How Food Affects Menopause
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- čas přidán 11. 07. 2024
- From hot flashes to mood swings, menopause may seem inescapable. But making diet and other lifestyle changes can help make those effects much more manageable. Join us as we discuss link between diet and menopause in one of the most requested episodes ever of The Exam Room™. For the full episode, featuring interviews with Rupali Chadha, MD, and plant-based OBGYN Christie Cobb, MD, tune in at: www.pcrm.org/news/exam-room-p....
FINALLY someone discussing menopause and food and it's NOT the keto diet. Praise God!
TteenaKay Keto was like poking a stick at a menopausal bear!
I agree!
YESSS! Finally! Thank you!!!
Confirmation bias..
I beg to disagree re:keto. As a vegetarian and with yrs of total struggle with meno, endo, constant experimenting with food to fix me, as doctors were useless, including going vegan at one point, intermittent fasting and keto combo significantly impacted my health for the better. I'd go by what works for each one of you. If vegan significantly helps you, go with it.
I"m 57 and started hot flashes, night sweats at 45 . NO FUN! I went vegan 8 yrs ago and that helped so much. My hot flashes are only 1 time a month. YA! My Husband says that this is the reason for global warming , women having hot flashes.
Haha re the global warming comment. My hot flashes were never too bad (vegan almost 20 years now, aged 59) but I did notice that they were worse if I wanted to urinate but couldn't get to the Ladies Room! Going the minute I felt I needed to really helped to stop them happening. Did anyone else find this?
Haha, your husband’s funny!
TheAngelchia yes. Any kind of physical or emotional stress would trigger one.
Lol 😆
@@Birtee229 Life is stressful.
One of my favorite doctors to listen to and learn from. He explains things so well. I love love love this guy!
Totally agree. I love his gentleness.
MrsIllouz Me too, I love him so much, he changed my life, so to say.... and I am forever grateful. Dr. Klapler is also a great one!
But you’re not talking about how estrogen makes us feel young, strong, resilient, -almost over night my bones and joints became creeky, stiff, sore and weaker. Brain fog set in and my memory went to nothing. I’m normally a high functioning woman, matriarch of my family, still raising two teens, working and caring for my dad. I feel like an 80 year old at 53. This is not normal. So while it’s great that I don’t make babies anymore I certainly don’t feel like my body’s protecting me. We need more discussion and more education around this 😵💫🥵🙃
Catching what ya throwing sister - I turned 50 this year - had a full hysterectomy 18 months ago and was plunged into the menopause - I have been suicidal at times - now get this - I have been plant based for 7 years - now in addition to that I have stage 4 Endometriosis and it's getting worse by the day - I firmly believe I will need a walking aid in the next few months . .. I now take a dual hormone pill and feel a bit better BUT I hate having to take it . . .
Or HRT it's great😀
i feel you, I'm going through the same .
Yes, that’s so true!! I think Dr. B is out of touch with women. He might sing a different tune if all of his testosterone disappeared one day. Plant based diet doesn’t fix everything.
I feel what you are saying. My memory is crap and I’m 49. I feel like I’m falling apart. I gained weight, feel exhausted on the daily, have trouble sleeping, night sweats and my mood swings are enough to make my family look at me like I’m crazy!! It’s grand lol. Hang in there! There has to be an end to this madness soon, right?! 😵💫
So happy to be plant based for six years now! Thanks to Dr. Barnard and other great doctors in the movement! This is so intelligently done!
Chop
Menopause has been one of the best stages of my life. Lived a lifetime quest of health, nutrition, and exercise - no smoking and no drugs. I experience perpetual happiness and joy, no mood swings, no pms. It's wonderful.
Are you vegetarian?
@@MegaNicolemarie I respect vegans and vegetarians. I tried for a year as a vegetarian but I gained 15 pounds not on fruits and veggies but more from beans, grains, rice, and nuts (no junk food) even with exercise and was not happy. Now, I eat about 80% of raw foods daily and only small portions of organic meat. Plus, I do intermittent exercise of walking/jogging and intermittent fast daily, a full fast on Sundays. Most of all, the power of faith in God, His love, and goodness has provided me wth tremendous strength, courage, and confidence to face life's difficult challenges head on. I'm so grateful for life's blessings; being grateful is key to a life of joy and peace.
