Category: Health & Fitness

In menopause, female hormones begin to decline and the metabolism slows down. Many women find it more difficult to lose weight after menopause and also experience sporadic weight gain. There are several reasons weight loss can be more difficult during menopause: Hormone changes: when estrogen is too low or too high, weight gain occurs. Decrease Read more…

In this episode, Carol Tavris, social psychologist and author of Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me), and Avrum Bluming, hematologist, medical oncologist, and emeritus clinical professor at USC, discuss their collaboration on their recent book, Estrogen Matters. Their book takes on the very polarizing and confusing topic of hormone replacement therapy for women suffering Read more…

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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