In this episode Beth and Fiona discuss the menopause, in honour of Menopause Awareness Month, and how the symptoms of menopause can be alleviated through a healthy diet.

Fiona shares her personal experiences and her top tips on how, without making any radical lifestyle changes, women can make some simple, practical dietary changes to support their health during menopause.

"I love cooking good, uncomplicated food and shattering the taboo through education and support"

About Fiona Staunton

Fiona started her culinary career at Trinity College Dublin, where she studied Home Economics, and then went onto become a chef at the infamous Ballymaloe Cookery School. She now runs her own business, Fiona's Food For Life, that offers a series of in-person and virtual demonstrations to create healthy treats and to take the hassle out of home-cooked meals for the whole family.

Since her diagnosis of Breast Cancer and induced menopause at age 45, Fiona has focused on cooking for menopause and preventing symptoms through food. Her 6 week menopause cooking programme has been highlighted in media including on the BBC World Service The food Chain Programme.

Fiona has written articles for magazines, presented on TV cookery slots, radio programmes & podcasts. Fiona’s Food for Life also hosts podcast, Cook Eat Nourish, where she interviews key researchers and professionals in the world of food and diet. Guests include Darina Allen, Rory O’Connell, Caroline Gray, and various nutritional therapists.

Find out more about Fiona here: https://www.fionasfoodforlife.ie/ 

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Resources

Download your free Menu Planner from the Fiona's Food for Life website here, and Fiona has also put together three delicious, nutritional recipes to help you to get started on your own journey:

• Chocolate seed bar (link)
• Lentil Salad (link)
• Edamame, pea and mint salad (download)

For more information on menopause, we have put together some handy links for further reading:

• The Menopause Charity: https://www.themenopausecharity.org/
• The NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/menopause/
• Rock My Menopause (a campaign to stamp out the taboo around menopause): https://rockmymenopause.com/ 
• British Menopause Society: https://thebms.org.uk/

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