Proteins in Post menopusal women
Role of Protein Post Menopause Nutrition is important in every stage of life, especially for women. For example, as a young girl grows into a woman, her nutritional needs are vital for her growth and development, when she is pregnant, it increases to support both her and the child and in menopause, nutritional needs change yet again to buffer the impact of hormonal changes. The Post Menopause Phase A woman reaches menopause when her menstruation has stopped for at least one year and after that year, she enters “post menopause.” (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279131/) How does Post Menopause impact the body ? With menopause the anxiety over dealing with ‘that time of the month’ and cramps during the menstrual cycle comes to a halt but it brings along a new set of health problems with it. One of the major effects of menopause is a decrease in the reproductive hormone Oestrogen which has critical implications in the body. 1. Cardiovascular Risk With a decline in ...