The Best Menopause Advice You Don’t Want To Hear About

Nutritionist and perimenopause coach Claudia Canu, whom we’ve featured before in our Expert Insights segment, has advice:

Here’s to good health

When it comes to alcohol, the advice is: don’t.

Or at least, cut back, and manage the effects by ensuring good hydration, having an “alcohol curfew” and so forth.

What’s the relation to menopause? Well, alcohol’s not good for anyone at any time of life, but there are some special considerations when it comes to alcohol and estrogenic hormonal health:

• The liver works hard to process the alcohol as a matter of urgency, delaying estrogen processing, which can increase the risk of breast and uterine cancer.
• Alcohol has no positive health effects and is also linked to higher risks of breast and colorectal cancer.
• Alcohol can also trigger some menopausal symptoms, such as night sweats and hot flashes. So, maybe reaching for that “cooling drink” isn’t the remedy it might seem.
• During menopause, the body becomes more insulin-resistant, making it more susceptible to blood sugar spikes caused by alcohol. Also not good.

Common reasons women turn to alcohol include stress, frustration, the need for reward, and social pressure, and all of these can be heightened when undergoing hormonal changes. Yet, alcohol will ultimately only worsen each of those things.

For more on the science of some of the above, plus tips on how to make positive changes with minimum discomfort, enjoy:

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Want to learn more?

You might also like to read:

• How To Reduce Or Quit Alcohol
• How To Reduce The Harm Of Drinking (Without Abstaining)
• Where Nutrition Meets Habits! ← our “Expert Insights” spotlight on Canu
• How To Reduce Your Alzheimer’s Risk Early ← particularly important at this life stage

Take care!