Angela Hywood - The Crucial Role of Adrenal Health in Menopause
Angela shares invaluable insights and recommendations to address menopausal symptoms, focusing on adrenal depletion. Her expert strategies incorporate specific herbs to be utilised both day and night, offering comprehensive relief. Explore the crucial role of nutritional support in optimizing the HPO/HPA Axis, empowering health professionals with effective tools to guide their patients through this transformative phase.
Angela will be speaking at Integria Healthcare's upcoming Symposium: Systems Endocrinology: An Integrative Approach, in August. She will be unravelling complex women's health cases through the lifespan. For more information, follow the link: Integria Practitioner Symposium 2024: Systems Endocrinology (eventsair.com)
In this Episode:
1:26 - Introducing Angela Hywood
2:35 - Welcome Angela
5:15 - Do some women really ‘sail’ through menopause?
9:17 - Angelas’ strategies to support the peri-menopause/menopause transition
16:34 - Cortisol depletion and the role in hot flushes
19:18 - The importance of sleep and how to support a deep restorative sleep
23:55 - Supporting adrenal function throughout the day
25:45 - Nutrients for supporting the HPA/HPO Axis
31:49 - Angelas’ foundational herbs
34:17 - Thank you Angela
Bio: Angela Hywood is an experienced naturopathic clinician with over 26 years of clinical experience, specialising in integrative endocrinology, women’s health, fertility and pregnancy care. Angela is a well-known speaker at complementary and integrative medicine conferences in both Australia and internationally and has published articles in complementary medicine journals in Australia and USA.
