Through our Zoe health study we're actually able to measure the symptoms from more than 25,000 people going through the menopause. And I found the results really shocking because here you saw in black and white this data and it showed that 81% of people were experiencing disturbances in their sleep. 65% were feeling anxious and 68% were having brain fog along with a whole host of other symptoms. Only about 2% of the perimenopause or women that we studied had no symptoms.
It's a condition that affects half the population, but there are countless unanswered questions about menopause. The symptoms vary significantly from person to person, including sleep problems, hot flashes, weight gain, and an increased risk of heart disease.
In one of the largest studies to date, ZOE researchers have uncovered a link between menopause and our diets — and this could hold the key to reducing the severity of menopause symptoms.
In today’s short episode of ZOE Science & Nutrition, Jonathan and Sarah ask: what role does diet play during menopause?
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Studies referenced in the episode:
- ‘Why we are all being let down by the lack of research into menopause’ from Mosaic here
- ‘Menopause’ from the Nature Reviews Disease Primers here
- ‘What is Menopause?’ from the National Institute of Aging here
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