Edit how menopause affects skin

<p>Cut all the manufactured processed food from your diet. Anything that comes in a packet, and yes that includes all those foods that claim to be healthy are not.</p> <p>Eat a varied natural colourful diet including fresh food and fermented food with plenty of fibre and the addition of probiotics to help boost your good gut bacteria.</p> <p>Try and leave at least 12 hours between the last thing you eat at night and the first thing you eat the next day. This allows your gut and your body to reset.</p> <p><em><strong>Do not starve yourself! </strong></em></p> <p>Reduce your alcohol. The odd glass of wine or beer is fine, but if you have noticed you are drinking every night as a habit to relax and unwind, swap that for a 10-minute walk, yes just 10 minutes and just a walk.</p> <p>Cold water therapy is excellent for reducing stress. A daily cold shower or a swim in the sea is known to reduce your stress and increase your resilience. It is also fantastic for your skin health.</p> <p>Have more sex if you can. This is a great natural way to reduce your cortisol levels.</p> <p><strong>What about your sex hormones?</strong></p> <p>Both men and women experience a drop in sex hormones triggering menopause for women and andropause for men. Both sexes experience low mood, higher anxiety and irritability, lack of motivation, and reduced libido. Men may experience erectile dysfunction, women may experience pain during sex, urinary incontinence, vaginal atrophy, and dryness. Oestrogen counteracts the effect of cortisol, so in menopause, as oestrogen drops higher levels of cortisol circulating in the body and this can trigger anxiety and depression.</p> <p>In men, elevated levels of cortisol can block your body’s response to testosterone.</p> <p><em>How can you tell? </em></p> <p>To be 100% sure a blood test or something called a Dutch test to check your hormone levels including cortisol. With this information, you can look at options to rebalance your hormones including <a title="https://www.consultingroom.com/treatments/bio-identical-hormone-replacement-therapy-treatment" href="/treatments/bio-identical-hormone-replacement-therapy-treatment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hormone replacement</a> to rebalance your hormones.</p> <p>Your body is a fabulous finely-tuned machine that is constantly battling to keep you in the best possible shape. Over time, too often we stop listening to our bodies and avoid treating the root cause of issues that present as changes in our mood, weight, skin, and sexual function.</p> <p>If you only treat the surface issues such as poor skin health, the issues will continue which is why I promote an integrated approach to all treatments.</p>

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