Awesome, Amy! Yes, at almost 55, I had no hot flashes when eating some animal foods (minimal, really) but whenever I went 100% whole food, plant based, they come back raging. Don't know why except maybe something to do with DHEA production. BUT! I LOVE eating whole food, plant based, as I find I have more energy, look and feel much younger and all inflammatory markers go down. So I'm experimenting with just one hard boiled, organic, pasture raised egg/day to see if it helps. If not I'm going to likely have to add more animal foods. Also I do exericse (that helps A LOT!) and I love the idea of fasting one day a week, and yea God!! Jesus is our healer, praise Him! Hallelujah!!
@@IntuitiveCoachTheresa Greetings. I'm happy to hear we share similar experiences. Making consistent, healthy lifestyle choices goes a long way! There's tremendous healing in fasting. Physical ailments decrease while human growth hormones increase and aging significantly slows down. Sounds like you and I are kindred spirits. Keep on taking care of yourself, and yes, you're right. Jesus is our healer in all and everything in life. Praise God. Blessings.
Amy Frazier When you watch utube Cowspiracy it made me think of God
My postpartum recovery was much easier this time around with second baby since I went WFPB , and i have more energy to take care of baby and toddler then when i used to eat dairy and meat
I switched to a WFPB diet while in perimenapause and it saved me from experiencing any menopause symptoms. I am so glad I changed my diet in time.
Hello There (one year later) what is a WFPB diet? 57 and menopause started at 56. Last year, all I did was throw up daily and I abhor throwing up. I’m okay in cool Temps, anything over 75 F, I carry a bucket around…help please. I’m a late mom and my child has her period. I kinda feel sorry for my hubby🤷🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️ Caught in the middle.
@@julespeace684 A plant based whole food diet means eating fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts and seeds with no oil and little to no salt and sugar. Also avoid meat, chicken fish, dairy and eggs. There are so many blogs and cookbooks to help you now. You won’t regret it! I read the 21 day kickstart by Dr. Barnard they helped me get started 10 years ago. 🙂
@@dinamariea61 This is the problem with these damn recipes. Why do they exclude the best foods, it's frustrating. Surely you can just limit some of these foods?
@@matildafaltyn6253 the more you lean into a whole foods plant based lifestyle, the more you don’t need recipes. I only use recipes once in a while, maybe for salad dressings and an occasional casserole. My daily plates are so easy to put together and flavourful, because I have outgrown the need for sugar salt and oil to flavour the foods. I use herbs and spices and hot sauce to flavour most of my dishes.
@@dinamariea61 I see your point. Like simple spreads of vegetables without the dressing, is how my daughter likes it. Sure cuts down on time in the kitchen.
I love Dr. Barnard! He's a fighter for the people and truth-teller in an authentic caring way.
A respectful conversation by these two men.
Spot on!
Spot on! I switched to plant based eating a few years ago. I am sailing through menopause with little to no symptoms other than cessation of my menstrual cycle.
That was such an easy explanation of what’s going on with our bodies in relation to what fibre does to release the garbage we don’t need in our bodies! I’m 61 and only been wfpb for nearly 2 a bit years and have been going through menapause since early 40’s. I’m a big believer on healing ourselves before running to doctors to be medicated and have noticed that the last 2 years my body is working wonderfully! I put it all down to wfpb! Thank you for your work dr barnard!
As a woman in my 40s it gives me so much clarity. Thank you Doc
Wow, Thank you so much for sharing your insights about hormones and menopause! I am suffering from hot flashes. And I have been starting to eat more plant based foods. Between yoga and these foods, they are helping. Dr. Neal Barnard and Chuck, you both are amazing! Please keep on doing what you do. People need to hear this. By the way, I recommend a Low fat plant based diet to all my patients. I am a certified diabetes educator.
I wish I would have known all of this in my early thirties!
Lucie Lejeune there is a lot that we should have been told 😞
its never too late :)
Thanks Doc for sharing this video. Am 50 yrs and I've experienced hot flashes and night sweats for two years but not any more after watching this. Plenty spinach, kales and pumpkin leaves have done the magic for me.
Finally, one of my favorite plant physicians addressing this - Thank you! Well done. Great host. Great Dr.! I just subscribed to the PodCast. Fabulous!!!!
Excellent questions, excellent interview! Dr Barnard is simply the best!
Thank you for explaining the physiology of this subject. It’s helped me in my research to make the dietary (and lifestyle) changes to improve my health on holistic level. I’m 39 and I’ve been going through peri menopause since that age of 32 and it’s beginning to takes its toll on my mental health and relationships with the ones I love. Thank you so much
It wrecked my relationship!
