"Healthy Menopause

In 2030, more than one eighth of the Earth's population will consist of menopausal women, 1.2 billion. This is a new fact for humanity. Until the early 1900s, only a minority of Sapiens survived this long. Today, however, a large group of people are faced with changes in their bodies and the need to adapt to a different balance.

In the book 'Menopause in health' (Sonzogno, series Science for life conceived and directed by Eliana Liotta), gynaecologist Raffaela Di Pace, an expert in the physiopathology of the menopause, explains the changes in the body and shows what to really do, with concrete and scientific solutions inviting women not to suffer the disorders that follow the drop in hormone levels: weight gain, insomnia, hot flashes, thinning hair, memory lapses, mood swings and vaginal dryness. There are remedies ranging from hormone replacement therapy to certain types of non-hormonal drugs and supplements to reduce discomfort but also the risks of osteoporosis, cardiovascular disorders and obesity.

Far too many women still give up taking care of themselves and become sad because they perceive the end of their childbearing years as the end of full health and femininity. Yet, it is likely that they have some thirty-odd years of life ahead of them and it is right that they go through them with fullness and without aches and pains, that they are always well. The feminine revolution cannot fail to embrace this aspect of existence.

Di Pace answers the most common questions in a timely manner and proposes a weekly plan, from exercise to diet, to stay fit and healthy. 'Taking care of yourself,' he writes, 'does not mean rejecting a natural phenomenon, but using the tools of progress to live better. There is no reason to suffer discomfort when you can do without it'.