Menobrain symptoms can disrupt your run training and take away the joy of being active. The good news is Nutrition and lifestyle can help to minimise Menobrain symptoms. Join us today and we’ll share some nutritional strategies to support you.

Negative peri menopausal or menopausal symptoms have the potential to disrupt your run training and your energy, recovery and motivation.

When we say menobrain we are talking about a collection of medically recognised cognitive symptoms.

These symptoms are commonly experienced during the menopause transition … and can severely affect your quality of life. Mind and mood symptoms are commonly experienced by women going through the menopause transition.

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Definition of Menopause brainfog.

Women may say:

• They are losing their mind
• They can’t remember or recall things – like names, words, numbers or work information
• They lose their chain of thought
• They feel forgetful, they forget appointments or events or why they’ve gone into a room!
• They talk about fogginess, lack of concentration or focus
• Women make jokes … oh it’s just my menobrain!

Often women who have always felt they have a balanced mind/mood suddenly feel “different”, and during peri menopause start to experience low mood, which may feel as severe as depression and one aspect of this is brain fogginess/forgetfulness and lack of focus and concentration.

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The connection between sex hormonal fluctuations and neurotransmitters

 Oestrogen has an important role in brain function. It’s a growth promoting hormone and can promote the growth of nerve cells in the brain and can stimulate neurotransmitter pathways. Progesterone is also involved in serotonin and GABA pathways.

 Key brain neurotransmitters are serotonin (the ‘feel-good’ neurotransmitter), GABA (the ‘calming’ neurotransmitter) and dopamine (the ‘pleasure’ neurotransmitter), all of which have vital roles to play in supporting balanced mood.

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Brain fog in menopause: a health-care professional’s guide for decision-making and counseling on cognition

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Aileen’s personal experience of menobrain symptoms and how she approached investigating underlying imbalances and corrected nutritional deficiencies.

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Three Key Nutrients to support cognition and help alleviate symptoms.

Magnesium Glycinate

Magnesium can support calming of the nervous system and supporting the GABA system which has a calming role. Low level anxiety can accompany foggy brain symptoms just because we are worrying about why it’s happening. Magnesium glycinate includes the amino acid glycinewhich readily crosses the blood brain barrier and has a calming effect on the brain. Some studies have shown improvements in sleep following glycine supplementation - this is helpful as sleep may often be impacted during the menopausal transition and taking steps to improve sleep has the potential to positively influence mood and anxiety. Magnesium tends to be depleted when we are stressed so topping up to optimal levels is important.

 Vitamin B6 (in the...