Category: Health & Fitness

As women age, hormones shift and change due to perimenopause and menopause. These changes can start as early as 35 years old (sometimes earlier) and may cause shifts in weight. Today, I’ll break down this topic. And, more specifically, I’ll provide tips to help prevent hormonal weight gain or reverse it if you’re already in Read more…

What happens when two dietitian-friends who are also writers go through menopause together? They write a book, of course. Elizabeth Ward and Hillary Wright are coauthors of the new book The Menopause Diet Plan: A Natural Guide to Managing Hormones, Health, and Happiness. Their book highlights key research regarding nutrition and hormone changes at midlife, their Read more…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The menopause transition, the years leading up to menopause, is a time of increasing heart disease risk for women. Monitoring women’s health and lifestyle, while integrating early intervention strategies for good cardiovascular health, are important, especially during midlife and during menopause to help prevent heart disease, according to a new Scientific Read more…

As you cast your eye toward the next stage of your life, you’re ready to face it head-on. You’re on schedule with your mammograms, your pelvic floor exercise form is on point—so bring it on menopause! But have you thought about your heart disease risk? Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women Read more…

All you hear about menopause is that we women must bear a bunch of negative symptoms while going through the inevitable decline of estrogen and progesterone. I do not deny that many suffer from dryness, hot flashes, irritability, insomnia, headaches, anxiety, and more. You cannot not know this when you read anything at all about Read more…

Women who experience early menopause may be more likely to have heart problems before they reach the age of sixty, according to a new study. This new research could help to identify women who are most at risk of cardiovascular disease. The study conducted at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia used data from Read more…

Given the complex relationship between sleep and symptoms of menopause, it makes a lot of sense to consider ways to address these issues together, with therapies that can benefit both.  Today I’ll be focusing some more on natural and non- or minimally-invasive forms of therapy.  Let’s look more closely at some of the mind-body therapies Read more…

Yes, there are alternatives, and it is good that you are seeking them. Adequate sleep is incredibly important for your overall health and well-being, so finding an effective sleep aid is just as important. Valerian: Valerian is an herbal remedy known for its sedating effects. There are multiple studies that indicate that it helps with Read more…

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​Mid-life crisis, male menopause, manopuase or andropause, no matter what you call it, if you are feeling tired, lack motivation, have difficulty concentrating, and are wondering where your sex drive went, you could be going through male menopause. Men, just like women, go through hormone changes as they age. Even though the term male menopause Read more…