Love these videos. Chuck has a great way with the doctors that he interviews and I love the way Dr. Barnard explains how our body works. Thank you for the great work!
Thank you for this information! Very helpful! Dr. Barnard is an inspiration!
This man is a gift to mankind 🙏!
Im fed up of having Plant based as well as keto constantly shoved in my face (vegans are the worst) ive actually done both and lost weight on both felt good on both but I think a healthy diet with a mixture of foods a little fasting lots of water and exercise and a positive mind set is the way to go... MODERATION in everything.
Listen to your own body genuinely is the best thing
The truth, however, is that many of us aren't good at moderation.
I am a plant based eater and I agree with you 100%. People that refer to themselves as vegans are by far the most obnoxious humans on earth.
Please watch DOMINION right here on youtube. Is this what MODERATION looks like to you? Also your weight isn't the most important thing in the world. Your treating it like the most important thing IS what makes it harder to lose weight. It becomes much easier to eat healthy plant based diet when you focus on others. Also remember that cocaine addicts can lose weight! Being healthy on the inside is achieved by low fat whole food plant based diet
@@deepdiver849actually no.
Wow I'm dealing with perimenopause at 47. This is so eye opening. Thank you, I will be looking into plant based diets.
I have been WFPB for exactly 2 weeks. I've had 3 hot flashes. They stopped almost immediately. I was having several a day, and I think I had 1 teensy moment a few days ago...I think they just left.
Love Dr Barnard. Thankfully my menopause phase (age 55-57) was not difficult at all. I became WFPB at age 52 so I am a believer that this WOE had a positive impact. I think I had a total of 6 episodes of night sweats over 2 years and that’s it.
Lucky you! I am a life-long WFPB eater, and although I didn't get my period until age 17, my perimenopause (age 57) has been hell. Hair loss, vaginal dryness, mental fog, night sweats, migraines, and mood swings are all with me, even with HRT. It's awful.
Thank you, Dr Barnard! I'm appreciating what I'm learning here.
Dr Barnard is such a cool dude
Without a doubt, the clearest explanation that I’ve ever heard of the correlation between diet and menopause. Will recommend this video to others
My husband needs to hear this! I try so hard to encourage him to eat more veggies. It was like I was begging him just eat one tiny stem of broccoli. LOL
I hide vegetables in everything! Shredded zucchini, beans in brownies, lots of things with marinara sauce, vegetable soup, etc. By integrating them into the food there is NO choice. Lol. Even in the meatloaf.
😂
I love listening to both of you guys. Chuck is such a cool and professional interviewer, Dr. B is a calming and knowledgeable educator for all of us trying to learn how to live better.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! This is sooo important to know and understand.
This is great info. Diet affects everything. I love Dr. Barnard and the other plant-based doctors that have changed my life and my family. 6 years plant based now.
What the Doc is talking about is very true I used to be a big fan of Mc Donald's when I was a teenage & I used to drink 3 cups of milk Daily up until one day I woke up with hot flashes at night .my body was smoking hot 🔥🔥 my mum rolled a fold towel around me& I would have a week's sharp constipation from dairy product but we had no idea&I use to have a lot of candida but since I changed my diet since 2007 no more sickness and no more drama in my body...I'm 36 look very young my skin is spotless and smooth..I look 10years younger....thanks to the right choice of food I made in life by going vegan....
Women have it rough in many ways. Nice interview, thanks. You are one of my heroes, Dr. Barnard. I've been whole food-plant based for almost 3 years now, off blood pressure med and bp is 120/80, heart rate is about 70 now whereas it was over 100 without the med I don't have to take any longer.
Cholesterol, though: LDL was 120 so that shocked me into action. After being on the program, it got to about 65 in a few weeks. What Esselstyn calls virtually heart attack proof. So I'm a convert, a believer now.
Weight is fairly steady by I have some work to do. I don't exercise as much as I should. Weight is a healthy BMI. I feel superb.
You guys are the best. You are like superheroes, truly. The Hall of Dietary Justice.
It IS odd to have to men talk about menopause, but its also good they can talk about this as a normal part of life that men can understand about us too. Thank you both so much! I just started this process and it has NOT been fun! Im going to increase my fiber intake! Great and helpful video!
It's like cancer doctors can talk about cancer without having had cancer. Not too strange
I have suffered for 10 years now with hot flushes it’s been hell I have tried everything! I will be trying this next.
Thanks for posting.
Fingers crossed 🤞
How is it now, Barb? You better?
b try “ FASTING
I find adding a serving of tofu or soy milk daily very helpful.
