Dr Nitu Bajekal, MD is a Senior Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist in London,UK with nearly 40 years of clinical experience in women’s health. Her special interestsinclude Lifestyle Medicine, Menopause, PCOS, Endometriosis, period problems, complexvulval problems and medical education. She is a keyhole surgeon with experience inlaparoscopic procedures including robotics.She is a Fellow of the Royal College and recipient of the Indian President’s Gold medal.Dr Bajekal is one of the first board-certified Lifestyle Medicine Physicians in the UK. She haswritten the women’s health module for the first UK plant-based nutrition course atWinchester University. She has co-authored the women’s health chapter for an academicbook for health professionals (Plant Based Nutrition in Clinical Practice, Sep 2022)She is a speaker at Holistic Holiday at Sea (HHAS), speaking on menopause, PCOS andwomen’s health issues.Dr Bajekal is passionate about educating women, providing reliable medical and lifestyleinformation for the general public, doctors, workplaces, and schools. She runs a voluntaryservice set up to educate, energise and empower schoolgirls and women to make lifestylechoices to help improve their own and their families’ health.Dr Bajekal is the co-author of Living PCOS Free (Hammersmith Health Books, 31 Mar. 2022) a practical guide to managing Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) with proven lifestyle approaches alongside western medicine. She has written this book with her daughter, Rohini Bajekal.Her new book, Finding Me in Menopause (Sheldon Press) is out on 25th April 2024 and available for pre-order now:https://www.sheldonpress.co.uk/titles/dr-nitu-bajekal/finding-me-in-menopause/9781399810227/Website : https://nitubajekal.com/Studies Discussed in this episode:https://pcrm.widen.net/s/kbrn2p6mqx/capital-wavs-iihttps://academic.oup.com/nutritionreviews/article/75/7/500/3902926https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2874068/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1534735413502076

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