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Is the perimenopause ruining your life?

For many women, the effects of perimenopause can feel like hell. So many different areas of your life can be adversely affected by the fluctuation of oestrogen levels. However, don’t despair just incorporating foods which contain phytoestrogens or plant oestrogens into your daily diet can help relieve those awful perimenopausal symptoms. 
 
What causes the perimenopause?
The perimenopause and menopause are the natural ageing process that happens to women. From the age of around 30 years of age, women report unwanted symptoms which occur as their periods begin to stop. The menopause is described as the point a year after your last period has ended, and after this, you are known as being postmenopausal.
 
Perimenopause is scary
For many women, the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause can badly affect their lives.  Often Hormone replacement therapy or HRT can help, but many women don’t or can’t go down that route so are looking to find a more natural way to manage perimenopause and menopause symptoms.
 
Nature’s answer
Phytoestrogens or plant oestrogens are natural substances that occur in a wide variety of foods and are found in food like soybeans, soy milk and other soy-based products, such as tofu, and tempeh. They are found in flaxseeds and flaxseed oil, legumes including chickpeas, lentils, kidney beans, and other plants and fruits.
 
The phytoestrogens or plant oestrogens in these foods contain the same receptor structure as oestrogen, which can help moderate fluctuating hormone levels and lessen the unwanted side effects caused by perimenopause and menopause.

Functional foods 
By incorporating phytoestrogens or plant oestrogens into your daily diet, some women have eased menopause symptoms while others don’t experience any benefits. Your body’s response can be affected by differences in gut bacteria. To get the greatest benefit from plant oestrogens you need to eat them in sufficient quantities, at regular intervals.
 
Mena-pause.com 
If you are suffering from perimenopausal symptoms there is a range of functional foods available including bars, bread and muesli, that are easy to fit into your busy lifestyle. At Mena-pause.com we work in harmony with the natural world, selecting the finest ingredients to make it easy for women to incorporate oestrogen-rich foods and snacks into their daily diet.