Anu Simh explains how falling estrogen during menopause changes how your body handles carbs and triggers symptoms like night sweats and belly fat. She recommends anti-inflammatory foods and daily organic soy for phytoestrogens to manage the shift.
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Menopause is not a disease, it's just a stage in life. Chinese medicine puts it aptly it's the second spring. What happens in menopause? Well, estrogen tanks, insulin numbers go up, becoming more insulin resistant, not able to digest the same carbohydrates that you were doing perfectly well a few years ago. Something very healthy like fruit or whole grains are giving you problems. And your cgm, night sweats, hot flashes, belly fat, and you're like, oh my gosh, there's nothing happy about this. What should you be doing? So with the right kind of supplements, with the right kind of diet, with the right kind of lifestyle changes, anti inflammatory food, celebrate soy, have soy every day, plenty of phytoestrogens to make sure that it's non GMO organic.