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Change your Food and Control INSULIN Levels

NOW!

The purpose of the MyMT™ programme is to halt the inflammatory changes
that menopause may be causing. This includes a number of strategies to
restore hormonal, neural (nervous system), emotional and cellular health.

In menopause the complex reproductive changes impact on other systems in
the body. With the modern environment we live in giving off a ton of triggers
for eating, drinking, stress and other lifestyle behaviours, menopause becomes
a ‘perfect storm’ for internal inflammation to worsen your health. It can
catapult women into an unhealthy older age. The good news is YOU CAN
REVERSE THIS! But it takes time, knowledge and good, old-fashioned discipline.
My Menopause Transformation™ has the knowledge, support and motivation to
restore your health whilst you are transitioning through menopause.

Nutrition plays an enormous role in this. The foods we eat are made up of
Carbohydrates, Fats and Proteins. Whilst they all supply various amounts of
NUTRIENTS for daily living, the foods that I want you to focus on for improving
your energy levels in ‘Circuit-Breaker’ are the group known as CARBOHYDRATES
or as we commonly refer to them, CARBS. Not all carbs are equal. I like to think
of Carbs as fitting three categories:

1. SUGAR. Anything that ends in ‘ose’ is a SUGAR, no matter what their
source. Dextrose, Fructose, Sucrose, Lactose, Glucose. This also
includes High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) and artificial sugars that are
in sweeteners.
2. STARCH, i.e. bread, pasta, rice and anything made with flour.
3. NON-STARCH POLY-SACCHARIDES or FIBRE from plants.

The type of CARBS you are eating may be contributing to your symptom
chaos and low energy during menopause. Although Carbs contain the most
superior fuel for energy for our brain and our muscles (as well as fats but these
are slower for the body to turn into energy), not all CARBS are equal. This is
important for menopausal women to understand. You want to eat carbs that
sustain your energy levels and do not cause a lot of insulin to be released from
the pancreas. We explained this in the webinar on Estrogen Dominance as well
as HOT FLASH MANAGEMENT. Insulin is a hormone and when you eat the wrong
types of carbs, insulin surges out of the pancreas to move the sugar and starch
(glucose) into cells. Unfortunately for women already overweight and not
exercising, this can be detrimental to health, causing rapid weight gain under
the diaphragm and in the belly region. It can lead to a condition called
METABOLIC SYNDROME. If this is you, then you need to manage your CARB