Menopause

Hello everyone, 

A post on the topic “Menopause” has been requested, so I put some information together here that I feel may be helpful to our understanding on why Menopause can occur, and what we can do (or not do) to put the correct conditions in place to eliminate, or lower the severity of the Menopausal condition.

I want to note however that if we are returning to the Natural Human Diet while we are in the midst of experiencing Menopausal symptoms (or any painful / uncomfortable symptoms) healing, or relief may not come soon enough and that’s just timing.  If only this type of information was known earlier than a great number of women could possibly have avoided enduring what most people consider today as a “normal” part of the aging process.

Just because painful Menopausal like symptoms are “common” among women today, this does not automatically mean that these symptoms are “normal”, or that all women experience them in the same way.  Unfortunately menopausal symptoms are as common in the western world as the most prevalent diseases that afflict mankind today (which are also accepted & normalized) such as diabetes, cancer, heart disease, painful periods, asthma, etc., all of which are indicative of poor health and a direct reflection of our overall health.

I remember listening to a “Health Science Podcast” where they were discussing a study done from country to country on Menopausal populations – and big surprise, it was discovered that the women of the Western world experienced the most debilitating and earliest menopausal symptoms when compared with other countries, and they discovered that in Japan for example – painful, & disturbing menopausal symptoms were not commonplace.

I will note here that as the generations pass, and unhealthy parents continue to give birth, they pass on their weaknesses and their children are often born with weaker genetics which leads to earlier disease symptoms than they may have experienced – which is part of the reason why Menopause (and Menstruation) are often experienced earlier and earlier in life as the generations continue.  Menopause was once experienced much later in life with far less symptoms than today.  If we continue with the same type of dietary / lifestyle choices similar to that of our parents, it is likely that we will experience similar diseases, and severity of symptoms- if not worse.  However, the human body is such an amazing design that even when we are dealt a seemingly bad hand (weak genetics) if we take matters into our own hands, and make the necessary healthy changes, we can often reverse most disease conditions if not reached a degenerative condition. 

“Menopause, the cessation of fertility is a natural process found in a wide range of animals as well as humans, however the discomfort of menopause like all other disease conditions/symptoms is not natural”. 

~Lauren Whiteman 

Now let’s discuss the mechanics of the menopausal condition and why, for example, many women experience “Hot Flashes”.  Lauren explains it well 👇

“Your body’s thermostat (hypothalamus) is the control mechanism that regulates temperature.  When the hypothalamus thinks your body is too warm, it starts a chain of events — a hot flash — to cool you down.  As we age all of our poor dietary and lifestyle habits compound and in some people this leads to the hypothalamus becoming more sensitive to slight changes in body temperature.

This is not a beneficial process or a detox process, instead it is more like a seizure, it is a cellular malfunction due to the build up of waste in the system.   

While hot flashes are considered by the public to be a sign of menopause they are not a universal symptom, they are much more common in people who are obese and those who smoke.   In both obese people and smokers the level of burden on the body is extreme and so cellular malfunction is much more common.  

The hypothalamus coordinates activity of the autonomic nervous system and also plays a significant role in the function of the endocrine system due to its relationship with the pituitary gland. 

It maintains many basic physiological functions, including body temperature, blood pressure, fluid and electrolyte balance, and the regulation of digestion. The hypothalamus links our endocrine and nervous systems together, and the pituitary gland receives signals from the hypothalamus. The hypothalamus and pituitary gland are connected by both nervous and chemical pathways, and the hypothalamus produces and secretes neurotransmitters, neuropeptides and several neurohormones.

Low adrenal function or adrenal insufficiency is associated with hypothalamus malfunction. The hypothalamus is a part of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis and plays a significant part in adrenal insufficiency. These systems are all interconnected so where there is dysfunction in one there is concurrent dysfunction in the others, which can lead to a wide range of malfunction symptoms.

Our uterus is one avenue of detoxification the body uses to regulate waste.  Hemorrhaging monthly is not normal.   A small amount of blood or discharge might be considered healthy but the multiple days of heavy bleeding, cramps, mood swings and overall discomfort is a sign of a toxic body.  When we stick to a completely hygienic diet with minimal fat the heavy bleeding and cramps all go away over time and all we experience is the normal discharge indicating ovulation.   

Woman may experience more symptoms around the time of menopause because their monthly hemorrhage to keep the body just below crisis levels is stopping and therefore the other elimination channels need to carry that burden.   This leads to further backup of waste which results in more cellular malfunction.  

Young menopause is a sign of chronic disease and damage to the body. Essentially the organs are getting worn out long before they should be. Menopause itself is a normal part of the human existence, but it should occur much later in life.  We know from the Hunzas and from some vegetarian women in India that women are capable of carrying children into their 70’s possibly up to 90’s.    

However, many mammals do have a period where they cease fertility.   This is called the grandmother effect.   There reaches a point where the value of protecting the next generation becomes more important than the creation of new life. At this point the older females of the species stop becoming pregnant and switch to a role of protecting their grandchildren.   This is beneficial to the survival of the species for two reasons, one is it allows the chldren more protection and the other is that as the females age and many die off the males around her that are available to reproduce with her become more and more statistically likely to be related to her.   So there reaches a point where you would have a small group of mammals living together where all the males are descendants of the female and therefore not suitable for reproduction.   

So we should be going through menopause but it should naturally be closer to maybe 80 or 90 years of age, not 40 years.  Unfortunately, since nearly all humans in our current generation live in a state of deep chronic disease we don’t really know what the potential is, but we do know that at minimum 70+ years we should still be capable of giving birth if our bodies are properly cared for.” 

– Lauren Whiteman 

There is no special remedy to treat the menopausal condition, the best coarse of action (and this stands for every disease condition), is to remove the cause of why the body developed said condition in the first place.  

Eliminate the foods that do not serve the body in health.  Eat raw fruits, tender leafy greens, raw starchless vegetables in abundance, minimize the overt fats.  We must return to simplicity, it doesn’t need to be anymore complicated.  Menopause symptoms are seemingly complicated, but a direct reflection of our past / current dietary & lifestyle choices to date.  When we fill up on the health promoting foods, we leave less room for the cooked foods and the unnatural substances, and when we repeat these healthy choices daily, in time, the body will return to a healthy state.  The body wants to heal and correct itself provided we put the correct conditions in place for it to do so.  The longer we wait to get on the road to health, the longer duration may be required for the body to return to the desired healthful state.

Mariah 🍓 Heal Thyself

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