as we have existed?
0:20.4	The host of symptoms can be very unpleasant, ranging from headaches and memory problems
0:25.1	to anxiety and weight gain.
0:28.0	Then, what if I told you over half the world's population will suffer from this at some point?
0:33.7	You might assume this condition would be a constant topic of conversation,
0:37.3	studied by many of the world's leading scientists and taught in schools. You would be wrong.
0:43.7	The condition I'm talking about is menopause and it affects 1.2 billion women worldwide.
0:49.6	It's not a disease, but its impact can be profound.
0:53.4	In today's episode, I'm joined by the British Doctor, leading a worldwide mission to educate
0:59.0	us about menopause and make it a mainstream topic of conversation.
1:03.8	Dr Louise Newsom helps us understand how menopause can affect women and the options available to help.
1:11.6	Louise, thank you for joining me today on a topic that is so important and so under-disgust,
1:17.4	and I have a whole bunch of questions from our members today, but I think we should start right
1:21.9	at the beginning with a very simple question, what is menopause and also wisest a topic which is
1:27.8	so personally important to you. Thank you. Thanks for inviting me today. The first question first,
1:34.6	I suppose, menopause is just a word and it shouldn't actually be called a female hormone deficiency.
1:41.2	I'd love to change the terminology, but we are menopause. Menopause just means menopause is stop.
1:49.7	So it's a weird one actually in medicine because it's a retrospective look back in time diagnosis
1:55.0	for most of us because it means a year without our periods. That's all it means. And so most women,
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