Listen to episode 117:
"Eating less sugar and IF helped reduce my menopause symptoms": Karen
April 9, 2023
Karen started having menopausal symptoms around age 39. At the time, she had two small kids and a busy health journalism career.
Her list of symptoms included fatigue, hot flushes, insomnia, irritability, brain fog, memory loss, overwhelm, loss of libido, weight gain and vertigo... and she realized that they were related to her hormones and not just her stressful life.
After being diagnosed with early menopause, Karen was left to her own devices and spent several years trying everything to feel better and keep her weight off.
It wasn’t until she turned 50 that she stumbled upon the answer: Intermittent Fasting (IF).
And to Karen's delight, IF was the perfect way to change her eating habits. She'd tried cutting sugar in the past, but she kept "falling off the wagon". However, with IF, her tastes started to change, and she was more attracted to real whole foods, and less to sweet and processed foods.
In this episode, we talk about all things menopause... and how IF and eating whole foods in your window can keep insulin low and help with menopause symptoms.
Find Karen here: https://karenfinn.net/, and her Facebook group Intermittent Fasting and Menopause here.
