I see it in my office every day. A woman in her early 50s comes in, complaining of hot flashes, brain fog, memory loss, fatigue and low sex drive. The cause is most likely menopause. Everything looks pretty straightforward, so I shouldn?t have any further questions. Except one: does she really need to suffer?
DOES SHE REALLY HAVE TO HAVE MENOPAUSE AND GO THROUGH THE MISERABLE POSTMENOPAUSAL SYMPTOMS?
According to the mainstream point of view, yes. A woman has to have a menopause. There?s even an explanation out there; it?s called the grandmother hypothesis. According to this theory, a postmenopausal woman is supposed to help her daughters with their kids. And childcare help can best be given if a postmenopausal woman is not fertile; there?s no risk of her having more of her own children to care for. That sounds logical. But there are still a lot of unanswered questions.
An old wives? tale?
The first question is: if a postmenopausal grandmother is supposed to help nurture kids, she would need to be in good health. But the health of postmenopausal women often deteriorates. They are more likely to have high blood pressure, heart disease and cancer than premenopausal women.  Moreover, they?re not supposed to suffer from postmenopausal symptoms?but they do.
The second question is:  if a woman is supposed to lose her fertility at about age 50, then a man should have the same problem too. In fact, men’s andropause (male menopause) usually starts later and is much more gradual than women’s menopause.
Running out of eggs
The third question is: a woman becomes menopausal when she runs out of eggs.  But the numbers don?t add up; when a female is born, she has at least one million eggs in her ovaries. She only uses about 400 before menopause. What happens to the remaining millions? Is Mother Nature that stupid to put one million eggs to use only 400? Even a publication like the New York Times is interested in this http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/01/booming/womens-eggs-diminish-with-age.html?ref=health&_r=0)
The last question is: if our remote ancestors were animals, why there is no menopause in animal kingdom–except in captivity?
Are men and women aging prematurely?
I was looking for answers but couldn’t find any. Until I learned about this…
Have you ever heard about “vanishing or disappearing male syndrome”?  This term refers to the fact that the age-adjusted amount of sperm in the male testicles drops every year. So I thought: if men have a documented loss of sperm, then probably women are affected too. Could men be losing their sperm and women losing their eggs for the same reasons?
Tips on avoiding premature menopause
When women lose their eggs before their ovaries are due to stop functioning, this process is called premature ovarian failure. So I opened a textbook and looked at the possible reasons for premature ovarian failure. They are:
1.  Genetic
2.  Autoimmune
3.  Infectious
4.  Smoking
5.  Chemotherapy
6.  Drugs
7.  Surgery
8.  Multiple ovulation inductions
Most of these causes are rare. Except maybe two of them: smoking (think of it as toxins) and autoimmune processes.
Could these factors be the reason why our women have menopause and wild animals don’t?Could we manage toxicity and autoimmunity risks?
My thoughts how to prolong your sex life and postpone menopause:
Avoid processed food, smoking and alcohol.
Stick with Paleolithic diet provided that your digestive system is working properly.
Avoid carbs.
Get enough sleep. Make sure you go to bed between 9 and 10 PM and get up with sunrise.
Stay away from toxins: tobacco of course, but also mercury-laden fish, paints with lead, organic toxins, endocrine disruptors, etc.
Stick with organic foods, grass-fed beef, wild-caught fish, free-range organic chicken etc.
Avoid unnecessary stress by getting rid of everything that is not necessary.
Do not make any health decisions without consulting with your doctor.
 
Good luck!