An exciting close to 2019 was the opening in Cork of a clinic dedicated to POI & Menopause. It is great to see more clinics and GP's expanding their knowledge and spreading their wings throughout the country. I was thrilled to finally met Brenda after months of emails as she prepared to open her clinic in Cork.

Earlier I was talking about the importance of liver health and how this is often overlooked in perimenopause. Knowing the role of the liver, the next step is how best to look after yours....

Vitamin D could well be called the mood vitamin in my view; it is one of the key vitamins needed by the body to maintain balance. As we get older our body’s ability to activate Vitamin D will reduce which is the factor that causes a reduction in our ability to assimilate calcium, leading to increased risk of osteoporosis most especially in menopause.

For the Savour Kilkenny Food Festival I wanted to concentrate on the very easy breakfast recipes that can be made quickly the night before or in the morning. I will follow on from this with some nice warm winter breakfast as I know many prefer a warm bowl in the winter mornings.

Being the first of its kind, The M Word campaign calls for an increased menopause education for GPs, for pharmacists, the workplace and of course, us women ourselves. Essentially, The M Word wants us to be able to shout about menopause and #makemenopausematter.

After one of my talks this week I was chatting to a woman who told me she had recovered from magnesium deficiency. She literally was ticking all the symptoms and it took her some time to get to the bottom of what was wrong....when she did and started eating more magnesium foods and taking a supplement she said in her own words 'it was like a shadow was lifted off me and I became myself again'.