The Menopause Diet

When I first entered menopause, 17 years ago, I couldn’t sleep no matter what I did.

Read this week’s article and tell us what you think.

https://open.substack.com/pub/pausedoc/p/why-postmenopausal-women-stay-up?

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Nobody told me this. Menopause is not a season. It is one single day. The day you hit twelve months with no period. That is it.

Everything after is postmenopause.

And here is what stopped me cold. If you live into your 80s, you will likely spend more than a third of your life in this stage. Some of us have spent more years than we ever spent having periods.

A third of your life. Maybe more.

For something everyone treats as a finish line, it sure looks like a whole new race.

This is not the wind-down. It is the longest chapter most of us will ever live. Which means we get to decide how we live it.

If you know a woman who thinks the hard part is behind her, she will want to read this. https://pausedoc.substack.com/

I’m not anti-testing.
I’m anti-confusion.
But let me ask you something:

“Have you ever measured every grain of salt or checked the temperature of every bite of food you cook?”
No.
You taste it. You adjust it. You know whether it’s working.

Most women beyond menopause do not need to become financially and emotionally exhausted by endless testing, especially when the treatment plan usually ends up being nearly identical anyway.

Eat Well - Move Well - Think Well

https://pausedoc.substack.com/p/what-lab-tests-really-tell-me-a-woman?r=6sbl7t