Simple lifestyle and diet changes can help make your transition easy and beautiful.
Smoking can damage the bones, cause heart disease, and 12 types of cancer in women.
Thirty minutes of daily physical activity is recommended to keep your bones and heart healthy. It’s also excellent to elevate your mood. You don’t need to do aggressive gym workouts, but rather do physical activities you’re comfortable with and that build muscle strength.
Ensure you get the right vitamins, minerals, fibre, and essential nutrients in your meals. Avoid too much sugar and refined carbohydrates.
Women need extra vitamins D, B12, B6, and calcium every day. Talk to your doctor about the right supplements to help keep you at your peak.
Drink lots of cold water and look out for your triggers. Warm beverages, spicy foods, or stress are the common culprits. Once you know your triggers, try, and avoid them.
Use water or silicone-based lubricants and moisturisers before intercourse and staying sexually active increases blood flow to the vagina, helping with vaginal discomfort and pain.
Reduce caffeine and alcohol. Don’t eat large, spicy meals or exercise close to sleeping time. If nocturnal hot flashes are interrupting your sleep, try avoiding the triggers a few hours before bed time.