Should I take HRT for prevention of disease?

The question doing my head in...

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For the most part, I am managing the symptoms of my perimenopause. I am tackling other issues first – first a gut issue, SIBO, that improved everything, and now non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) – and really hoping to be metabolically flexible and make it past actual menopause before I make decisions about HRT. I have some new and pervasive body pain throwing a spanner in the works (HOW FUN IS THIS WHOLE THING AMIRIGHT?) so I am planning to consult with a mainstream ob/gyn in Abu Dhabi and an integrative GP in Dubai to find out my options.

Watch this space: I’ll document it all. 

I stress the above is where I am at right now; your situation is probably very different.

But it’s the prevention of disease issue that has me confused, still. 

Prevention, longevity, aging well – this was a recurring theme from the array of experts Andrea Donsky and I interviewed as part of the very forward-looking first-ever Menopause Shift Summit in June. That’s th…