#27 A Holistic Approach to Women's Health with Dr Nitu Bajekal

Welcome to TeachStrong Talks podcast, a place for real conversations about effective well-being for school staff!

Our guest today is Dr Nitu Bajekal. Nitu is a consultant Gynaecologist who specialises in Women’s Health. She has over 35 years of clinical experience and provides medical and holistic care for women with a variety of health concerns.

In 2014, Nitu set up “Women for Women’s Health” - a voluntary service to empower women of all ages to make lifestyle choices that will help improve their own health and that of their families and friends through education.

Nitu has also written a book with her daughter Rohini (a previous guest on the show!) called "Living PCOS Free", as well as multiple articles for publications like Cosmopolitan, The Independent and Huffington Post.

Around ¾ of teachers are female, however advice and guidance around health and well-being amongst school staff often fails to address specific issues that women may be going through.

The aim of today’s podcast is to unpick the information around some of the most common topics affecting women today and then explore lifestyle approaches that Nitu has seen first hand work to help relieve or treat them.

We chat to Nitu about the causes and symptoms of :

Painful periods
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
Menopause

And the advice that she offers to manage these conditions.

This is a longer episode than normal but a real masterclass in women's health. If one of the topics is of particular interest to you, then jump straight to it by clicking below:

Painful periods - 27:54
PCOS - 49:32
Menopause - 1:12:32

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https://nitubajekal.com/

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