Eat your way through the menopause

Older women face many challenges due to hormonal changes, but good nutrition will help, says Margaret Jennings.

IT’S not surprising women often feel out of control when hot flushes, mood changes and an expanding waistline are just some of the woes inflicted on them by their changing hormone levels in midlife.

But are there certain foods that pack a punch for the ageing woman? And how beneficial are diet-based phytoestrogens, in rebalancing the hormone-loss at menopause?