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Menopause Diet Advice
A properly balanced diet can help to alleviate the symptoms of menopause including hot flashes bloating, water retention, tiredness and depression.
Foods to Include to Alleviate Menopause Symptoms
Fruit
Choose melons, bananas and citrus fruits like oranges and lemons, which are high in potassium. Potassium rich foods help balance sodium and water retention. Also include some dried fruit like apricots and figs.
Vegetables
Choose in particular yam, dark leafy vegetables like kale, collard greens, spinach, pak choi, broccoli and cabbage, as well as a variety of others.
Pulses and Grains
Include soy beans, lentils, brown rice, whole grains, wheatgerm.
Seaweed
Choose Nori, Wakame, Kombu, Arame, which contain natural hormones and plant chemicals which help during menopause.
Oily Fish
Rich in omega-3 essential fatty acids, like salmon, mackerel, sardines, herring, tuna and trout.
Soy Products
Like calcium-fortified soy milk and yogurt and tofu.
Vegetable Oils
Include canola and flaxseed oil, unsalted nuts, like walnuts, brazil nuts and almonds, and seeds like sunflower, linseeds and pumpkin seeds.
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