My name is Nikki Harris and I am a fully qualified and registered nutritional therapist and I specialise in women’s hormone health based in Plymouth, Devon. My purpose of my work is to help women who are struggling with hormonal imbalances, symptoms of perimenopause, and menopause get back into balance, naturally. I am assessing what is driving women’s symptoms and addressing what their body needs to restore balance to achieve success. By helping women get the support they need, they get back in control of their hormones, and feel confident about how they look and feel. So we have all heard of “menopause” especially right now as it is a hot topic and with “hot flushes” appearing to be the most common symptom! But what is really going on in our body, why are we feeling the way we do and what can we do about lessening the symptoms? When we can discover what is really going on and why we feel the way we do this helps women to make sense of their symptoms and what they can do to support themselves. Menopause is a normal process of a life stage in women, it is not a disease and it is not a medical condition every women will go through it, even if it has been through forced via a surgical procedure such as a total hysterectomy. Menopause happens when ovaries stop releasing eggs, periods stop and the most potent form of oestrogen (estradiol) is no longer produced. In the UK the average age is 51 years old.
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