A lot of doctors are there to guide you through the menopausal stage, but don’t have the time to sit down with you and explain that you need to change your eating patterns. Even if you exercise please understand that this is only 20% and the 80% is all about food. Also, alcohol consumption must be changed. After menopause it is very difficult to get away from what you did in the past. So therefore, life after menopause has to be changed accordingly. It is of utmost importance to get the right nutritional advice from the beginning. If you do not make the necessary changes you will see the weight going up slowly, it’s not difficult to gain a pound a month which will lead to ten pounds a year.