Google brought me here and this a very thoughtful post. You said, "Despite what we hear, many women have very few or no symptoms at all around menopause. (6) There is reason to believe that many menopausal symptoms reported are largely influenced by the environment and cultural beliefs woman have about that period of their life." In my own reading, I've found this to be true. For example, in West Africa, yam is a very common part of a woman's diet. Yam has been shown to have weak phytoestrogens (like soy) and in West Africa, menopause symptoms are reportedly not a common part of a woman's life. Food for thought! I believe that the U.S. is so caught up in the HRT debate, that we don't look beyond that to other cultural changes that could make aging and menopause seen as more a natural stage of life than something that needs to be fought. I recommend Dr. Northrup's Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom and the Womentowomen.com site for a more holistic view of menopause. It changed my life!
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Google brought me here and this a very thoughtful post. You said, "Despite what we hear, many women have very few or no symptoms at all around menopause. (6) There is reason to believe that many menopausal symptoms reported are largely influenced by the environment and cultural beliefs woman have about that period of their life." In my own reading, I've found this to be true. For example, in West Africa, yam is a very common part of a woman's diet. Yam has been shown to have weak phytoestrogens (like soy) and in West Africa, menopause symptoms are reportedly not a common part of a woman's life. Food for thought! I believe that the U.S. is so caught up in the HRT debate, that we don't look beyond that to other cultural changes that could make aging and menopause seen as more a natural stage of life than something that needs to be fought. I recommend Dr. Northrup's Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom and the Womentowomen.com site for a more holistic view of menopause. It changed my life!
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