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The Real Symptoms of Menopause

It’s not just the hot flashes! According to the 2024 ZOE PREDICT 3 study, nearly 100% of women experience symptoms.

In peri-menopause, 66% of women have more than 12 symptoms.

In post-menopause, 41% of womenhave more than 12 symptoms. 

Common Symptoms.

  • Loss of muscle mass

  • Weight gain 

  • Mood swings

  • Sleep issues

  • Brain fog

  • Sugar craving

  • Joint pain

  • Thinning hair

  • Dry skin

  • Water retention

  • Slowed metabolism

  • Fatigue

  • Memory loss

  • Headaches

  • Anxiety

  • Low mood

  • Depression

  • Irritability

  • Vaginal dryness

  • Loss of breast fullness

  • Low libido

  • Chills

  • Night sweats

  • Hot flashes


Glucose & Menopause

Menopause doesn’t just bring many of these symptoms and hormonal changes—it also changes the way our body handles glucose.

Research shows that after menopause, women often experience bigger post-meal glucose spikes and shifts in metabolic health compared to premenopausal women.

How Menopause affects your blood sugar.

One of the most overlooked changes in menopause is how the body processes glucose. A 2022 ZOE PREDICT study showed that the same food causes a 42% bigger glucose spike after menopause compared to before.

This means more fatigue, more irritability, more cravings, more inflammation, and even more brain fog.

These big glucose spikes don’t just affect how you feel—they’re linked to heart disease, diabetes, and an increase in menopause symptoms overall.

Don' despair - there is an upside?

Just a few smart changes to how [and when] you eat, can flatten those spikes and help you feel a lot better.


The Role of Our Adrenals in Menopause

Our adrenal glands are usually in charge of making stress hormones like cortisol and adrenaline. But after menopause, they also step in to produce small amounts of estrogen and progesterone.

Unfortunately, when our glucose levels spike, common after menopause, our adrenals get overwhelmed trying to manage both stress hormone and female hormone production.


This excess glucose and insulin can wear down the adrenals, making them less efficient. The overload can lead to what’s often termed “adrenal fatigue”.

Studies show that women with higher glucose and insulin levels were more likely to experience menopause symptoms like hot flashes and night sweats.

Therefore, flattening the glucose curve is associated with fewer menopause symptoms especially difficulty in remaining asleep.


Another reason for addressing our glucose is that cravings can also improve by up to 30% when diet is adjusted by focusing on low insulin foods tol stabilize glucose levels.


We need to support our adrenals by keeping our glucose levels steady. It’s not just about avoiding sugar crashes—it’s about lightening the load on our whole hormonal system.

What Can I Do?

Here's the good news - You don’t need to give up all your favorite foods, just consider how you're eating them:

  1. Eat your food in order.

When you get ready to eat, consider how you build your plate of food. Begin with vegetables, fiber, proteins, and healthy fats first, saving complex carbohydrates for the end of the meal. This will slow gastric emptying and prevent rapud glucose spikes.

  1. Move for 10-15 minutes after eating.

This is a huge lever you can pull to keep glucose from being stored and allowing it to be used by your muscles. Bonus - You won't even require insulin to make this happen.

  1. Stop snacking and give your body a break from constant feeding.

When we eat enough food at meals we should be able to go 4-5 hours between meals. If you find that you're actually hungry, consider adding more protein to your meals. This resting between meals allows our body to stabilize both our glucose and insulin levels which translates into less cravings, fatigue and weight gain.

  1. Grow your muscles.

Regular strength training improves muscle tissue that act like a glucose "sponge". More muscle mass improves insulin sensitivity which helps us to combat insulin resistance the driver of most chronic conditions.

  1. Guard your sleep.

Putting ourselves to bed at the same time every night can do a lot more than just give us enough sleep. We are created to run on a circadian clock and adopting a regular bedtime allows our body to transition into repair mode that's driven by deep sleep and fasting. Liver detoxification and brain waste removal can now happen which will help to restore our cellular health, clearing toxins and preventing disease.

  1. Go outside in the moring and expose your eyes to sunlight.

Another important circadian regulator that anchors our body's clock. 10-20 minutes of natural light shortly after waking triggers a healthy cortisol spike for energy, stops the production of sleep-inducing melatonin, and boosts serotonin. This will elevate our mood, improve sleep quality, and enhance our overall alertness throughout the day.

  1. Adress the stress.

High levels of stress trigger adrenaline and cortisol, hormones that actively signal the liver to release stored glucose into the bloodstream. Finding ways to manage what comes our way, can be an effective strategy in keeping our insulin and glucose stable. Deep breathing, walking outside, calling a friend, or enjoying a favorite hobby are great ways to improve our stress response.

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  • support healthy blood sugar & insulin response

  • reduce post-meal energy crashes

  • feel full longer

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  • Cravngs and hunger reduce and energy improves. You begin to feel more in control.

  • Energy steadies with better focus and less bloating.

  • Noticible changes begin to show up around sleep, mood, weight and ease in fasting.

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Can YOU Heal?

Absolutely yes you can! I encourage you to give this system a try for 90 days. Use it for the full 90 days and allow your body to begin to adjust by eating within a time frame, allow fasting to begin to be a part of your regular routine, stay hydrated and move every day. Trust the process.

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Our body is designed to heal when we give it the right inputs. In our modern food landscape this has proved more and more difficult as the rise of chronic conditions continues to explode.

Including the Feel Great System, along with wise balanced nutrition can move your needle in a positive direction and give you both control and a renewed energy and vigor to be able to do all the things you want to accomplish.

Please reach out if you have any questions around this post. I'm happy to help.

Thanks for reading,

Jan

 
 
 

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