Spanish MENopause nutrition guideline

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BinturongsSmellOfPopcorn · Yesterday 17:44

The Spanish nutrition agency issued a guideline on nutritional needs in menopause - using reference valued based on studies of men.

https://www.euronews.com/health/2026/08/27/spanish-nutrition-agency-issues-menopause-guidelines-based-on-male-studies?

They've apologised for not including a warning that the data were a load of rubbish.

Controversy in Spain over a menopause guide based on studies on men

The agency will review the report after criticism from several women researchers, who argue that some advice on nutrients like iron or vitamin C relies only on studies on men.

https://www.euronews.com/health/2026/08/27/spanish-nutrition-agency-issues-menopause-guidelines-based-on-male-studies

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JellySaurus · Yesterday 18:54

Makes sense, sort of. Spain has self-ID. So they obviously need to include male data for the MENopause. Adding female data would complicate things. Not worth the effort. Just use the data for the important women. You know, the male ones.

BackToLurk · Yesterday 19:00

Apropos of nothing, my son’s fiancée is Spanish and thinks it’s hilarious that the Spanish for non-binary is non-binaria/ non-binario depending on sex.

JellySaurus · Yesterday 22:56

Grammatical gender makes no sense - yet it serves very well to highlight some of the nonsense of identity gender.

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