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...
Early Menopause, Hot Flashes, Hot Flashes, Menopause, Painful Sex, perimenopause, Sexuality, Weight Control
National Menopause Awareness Month is here again and to honor it, I want to tell you how to know if menopause is near. You probably know about menopause. Menopause is defined by doctors as one year after your last period and on average comes at age 53 years and 3...
Depression, Early Menopause, Hot Flashes, Menopause, perimenopause, Premature Menopause, Sleep, Stress
In honor of September is Menopause Awareness Month, today’s blog is on Menopause and Your Mental Health. I’m sure you know women who reach menopause and tip into a mental mess. Estrogen usually gets the blame; levels drop in the years leading up to...
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...
