Menopause can make you more vulnerable to stress

During peri-menopause – as your ovaries slow down the production of oestrogen and progesterone – your adrenal glands largely take over this job. Levels, however, are never meant to be the same.

But if your adrenals aren’t working at full capacity due to exhaustion, ongoing stress and a poor diet high in sugar and refined carbs, they may fail to generate adequate hormones.

It’s these hormones that help women feel vital and healthy, and support good mood 👯Low levels could be linked to hot flashes and night sweats.

Additionally your adrenals – which help regulate your stress response, metabolism (energy), and other essential functions – can’t function properly.

So when you put low hormones and fatigued adrenals together, this is why some menopausal women feel less able to manage stress and have the same resilience.

What do you do?

• Cut or significantly reduce sugars and refined carbs, which drain your adrenals (they help manage your blood sugar)

• Learn to manage stress and resolve sleep issues eg meditate, journal, take melatonin, reduce caffeine

• Resolve gut health problems, which is intricately involved in hormone production

• Move more to stress less, detox and improve mood

• Take natural hormone balancing supplements