What is the healthiest way for women to eat during menopause?

　　Menopause is inevitable in life and will eventually happen to everyone. We don’t need to have too much psychological pressure on this change given by nature. Although after menopause, our lives will gradually wither like blooming roses, but our belief is that dead branches and leaves are more beautiful than others! So, don’t be afraid of menopause. When it comes, let’s use diet to maintain our health!

Menopause is a normal physiological change after people enter middle age, mainly due to a series of symptoms caused by the decrease in hormone secretion in the body. There are physical aspects and psychological aspects.

Menopausal syndrome occurs female , about 40 to 50 years old, with varying degrees of symptoms including: flushing, night sweats, upper body fever, irregular menstruation, increased blood pressure, and occasional fatigue, dizziness, difficulty breathing, chest depression, anxiety, bad temper, or insomnia.

Menopause not only occurs in women, men also experience menopause. male Menopause in men comes later than women, mostly between the ages of 50 and 60. Generally speaking, male menopause often has a slow onset, mild symptoms, and is easily ignored. The main manifestations are: muscles are not as strong as when they were young, subcutaneous fat accumulates, and weight increases. Decline in sexual function, weakened libido, irritability, insomnia, headaches, memory loss, tension and fatigue, poor cardiovascular function, etc.

For patients with menopausal syndrome, mild cases do not require treatment, while severe cases require hormone and other drug treatment under the guidance of a doctor. In the case of drug treatment, food adjustment is supplemented (for milder cases, good results can be obtained by food adjustment). It can often achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Chinese medicine believes that menopause is caused by the decline of kidney qi in the human body, and yin deficiency and yang hyperactivity are common in the body. Food regulation should be based on products that nourish the kidney essence, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and nourish the heart and calm the mind. A reasonable dietary arrangement can not only alleviate menopausal symptoms, but also help to ease menopause. Let’s first break down the dietary adjustment methods for women during menopause.

For food maintenance, it is advisable to eat more products that nourish the liver and kidneys and clear away fire. Such as wolfberry turtle soup. (25 g wolfberry, 1 soft-shell turtle. To do this, kill the soft-shell turtle, remove its internal organs, wash it, put the wolfberry berries into the belly of the soft-shell turtle, add ginger, onion and other seasonings to the pot and stew until soft. Drink soup, eat meat, and chew wolfberry. ) Medications commonly used as menopausal medicine and diet therapy include: Polygonum multiflorum, yam, Yizhiren, cornus, lily, cassia seed, chrysanthemum, astragalus, angelica, red dates, lotus seeds, walnut kernels , mulberry, honey, black sesame, Poria, Codonopsis pilosula, longan meat, white fungus, Gorgon fruit, coix seed, white lentil, carrot, Schisandra chinensis, Ganoderma lucidum, wolfberry, chestnut, etc. You can selectively add it to your daily meals according to your own preferences.