Will My Ethnicity Impact My Menopause Experience? – With Fitness Expert Lavina Mehta

How does your genetic, social and racial heritage affect your menopause?And how can you future proof your body right now?🤝 Get your own personalised menopause support from Dr Naomi Potter and her team: https://www.menopausecare.co.uk/what-to-expect-ihihIn today’s episode of ‘Is It Hot In Here?’ Dr. Naomi Potter is joined by Lavina Mehta MBE, who shares her deeply personal and compelling story about embracing menopause in the face of it being a “taboo subject” socially and culturally. She tells how making her husband do an IG Live about what she was experiencing saved many marriages. And how, as an award-winning personal trainer and wellness coach, she has developed multiple one-minute tricks to future proof her body and brain during mid-life.Join Naomi and Lavina as they play with armchair exercise and deep-dive into the ways our cultures can affect our experiences.Follow Lavina below:Lavina's Instagram: @feelgoodwithlavinaLavina's YouTube channel: ⁨@feelgoodwithlavina⁩Lavina's book The Feel Good Fix: https://feelgoodwithlavina.com/lavina-shop/Stay up to date with Is It Hot In Here? podcast on Instagram: @podcast_naomipotterFollow Dr. Naomi Potter below:Naomi’s Instagram: @dr_naomipotterIs It Hot In Here's Instagram:Naomi’s TikTok: @dr_naomipotterNaomi’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/18evLF7Fep/?mibextid=wwXIfr#lavinamehta #drnaomipotter #menopauseChapters00:00:00 Intro00:01:30 South Asians go through menopause 5-6 years earlier00:02:36 Menopause and fitness00:03:08 Anxiety and perimenopause00:03:30 Brain fog 00:06:51 Women's health being taboo 00:08:19 South Asian experience of menopause00:10:10 Involving men in the menopause conversation 00:11:38 A fear of judgement within Lavina's culture00:13:45 "We need trust"00:14:59 Lavina's journey to becoming a personal trainer 00:18:24 Exercise snacking00:19:54 Making exercise accessible00:20:52 You only need 11 minutes of exercise 00:22:22 We're all sitting for too long00:23:41 How to future proof your body 00:24:27 Lowering stress levels00:25:07 Exercise vs HRT 00:25:31 Strength training is the answer (start now)00:26:56 Resetting your nervous system00:27:35 Lavina's experience on HRT00:31:00 Talking to your mum about menopause00:32:18 Entering menopause00:34:37 Lavina is having a menopause party!00:35:35 Periods being a "shameful thing"00:36:37 Will my menopause symptoms go away?00:38:14 Dealing with hot flushes 00:39:59 Exercises for joint pain 00:43:03 Exercises for back, neck and shoulder pain 00:44:41 Outro