Sue Richards, regular Canadian gal, heats up as her reproductive Best Before Date expires.
Monday, 23 October 2006
Photo: Taken in India in 1995.
Since my abduction by Planet Peri-Menopause aliens eighteen months ago, I have started running into walls. These are not walls made from Red Tape created by burocrats. I’m talking about the real lathe and plaster McCoy’s - and me - hitting it off.
Usually I clip the corner as I try to turn down the hall at the top of the stairs. But sometimes I simply misjudge my position and plow right in, face first.
My ‘what could be the reason behind this not so pleasant behaviour’ checklist looked like this.
* Drunk? No.
* Eyesight shot? Tested perfectly.
* New walls? None.
* Menopause? Maybe.
Apparently there is likelihood that the new felt stress and profuse sweating that walks hand in hand with menopause can cause potassium deficiency. Potassium deficiency can manifest in the form of clumsiness and wall crashing.
Now I ask you. Will the charms of this life stage ever cease to amaze?
A quick and relatively easy way to increase potassium intake is to eat bananas every day. I say relatively easy given that Canada isn’t know as the Banana Belt of the world. Thankfully we’re buds with many banana producing countries and the nicely self-packaged fruit travels relatively well. Still other sources of potassium include potatoes, fish, molasses, nuts, brown rice. legumes and some dried fruits.
Sue Richards
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October 24th, 2006 at 11:47 pm
thx for sharing this ~ now I understand my problem and why I feel so much better when I eat a banana for snack these days. ;D
October 25th, 2006 at 12:19 pm
I’ve started taking a spoonful of black strap molassas each morning too. My Granny swore by the stuff. She clocked 96 years on this planet, mostly without bananas.
Sue
November 19th, 2006 at 6:27 am
Everyone is different and I from a medical problem “have” to face this naturally. I’ve been suffering hard with hot flashes averaging 3-4 an hour, some having to sit down at work. This has been going on a year and am exhausted since night time is far worse. By accident last August while visiting my Grams I ate a banana a day at the motel and by day 3 the severity had was not as bad or the amount of flashes. At the time I had no clue so that week I went over everything I did different and of course potassium won. It’s just the beginning of seeing what works for me but am on the right path. Now the laugh lines!