Before you start

The gut’s ability to absorb nutrients, whether it is from food or from the foodstate supplements, will be significantly improved if the body has first been cleansed of harmful toxins, and the intestinal tract replenished with healthy flora.

It is of particular benefit in today’s environment with our increased exposure to harmful toxins from so many sources. It is our recommendation to pre-empt any dietary/nutritional program with a cleanse, and to repeat it twice per year.

To this extent we recommend that before you start on your required formula you undertake our Detox Formula which involves 3 products that provide a very effective cleanse program that will enhance your health and wellbeing.

Click here to view the Detox Formula

Introduction

Some Eastern cultures don’t even have a word for "menopause", yet in Western cultures, women (and sometimes for their relatives) can find it a difficult experience. The threshold for the complaint seems to have increased as more women would appear to experience difficulty.

Much has been written about the potential benefits of Hormone Replacement Therapy, but in practice only about half of the women who try it wish to continue. Breast engorgement or the return of menstruation may be more acceptable for some than for others, but even without side effects the benefit in some women is disappointing. Besides this, many women remain uneasy about taking hormones for prolonged periods of time, and one cannot yet entirely reassure them. Dietary adjustment has been found most useful.

Supplements

The following supplements are known to be helpful:

	MENOPAUSE Formula - SAVE 10% when you buy the complete set of formulas. This includes 1 of each product listed below. You save a total of £10.35 VAT Free Price: £93.13
	Essential Fatty Acid Complex contains unsaturated fatty acids regarded as essential to good health, and known particularly to reduce significantly symptoms of menopause. VAT Free Price: £9.50
	Anti-Oxidant with Co-enzyme Q10 is known to inhibit many factors associated with menopause. Anti-Oxidants are known to be helpful in reducing the hot flushes associated with menopause. VAT Free Price: £17.99
	Isoflavones daidzein and genistein are valuable anti-oxidant isoflavones known to be helpful during the menopause. VAT Free Price: £14.50
	Whey Protein has been found to be of particular value in reducing hot flushes. VAT Free Price: £17.99
	Karoshil contains a broad spectrum of synergistic nutrients that help regulate metabolic function and help reduce symptoms of menopause. VAT Free Price: £22.50
	Magnesium helps to provide support during the menopause, and for many women this mineral is in short supply. VAT Free Price: £10.50
	Multi-Vitamin & Mineral is a broad spectrum of vitamins, minerals and other beneficial nutritional factors formulated to help support the body under stress when experiencing a busy or hectic lifestyle. VAT Free Price: £10.50

Table of Beneficial Nutritional Supplements

This information is offered as an introduction to supplements, herbs, foods and substances that are known to help with Menopause. This information is not a substitute for medical advice or treatment and it is suggested that sound advice is taken by an appropriately qualified practitioner.

	Formula	Daily Intake	Inital Period	Ongoing Intake	Ongoing
Vitamins	MultiVitamin-Mineral	1 twice daily	2 weeks	1 daily	1 daily
	Anti-Oxidant with Co-Q10	1 twice daily	4 weeks	1-2 daily for 3 months	1 daily
	Karoshil	2 twice daily	2 weeks	1 twice daily	if required
Minerals	Magnesium	1 twice daily	4 weeks	1-2 daily for 3 months	1 daily
Fats	Essential Fatty Acid Complex	1 twice daily	2 weeks	1 twice daily	if required
Additional	Whey Protein	1 scoop daily	1 scoop daily	1 scoop daily	1 scoop daily
	Osoflavones	1 twice daily	3 weeks	1-2 daily for 3 months	1 daily

Dietary Recommendations

Positive Foods

Cereal grains whole brown rice, barley, oats, wheat grass
Vegetables sweet potato, cauliflower, broccoli, spinach, iceberg lettuce, cucumber, miso, soya bean tofu
Fruits freshly squeezed & diluted lemon juice, grapes (including pips), plums, apples
Legumes velvet bean
Teas, Herbs & Spices sarsaparilla, ginger, basil, milk thistle, green tea, turmeric
Nuts & Seeds sesame seeds, sunflower seeds
Fungi Reishi mushrooms, caterpillar fungus
Fish oily fish (except mackerel)
Dairy three to four modest portions of organic live yoghurt per week

Negative Foods

Refined carbohydrates, hydrogenated fats, battery chicken & hens’ eggs, white sugar (sucrose), artificial sweeteners
Coffee, chocolate, alcohol, cheese, salami, pickled foods, most nuts, foods with additives, mackerel

Avoid battery-produced eggs and too much flesh food.

Coffee, tea, tobacco and alcohol all tend to aggravate negative symptoms of the menopause.

Additional Help & Support

Homeopathy has been found to be of value with menopause. A modified vegetarian diet is also beneficial. Meditation is also of value, as is massage.

Additional Comment

It is important that attention is paid to the balance between acid-forming and alkali-forming foods. The optimum balance is around 60% alkali-forming to acid-forming. See Acid Forming and Alkali Forming guidelines.

An active programme of reducing stress can reduce severe hot flushes. In addition, a three-day non-citrus cleansing extending to include vegetables and cereals after the third day can be beneficial.