Fact: Hot flashes and night sweats are common during menopause; however, lifestyle modifications such as regulation of core body temperature, sleep hygiene, regular physical activity and taking soy isoflavone supplements have proven helpful.
Biohacking has recently made headlines. The concept behind biohacking involves acknowledging your unique genes, biology and chemistry while optimizing your life around that.
1. Nutrition
Misinformation surrounding menopause abounds, but the truth is there are numerous steps you can take to improve symptoms, maintain weight and protect yourself against osteoporosis – nutrition being one of them.
Women have their own distinct biological makeup, so it makes sense they would require some tweaking in terms of diet and health. That’s where biohacking comes in; using data, self-measurement, and lifestyle modifications it provides an approach for hacking our bodies for improved function no matter our age.
No surprise then that wellness industry has embraced some of the edgiest and weirdest biohacking techniques imaginable – everything from adding medicinal mushrooms to your morning lattes, infrared sauna sessions or freezing cryo chamber visits are all part of a biohacking movement designed to keep people sharp, strong, and balanced.
But not all techniques work for everyone; therefore it is vital to do some research and be open-minded when considering unconventional ideas before trying them out – something which is especially crucial when dealing with something as sensitive as menopause.
Women often mistakenly believe they must rely solely on conventional menopause treatments like hormone replacement therapy to deal with menopause symptoms; however, while it’s essential to recognize physical signs like hot flashes and hormonal fluctuations during menopause transitioning stages, challenging this notion must take place in silence is equally essential to successful transitioning.
By debunking the myths and misconceptions surrounding menopause, this book empowers women to embrace it as an exhilarating beginning and arm themselves with tools to optimize their biology. Through practical advice, groundbreaking techniques, holistic approaches, proactive mindset training techniques and proactive empowerment plans it promotes an optimistic outlook to help women navigate this extraordinary life stage gracefully and purposefully while showing them how diet and lifestyle choices can serve as powerful catalysts of transformation.
2. Exercise
Exercise is undoubtedly essential, but it’s also a vital biohack for women navigating menopause. Gaining muscle helps balance estrogen, while lifting weights increases bone turnover which in turn benefits joint health later on. Zone 2 training provides aerobic endurance as well as biohacking capabilities by strengthening mitochondria – the organelles in cells which use oxygen to burn fuel and clear waste, decreasing your risk of disease.
Root cause analysis is another key part of biohacking, which involves identifying the fundamental causes of your health issues and taking steps to eliminate or mitigate them. This might mean altering sleep patterns, learning meditation techniques, tracking menstrual cycles or taking appropriate supplements as part of intermittent fasting to promote autophagy (the body’s cellular self-cleansing process). While more extreme biohacks such as transfusing young blood to fight aging might seem extreme or may appear outlandish to some observers, there are plenty of ways biohacks exist that don’t come across this way – just think outland!
Biohacking has grown increasingly popular over time as we recognize our individuality and respond differently to foods, supplements, exercise routines and other factors. Understanding what’s going on with your body is essential to improving and optimizing it – this is why biohacking has gained such popularity – it acknowledges that you are unique with individual needs that necessitate more tailored approaches in order to optimize health.
“Get Your Sexy Back: Biohacking Your Menopause Journey,” by medical doctor and naturopathic physician Low Chai Ling is a groundbreaking biohacking book that presents an empowering outlook on an experience most will endure at some point in our lives: menopause. She debunks myths while providing practical tips to improve quality of life during this transitional phase; helping readers look younger, feel healthier, become more resilient, and even extend longevity during this transition.
3. Sleep
Sleep is essential to optimal health, yet many women struggle to get enough restful slumber during perimenopause and menopause due to hormonal fluctuations that interfere with normal physiology and cause symptoms that make sleeping hard. There are ways you can improve your restful rest though – by adopting appropriate diet and exercise programs, using supplements as needed, or making sleep a top priority.
Shea speaks with health coach and personal trainer Tania Dalton of Tania Dalton Health Coaching LLC who specialises in helping her clients through perimenopause and menopause, including daily habits that will ensure optimal health and happiness during these stages of life. Tania and Shea discuss some myths surrounding perimenopause as well as ways to shift one’s perceptions around it – making this episode of Thrive With Shea an inspiring conversation on how women can embrace and thrive during such inevitable yet beautiful stages in their lives!
Take Control of Your Hormones Through Biohacking Shea interviews gerontologist and biohacker Zora Benhamou. Biohacking is a practice used to optimize health and well-being through self-measurement, tracking, making changes, retesting and refining biological functions like sleep quality, fitness parameters, disease risk factors etc. in order to get more out of life than expected.
Shea provides some valuable advice on how to balance hormones and improve sleep during menopause. In the interview, Shea and Zora explore various scientific topics which always make for an entertaining podcast!
This episode kicks off a series of conversations between Shea and I on how you can prioritize key areas as you head into menopause or beyond perimenopause – starting with sexual health and libido!
Women navigating perimenopause and menopause often find it challenging to find ways to feel healthy, confident, sexy and thriving during this transitional phase. Shea interviews Thea O’Connor a productivity and wellness coach specializing in working with women to increase performance at work while managing changing hormone levels more easily.
4. Mindset
Mindset refers to your mental and emotional approaches to health. This can include your beliefs, thoughts, and behaviors which impact both physically and emotionally on your body. Furthermore, biohacking mindset entails understanding that you are the sole creator of your life; making choices to achieve the masterpiece you envision yourself becoming. Ultimately finding balance among physical health; mental wellbeing; social interactions; spiritual connections and intellectual capacity are paramount goals.
Mindfulness practices like meditation and mindful eating are central components of biohacking wellness philosophies, helping manage stress, improve sleep quality and reduce inflammation. Furthermore, these practices may prove invaluable during menopause as they help us step back from hectic and toxic environments to reconnect with ourselves and our bodies.
Women can better manage the symptoms associated with menopause, such as hot flashes, weight gain and lack of energy; improve overall quality of life; and lower risk for chronic conditions like heart disease or dementia in later life through these techniques.
Once limited to tech bros looking to utilize their biology to maximize performance at work or the gym, the “health optimisation” movement has gained widespread appeal among women as a growing trend. Now women can take advantage of this approach to improve their own health and well-being with this adapted practice tailored specifically towards hormone fluctuations and optimizing health for themselves and those around them.
Biohacking is an expansive term, covering everything from adding medicinal mushrooms to your morning coffee, visiting a cryo chamber or taking glutathione IV drips – to taking part in self-experiments to find what works for each individual person. While these actions may seem extreme, there has been an overall shift towards holistic approaches that emphasize self-experimentation and finding what works for each person individually.
With the right tools and guidance, all of us can flourish during and after menopause. By adopting an accepting mindset towards this life-altering change, it can be seen as a time of renewed optimism and an opportunity for fresh starts.
