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FOREWORD

The menopause is a milestone in every woman’s life. We may greet it with relief as an end to the tyranny of premenstrual syndrome, contraception, periods, and migraines, or we may regret the loss of fertility in the acknowledgment of aging. Most women feel a mixture of emotions, but what we really want is information about the process. We want to know what options are available so that we can make informed decisions about our future health and feel comfortable with our choices. This book is designed to help women do this.

Just as all women are emotionally, physically, and spiritually different, so are their experiences with menopause. Some women never experience a hot flash or night sweat, while others find their quality of life seriously compromised by hot flashes (or hot flushes, as we call them in the UK), night sweats, and a host of other debilitating symptoms that leave them feeling like shadows of their former selves, often scared and isolated.

Menopause is not a disease. It is a normal transition in the life of every woman who lives long enough to experience it. And regardless of the symptoms experienced before, during, or after menopause, it is a good time for a woman to take stock of her health and make changes that will help her to live a long, healthy, and happy life. After all, we can now expect to live as long after menopause as before menopause.

What women choose to do about their symptoms, or their health, at menopause is a highly individual decision. Whether or not a woman needs, or chooses, to use hormone therapy, all women should know what they can do to feel better — perhaps even better than before menopause.

With more than twenty-eight years of expertise in women’s health, Maryon Stewart is bringing her highly successful menopause program from the United Kingdom to the United States. Women going through perimenopause and menopause now have a chance to improve their quality of life naturally through her Six-Week Natural Menopause Solution.

Manage Your Menopause Naturally helps women understand what to expect at menopause. More important, it enables women to make choices that will help them stay healthy and vital in the ensuing years. Health and vitality do not come in a bottle. They are reliant on the choices we make regarding our diet, exercise regimen, and other behaviors. Maryon Stewart’s Natural Menopause Solution helps guide women to make healthy, science-based choices from perimenopause through to their postmenopausal years.

— Emmanuela Wolloch, MD, FACOG, holistic gynecologist