Most women will recognize one or two symptoms of menopause - the infamous hot flashes or weight gain. But there’s also brittle nails, tingling in your hands and changes to your taste buds. In fact, there are more than 50 symptoms of menopause. 

Today’s guest, Tamsen Fadal, found out she was in menopause while on live TV. Tamsen is an Emmy award winning journalist and executive producer of the documentary “The M Factor: Shredding the Silence on Menopause”. She’s got a new book titled “How to Menopause”.

Tamsen is joined by Dr. Sarah Berry. Sarah runs the world’s largest study on nutrition and menopause here at ZOE. She developed a free tool called the MenoScale calculator that helps you track your symptoms so you can find relief. Sarah is a world leader in large-scale human nutritional studies, associate professor in nutrition at King’s College London and Chief Scientist at ZOE. 

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Timecodes

00:00 34 symptoms of menopause

01:50 Quick fire questions

03:48 A scary moment on live TV

07:25 Feeling shame in menopause

08:20 What’s happening to your hormones? 

12:40 12 months without a period

14:01 How long do symptoms last?

15:31 New science on symptoms

24:40 How estrogen changes fat distribution

29:10 Gut microbiome and menopause

36:00 Menopause symptoms in the workplace

48:18 Easy menopause food hacks

51:50 Brand new symptom tracker

📚Books by our ZOE Scientists

The Food For Life Cookbook

Every Body Should Know This by Dr Federica Amati

Food For Life by Prof. Tim Spector

Free resources from ZOE

Live Healthier: Top 10 Tips From ZOE Science & Nutrition

Gut Guide - For a Healthier Microbiome in Weeks 

Mentioned in today's episode

ZOE Studies on Menopause: abstracts

Menopause: Introducing a new way to understand your experience

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