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Discover the truth behind the myths veiling menopause. Myths of Menopause illuminates this stage of the female hormone odyssey with insights from leading experts, empowering women with the wisdom and understanding to navigate this journey.
The intricate dance of female hormones is integral to women's health and well- being. During every woman's lifetime she passes through key waypoints marked by hormonal shifts. While the decline in ovarian hormone production is universal, each woman's journey through menopause is distinctly shaped by her individual response to hormones and her personal life experiences.
Embark on the female hormone odyssey, navigating challenges with newfound knowledge.
These are some of the top recurring myths of menopause explored in this book.
Menopause is a physical/mental illness.
Menopause is only about the capacity to reproduce.
Menopause happens quickly.
Menopause only happens in middle aged women.
Menopause is only about hot flushes.
Weight gain is inevitable with menopause.
Having sex is not possible after menopause.
All women experience menopause in the same way.
Menopause is a taboo topic and it is difficult to talk about.
When the ovaries retire, it is time to retire from work and life.
Menopause means you resign yourself to poor quality of life and health: there is nothing you can do.
There are specific "diets" and supplements for menopause.
There is a particular exercise or type of exercise for menopause.
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) causes breast cancer.
All women should take hormone replacement therapy HRT.
No woman needs HRT.
Menopause means you can no longer be active.
Menopause prevents athletes and dancers from training and performing.
Whatever your age, it is never too early to gain an understanding of menopause. To echo Marie Curie's timeless wisdom, "Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood."
Contents
Prelude
Menopause as part of the female hormone odyssey
Dr Nicky Keay
Act 1 Misunderstandings around menopause
Distractions of social media Sirens
Scene 1 What is menopause?
Dr Nicky Keay
Scene 2 Mythology in women's midlife—what's in a name?
Professor Jerilynn Prior
Scene 3 What has progesterone got to do with menopause?
Lara Briden
Act 2 Challenges of menopause
Pandora's box
Scene 1 Myths of menopausal "symptoms"
Dr Nicky Keay
Scene 2 "Sleep no more!?"
Dr Zoe Schaedel
Scene 3 Myths of menopausal health
Dr Nicky Keay
Scene 4 Don't let sticks, stones, or falls break your bones!
Rebekah Rotstein
Scene 5 Menopause mix: metabolic and mental health
Dr Anne Latz
Act 3 Menopause, sex and pelvic health
The metamorphosis of Aphrodite
Scene 1 No sex after menopause?!
Dr Shema Tariq
Scene 2 Goodbye to pelvic health after menopause?!
Dr Gillian Cambell, Christien Bird
Act 4 Mastering Menopause
"If we could give each individual just the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health" Hippocrates.
How to navigate the female hormone odyssey?
Dr Nicky Keay
Scene 1 The menopause diet?
Renee McGregor
Scene 2 Where do I start with exercise?
Ally Atkins
Scene 3 Demystifying the myths of exercise
Dr Alyssa Olenick
Act 5 Treatment Options
Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)
Scylla and Charybdis
Dr Nicky Keay
Act 6 Active women and the hormone dance
Terpsichore
The hormone dance of life
Dr Nicky Keay
Scene 1 Dancing through menopause
Tiffany Stott
Scene 2 Gracefully ageing (we hope) forever swans
Astrid Sherman
Scene 3 Menopause Flamenco!
Nikki Crane
Scene 4 Everyone leaks?!
Dinah Hampson and Dr Brooke Winder
Act 7 Age Group Athletes
Orpheus and Eurydice
Don't look back...
Dr Nicky Keay
Scene 1 Relative energy deficiency in sport only happens in young exercisers?!
Dr Nicky Keay
Scene 2 Can I maintain athletic effort and performance?
Tenille Hoogland
Scene 3 Not always an injury?!
Nicole Oh
Scene 4 Myths of strength training for age group athlete health and performance
Dr Richard Blagrove
Act 8 Experiencing menopause
Discord and Harmony
Scene 1 Am I losing my mind?
Professor Aimee Spector
Scene 2 Why do each of us experience menopause differently?
Dr Helen Donovan, Professor Myra Hunter, Nora Bahhar, Professor Aimee Spector
Scene 3 Don't mention the M word!
Dr Meena Khatwa
Scene 4 Can we pass the baton from sport?
Anna Allerton, Michelle Dillon
Act 9 Towards positive ageing: collaboratively challenging barriers and navigating support
Dr Marzena Nieroda, Dr Abdul Seckam, Dr Dania Posso, Dr Rodrigo Rodriguez-Fernandez, Dr Orlanda Allen, Professor Andre Coutinho, Thalia Anagnostopoulou, Professor Joyce Harper, Dr Nicky Keay
Coda
The wisdom of Athena
Dr Nicky Keay
Dr Tamara Dragadze
Index
Navigating where to find information on specific menopause myths.
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