Early Menopause, General Health, Menopause, osteoporosis, Weight Control
Hip pain can be, well, a pain in the neck. But PBS fitness expert Suzanne Andrews has some simple tips to help you relieve your pains and get you on the way to a more pain free life. Many people think that with painful joints you have to avoid exercise. But getting...
Diet & Nutrition, Early Menopause, General Health, healthy eating, Menopause, Nutrition, perimenopause, Weight Control
Between 1978 and 2004, the percentage of obese women in menopause increased from 17% to 30%. For most people, obesity is due to either eating too much, exercising too little or a combination of the two. In addition, metabolism slows down with aging. Muscle mass and...
Diet & Nutrition, General Health, Heart Attack, Heart Disease, Menopause, perimenopause, Premature Menopause
Your always hearing people talking about vitamins. The term comes from the words vital and amines – vitamins. These are substances that your body needs to live and be healthy. Vitamin D is the only vitamin that your body can make; the other vitamins must be...
General Health, Nutrition, Weight Control
Here’s an article in USA Today that does a disservice to its readers. The title states that a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine finds no nutritional edge to organics over non-organic food. The two authors reviewed and compiled the results of 17 earlier...
Diet & Nutrition, General Health, Menopause, perimenopause, Premature Menopause, Weight Control
If you’re in menopause and overweight, would it matter if you diet continuously versus some of the time? What if you tried to loose weight for 5 weeks and then you took a break for 5 weeks and just tried not to gain weight for the next 5 weeks. A new study just...
Diet & Nutrition, Early Menopause, General Health, healthy eating, Memory, Menopause, Nutrition, Premature Menopause
Can you change how well your brain works during menopause by what you eat? A new study says yes – at least a little. African Americans, white, Chinese and Japanese women were followed during menopause and their diet was recorded as well as tests of their brain...
