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Another sensationalist article claims a ‘vegan‘ diet made someone ill and that eating meat and eggs made them better – but a little digging reveals the truth behind the headlines. 38-year-old Finnish food and lifestyle blogger Virpi Mikkonen claimed her vegan diet brought on early menopause. Like every other article like this, the diet she Read more…

Artificially sweetened soft drinks may raise the risk of heart disease and death in postmenopausal women. A study that followed tens of thousands of postmenopausal women for more than 10 years has linked a higher consumption of diet drinks to an increased risk of stroke, heart disease, and death. The link between diet drinks and Read more…

A former vegan who lived off a gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free, meat-free and refined sugar-free diet has ditched the plant-based regime and started eating burgers. Virpi Mikkonen, 38, claims her vegan diet “brought on early menopause” leading to hot flushes and absent periods. An award-winning blogger who championed plant-based eating, Virpi’s vegan diet — along with Read more…

High levels of vitamin D, in conjunction with estrogen, could help protect the metabolic health of postmenopausal women. Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of risk factors — such as obesity, high blood pressure, and high blood sugar — that increase the likelihood that a person will develop type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and other Read more…

Many women have found that yoga, including restorative and supportive poses, can ameliorate the undesirable side effects of menopause, including hot flashes and more. Gracefully navigate this transition period, and ameliorate hot flashes, mood swings, and more with these yoga for menopause tips. When Alison, 48, began experiencing intense hot flashes, they often arrived at Read more…

A cheat sheet on age-related exercise recommendations for perimenopause and menopause. Water-based workouts are one of the best exercises after age 40. Luis Alvarez/Getty Images Are you an avid gym-goer, do you prefer to work out at home, or honestly, have you not even had a sweat session in quite some time? Regardless of one’s fitness Read more…

Menopause, also called a woman’s “change of life”, starts when her period stops. One reaches menopause only when you’ve had no menstrual periods for one year. Many women spend around 50 percent of their adult life as a postmenopausal females. Menopause happens because your ovaries stop producing the hormones estrogen and progesterone. This decreased production Read more…

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Vegan guru Virpi Mikkonen claims her diet “brought on early menopause.” So it is back to the burgers for her. INSTAGRAM A vegan influencer has packed up her plants and is again hitting the burger bar. Finnish beauty Virpi Mikkonen, 38, once lived on a gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free, meat-free and refined sugar-free diet. But she Read more…

A world-renowned Jewish scientist from Liverpool has launched a 30-minute medical procedure that can delay the onset of menopause in women for up to 20 years. The surgery is ground-breaking and cause for hope for millions of women whose menopause symptoms range from low mood, anxiety and difficulty sleeping, to hot flushes, night sweats and Read more…

The physical signs of menopause are easy to detect. Hot flashes, joint pain, headaches, and potential weight gain are unique changes to a woman’s body that she might notice when she stops menstruating. However, the emotional effects of menopause are more difficult to measure. Changes in a woman’s body and in a woman’s life may Read more…

JUST when I had finally stopped obsessively worrying that I might possibly be offending someone somewhere; just when I had started feeling (almost) comfortable socializing with humans, rather than pets, at dinner parties; just when I had mastered the polite nod, knowing when someone is waving to me and not the person behind me and Read more…