- Blurb -
The no-crap, must-have guide to perimenopause and menopause for every woman: What' s happening, what you can do, and what really works.
A new and demographically significant generation of women as young as 35 is facing perimenopause and menopause ' but not like our mothers or grandmothers did.
We are hungry for information and keen to talk candidly about everything: sex, mental health, self-image, alcohol, how menopause affects our stressful working lives, relationships, fertility and families ' and what we can do about it.
Author Niki Bezzant has more than 20 years' experience writing and speaking about health and nutrition. In this book, she shares all the latest research and advice, giving readers real information they can use on everything from recognizing and understanding common symptoms like mood changes, weight gain, low libido, erratic and heavy periods, hot flushes and insomnia, to managing mental health, sexuality and relationships, exercise and nutrition tips. She explains which natural and medical treatments actually work and how to get the best help, with a healthy side-serve of humour, calling out sexism, snake-oil and bullshit along the way.
This Changes Everything includes menopause stories from well-known NZ women including Robyn Malcolm, C arol Hirschfeld and Michele A' C ourt, plus real talk from hundreds of NZ women, based on the author's wide-ranging online survey and expert information from menopause specialists and doctors, to answer the questions women most want answered.
This is a must-have guide to perimenopause, menopause, midlife and beyond for every woman ' the symptoms, the solutions and the stuff that really works.
Topics covered include:
What's happening to me?
When menopause happens early
Hormones 101
HRT, MHT and other treatments
Hot flushes, night sweats, weight gain, migraines, memory and other physical symptoms
Anxiety, panic attacks, self-image and other psychological symptoms
Sex, libido and relationships
Health after the menopause
Diet and nutrition
Exercise
Sleep
Bloating and gut health
Lifestyle changes
Menopause for men: a cheat sheet
Taking back the power: a menopause action plan
And much more.
- Author Bio -
Niki Bezzant is a multi-award-winning NZ writer, speaker, thinker and commentator who has made her career from a passion for food, health, nutrition, food culture, marketing and policy.
C urrently the editor of Thrive magazine, Niki has been involved in NZ media for over 20 years. She founded the website for Cuisine and was its first web editor. As founding editor of Healthy Food Guide, taking that title from an independent start-up to New Zealand's top-selling food magazine, a position it held for over a decade until it ceased publication in late 2019.
A columnist and feature writer for the NZ Herald and a frequent contributor to broadcast media, Niki is a sought-after speaker and has given two TEDx talks, the most recent in 2019, "What social media is teaching us about life, health and food."
- Full Details -
Status: | Active |
ISBN-13: | 9780143776260 |
Published: | 5 Jan 2022 |
Published In: | New Zealand |
Imprint: | |
Publisher: | Penguin Group NZ |
Format: | Trade Paperback |
Height: | 234mm |
Width: | 156mm |
Pages: | 320 |
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