If you follow the media coverage on menopause you’d be forgiven for thinking that it really is all about an oestrogen and progesterone deficiency. Fix that and you’re sorted!

But that’s where you’re wrong!

This over simplification of our bodies, biochemistry and hormones is not doing anyone any favours.

One of the most significant hormones that affects how you feel and what symptoms you’ll experience at menopause is insulin.

If your blood sugar levels are all over the place, your insulin levels will be too. Insulin is the fat storage hormone and essential to manage if you want to avoid menopause weight gain.

Insulin also plays havoc with many of the other processes in the body and could be causing your oestrogen levels to be way higher than they should be. This could be driving your mood swings, sugar cravings, hot flushes, memory lapses, night sweats and interfering with your sleep.

It’s vital therefore, that you manage your blood sugar and insulin levels at menopause. The easiest way to do this is to cut out the sugary and refined starchy carbohydrates.

This is one of the basics we work on inside The Menopause Method – my personalised 16-week 1:1 nutrition coaching programme. This is for you if you'd like to get to the bottom of your symptoms and get back to feeling normal again.