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8 often-repeated menopause myths

8 often-repeated menopause myths

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Mar 30, 2023
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We all do it: confidently say things we’ve heard over and over because they make sense and we assume them to be true. (Heck, I’m almost 53 and I just went swimming after eating the other day; nothing happened other than I lowered a possible blood sugar spike and got one step closer to reversing insulin resistance).

Menopause is no different. You’d think people in charge of disseminating information would be a little more careful, but take it from a recovering journalist: They really aren’t. And isn’t now the time when we should be questioning everything we thought we knew? I know, it’s a lot on top of the other stuff. But it’s worth it. For clarity. Truth. Our worth. And so we aren’t manipulated by narratives designed to keep us in FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt).

The more you know. Knowledge is power. You get it.

Here goes:

We just started going through menopause

“Menopause only started happening 100 years ago”. Before that, we all died at 50, right? No.…

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