Menopause - Health Promotion Unit

Managing
your menopause
Every woman’s experience of the menopause is different and how
you decide to manage your menopause will depend on your age,
what symptoms you have and how they affect your quality of life.
There are a number of things you can do to help manage your
menopause such as:
• being active and eating healthily
• taking medical treatments such as HRT, and
• using complementary and alternative therapies.
Get active and eat healthily
The menopause is a great opportunity to look at what you do
and what you eat and get the balance right. Before menopause,
women are protected against a number of diseases, such
as heart disease, stroke and osteoporosis, by the hormone
oestrogen. However, once you stop producing oestrogen, your
risk of these diseases increases. Being physically active and
having a good balanced diet can help protect against them.
Low oestrogen levels also affect other parts of your body such
as your bladder, skin and hair (see p. 31).
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