So informative!! Dr. Barnard knows his stuff!
Thank you so much, very help and a lovely take on our problems!
I'm a huge fan of Dr. Barnard, but it seems odd to listen to two men talking about menopause. Maybe it would have been helpful to have a woman in the conversation who has experienced menopause.
I thought the same 😉
Absolutely! The full episode of the podcast features two additional audio interviews with female doctors (Rupali Chadha, MD, and OBGYN Christie Cobb, MD). Unfortunately they weren't able to be here in our office or we would have filmed those for CZcams as well. :) Here's the full episode: www.pcrm.org/news/exam-room-podcast/how-food-affects-menopause
My sentiments too. I just sent a request to Dr. Pam Popper to do a talk on this subject.
I was impressed. Most men shy away from and are uncomfortable talking about anything like menopause. The fact that these two men seemed comfortable talking about something that is normal and natural was a relieving change.
Exactly what I thought
Thank you. Love this!
I hear so much about plant based diet being the best and I feel like it’s not for everyone and I tried it And I put on 30 lbs
Oh, this is what scares me.
Geniunely listen to your body :)
I gained too
Remember to take into account all the synthetic hormones in the water supply from women taking hormonal contraceptives. This may be a factor to consider.
Brilliantly put. Thankyou!! 💃
Dr Bernard Thank You, really U changed my life for better one. Greetings from Poland 😘
Vegan for over a decade and I still have hot flashes from menopause. I started having hot-flashes after going vegan since that is the time I starting going through menopause. Now post-menopause they are less intense and less frequent. However I never had much mood swings, night sweats or any other discomfort. Just begin honest.
But Hot Flashes can still happen on a Whole Food Plant Based Diet!
My mother who is a meat eater never had not flashes! So diet is not the only factor.
Beth, I would be interested in hearing what role diet plays in progesterone as that is the first hormone to diminish in perimenopause and cause hot flashes. I've been plant based for over 2 decades with a bit of slip 7years ago and have had mainly night sweats as my perimenopause symptom. Maybe other factors play a more significant role than diet with regards to this. I'm so obsessed with learning more! 😀
Seska Lee, maybe my hot flashes would be much worse if I ate meat and dairy. I know women who have never had a hot flash or night sweats and eat the standard American diet. And other vegans who have hot flashes and/or night sweats.
The hypothalamus controls our body temperature and plays an important role in hormone production. So may have something to do with progesterone too, I don’t know much about that. I do know when I took Prozac after my husband died the hot flashes were gone! Other SSRI drugs also cool the beast! But not good in the long term.
Diet does effect the hypothalamus gland but a WFPBD will not get rid of hot flashes completely with all women.
These studies maybe just taking a menopausal woman off a standard American diet on putting them on a WFPB and see the magic unfold. Nothing wrong with that.
Study up on food the hypothalamus too. Omega 3 foods and Vit C foods are great. I will do the same :).
I have noticed less hot flashes eating soy for sure but they never completely go away. Thanks for responding :)
Beth I’ve been wfpb for almost 10 years. Menopause started almost 3 years ago. I still get hotflashes and have tried every natural remedy/supplement there is. Some worked very well for a few months and then stopped working altogether. I can only imagine that if I didn’t eat the way I do and have the lifestyle I have, the flashes would be considerably worse. They are awful enough as it is!!
Bridget Young sorry, I completely understand your suffering. Thank you for posting. Too bad a WFPBD doesn’t cure hot-flashes :(
One thing for sure when I have tried eating raw I burn up! So soy does seem to help.
Beans/Legumes are highest fiber food and are best for ridding your body of excess hormones. Fruit is actually low fibre.
Finally. People the struggle is real.
Thank you Doctor!
Wow! Wonderful, thanks doctor.
Thank you Dr. Banard. So fibres/ greens is very much important which plays a big part by getting rid of toxic out of our body
I love dr Barnard too! He explains things clearly and accurately and he supports a healthy diet where vegetables and fruit play a very important role. Let's try to reduce red meat dramatically but also white meat fish and diary products. Our environment will benefit too, not only our health!
Thank you Dr.Barnard!
Very interesting. I’m going to start rethinking the meats in my diet and replacing some with plant protein
Hello Sir, you explained it so nicely and made it easy to understand, very nice, many thanks for such information:-), keep up the good work
Great Information!!! Thanks
Really informative and interesting!
Thank you.
❤️Very Informative Thank You❤️
Amazing information👍👍👍
Really interesting. Im not quite at menopause stage but am conscious of hormone surges. Interesting what he said about fibre.
