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What is menopause? Menopause is defined as the ending of menstruation. Both natural and surgical menopause results in low estrogen levels within the body. Perimenopausal and menopausal symptoms include hot flashes, night sweats, vaginal dryness, weight gain, depression, and anxiety. Thyroid Imbalance and Menopause One of the conditions that can make the menopausal experience even worse is thyroid imbalance. Yet thyroid disease is not routinely considered when a woman, at menopause, seeks help for her annoying symptoms. Through and after menopause, the frequency of thyroid imbalance increases. Indeed, 1 out of 10 menopausal women are diagnosed with hypothyroidism. You also...

Q: How does the Protein Boost Diet differ from the Ideal Protein Diet? A. There are many weight loss diets that focus on the concept that eating high protein meals will result in successful weight loss. One of them is the Ideal Protein diet, a commercial weight loss program that uses an eating plan consistent with that fundamental. Another high protein diet is the Dukan diet, very popular in Europe and the United States. High protein diets do work as far as weight loss but usually result in an imbalanced diet. Another example includes low glycemic diets, which work but do...

Q: I have many family members with hypothyroidism, Graves’ disease, ADD and I am suffering from a long standing depression. My cousin mentioned she had subclinical hypothyroidism. Could my depression be related to subclinical hypothyroidism?