Gwyneth Paltrow: « I drank every evening during the fires in Los Angeles and menopause symptoms were out of control »

The fires they devastated Los Angeles last January (and who cost life to at least 29 people) have had a very strong emotional impact on Gwyneth Paltrowpushing her to drink every evening to forget the terrible scenes she saw on TV. Although she and her husband Brad Falchuk they were not directly affected by the flames that have semi destroyed Pacific Palisades And Altodenato others it went definitely worse.

«Many of our dear friends have lost everything – the actress confessed in the episode of « The Goop Podcast« That she herself leads -. I felt a deep pain and I think I drank every evening. I usually don't drink much, maybe a drink a week ». As reported by the site « The Hollywood Reporter »speaking with her guest, the doctor Mary Claire Haver (Obstetric gynecologist specialist in menopause and author of « The New Menopause« ), The Paltrow He also revealed that the increased alcohol consumption negatively influenced its body.

«I am in the heart of the situation right now, so I am a little confused – explained the star of »Iron Man« Referring to the symptoms of menopause -. However, I noticed that, in general, my symptoms are quite under control, except in January, when there were fires a Los Angeles. In that case, I used alcoholhe was soothing (to the pain he felt, editor's note). But drinking every evening, my symptoms went totally out of control And it was the first time that I really noticed such a cause-effect relationship.  » In reality, according to the doctor Haverthis reaction is very common and many of his patients, struggling with the same problem as Paltrowhave come to spontaneously reduce alcohol consumption or even to stop completely drinking « Because they realized that it was not worth it. »