I never knew about that fiber connection, either. Interesting.
My mom went through peri menopause in her late 20's. By 35 she wasn't getting her period (menopause) she's 69 now and STILL suffers from hot flashes. I'm in my early 40's, wfpb and zero hot flashes.
He is the best he explained everything with authority back with scientific ideas awesome
Thank you for this! --Bonnie Robinson
Great intelligent information. Thank you. . . . . .
Wow this Doctor is amazing!
Very stimulating and eye opening information. Thanks.
Thank you. Very informative
Thank you for such great information! Much needed....
No hot flashes, ever!! And I'm going on 60..., I eat lots of raw spinach, and lots of sprouted lentils.
Already listened on spotify, just commenting to support you guys. Awesome work!!!
Sigh...I've been following a whole-foods based diets for years. I am 62 now, weighing what I did in high school. I eat a VERY healthy vegan diet, no oil, no sugar, no caffeine. You'd think I'd sail through menopause, not. I'm enjoying the no more cramps and tender breasts from having periods, but these hot flashes happen every afternoon throughout the entire evening. No fun. I'm even married to an OB-GYN, but he is also puzzled why I am always getting the hot flashes. No hormone replacements for me, as I have 2 beautiful sisters who have had breast cancer.
Kindly take Mint and parsley tea every morning and evening. It has worked for me, I only get the flashes once a day in the mornings.
are you eating any processed whole foods like whole grain flour or pop corn, dried fruit, nuts etc?
We need more videos of this to explain what happens after menopause .!
Really interesting! Thanks!
thank you doctor. I appreciate your great work. one more reason to shift from vegetarian to vegan and rid of cheese addiction. No reason to suffer if we can avoid it just by simple yummy plant based food
I love Dr Barnard! Great info!
Brilliant.
This is great!
I've been plant based since 2016 still having hot flashes and weight problems!!
Healthy plant foods.
Iodine and vitamin E-rich foods helps fix hot flashes. Taking Lugols with selenium for the iodine and sunflower vitamin E took away my hot flashes. It took about a week.
Very interesting. Thank you
Thank you 🙏 for this.
Great info!
I LOVE DR BARNARD !!!! Just look at him. So youthful, slim and healthy. Go Vegan !!!
This confirms many, many reasons to eat a plant base lifestyle not alone
Menopause but diseases as well.
Very interesting interview!
Thank you great info.
Great video - thank you. Might be worth making one on andropause, too?
My doctor from the Philippines recommended a few spoonfuls of yams per day to avoid symptoms of menopause. I did it and had no symptoms! Yams work because they are a natural source of both estrogen and progesterone. When you eat yams, that supplies both hormones at a time when your body is no longer producing them. My menopause was uneventful because of yams. I baked a yam, mixed it with apple butter, and ate a few bites per day of that. I wish I had known about the health benefits of yams when I was a teen suffering heavy bleeding with my periods.
What variety on yam?
Neal Barnard is an excellent doctors..
My journey with my period started around 16 ( some would say that was rather late nowadays) with cessation of my cycle last year at 55. Many of my girlfriends, still in their 40s had problems (tumors and endometriosis ) resulting in hysterectomies, which ended their cycles early on. I was apprehensive going into this stage of my life but am glad its done. Just like the monthly cycle of pre menstrual and post menstrual symptoms. Those issues were definitely more symptomatic than any issues I have currently. However it could be that I'm having an easier time because I became !00 percent plant based ( Vegan ) 5 yrs ago. Thanks for this informative video! Love you guys, and your work. Love to Dr. Barnard as well.
Good stuff
Very Good information. Very helpful.
Totally and note, the high fibre diet benefits us all, including men as it also does this job for male hormones too. And this is why I prescribe the diet I do for my clients and why they feel so much better once they're on it.
Very good information
Thanks
Wow. Good stuff.
Very interesting 👍 Thanks
OMG this dr. is Brilliant love love this video!
Triggars for me , situations that cause me anxiety or an ancious feeling, eating/drinking anything that is vinegary. Like wine, as soon
as I have the first sip, I have a hot flash within 30 seconds Same with my morning coffee, applecider vinegar. Hot beverages.
This leads me to sucpect it has something to do with the liver.
Ha as I'm typing this he started talking about the liver.
Great video...
Brilliant MD
Very interesting
Menopause has more gravitas than “change of life” . Given the horrors that some of us go through it deserves to be taken seriously. Enjoying the food info.