Menopause And Adjusting Diet

For example, choosing foods with high potassium content, like bananas, will help you balance water and salt retention issues.  This in turn means that you will weigh a little less every time you hit the scale. Dried fruits like figs and apricots can do the same thing. You may also want to add dark, leafy green vegetables to your diet like cabbage, broccoli, kale, spinach and collard greens. Using the right kinds of grains in your diet like whole grains, soy beans, brown rice, wheat germ, and lentils is also very important to your new menopause diet.  

In addition to adding the above foods to your life, you may also want to increase your consumption of foods that are rich in omega-3 essential fatty acids. Sardines, trout, tuna, salmon, and herring are just a few examples of food that meet this criterion. Studies have also shown that eating soy products can be quite beneficial to women going through menopause. Yogurt, tofu, soybeans, and soy milk can help in this area. Nuts work well with your new nutritional needs, so throw in some sunflower seeds, Brazil nuts, almonds, walnuts, and pumpkin seeds. When you get ready to make your oil selections, you should try flaxseed and canola oils. Kimbu, Arame, Nori, and Wakame (available at your local health market in the seaweed section) are other helpful choices since they have naturally occurring chemicals and hormones that are very good at combating natural menopause symptoms.  

While all of these foods will certainly help with most aspects of your menopause symptoms, they may also help you to become an overall healthier person. Because we begin to have age related health problems anyway, like rising blood pressure and higher cholesterol levels, we must find ways to deal with our body's new needs. Instead of fighting with the side effects of prescription drugs, you can handle these risks by eating well and maintaining your ideal body weight, which can help your heart deal with its age as well. Remember that you don't have to strictly stick to your new diet. Don't make the process harder than it is. Just make your food choices a bit wiser while keeping your age and new conditions in mind.