Why the science of ‘inflammaging’ matters to your menopause and post-menopause symptoms.
Menopause, Cardiovascular Risk and Inflammation – an important connection. Women dying at the end of World War 2 in New Zealand, didn’t have to worry too much about menopause affecting how they were ageing did they? As you can see from the Statistics New Zealand graph below, the average age of death was under 70 […]
MyMT™ Education for Practitioners: The seasons are changing and so are your client’s menopause symptoms.
“Sleep touches on nearly every aspect of our physiology and psychology, of our interaction with the world and with others.” William Dement (2000), Sleep Research Pioneer. Over 20,000 students took William Dement’s course on ‘Sleep and Dreams’ throughout his tenure at Stanford University. He created and pioneered the fields of sleep research, sleep medicine and […]
Nutrition and Gut-Immune Function: Evidence for boosting respiratory immunity during menopause and beyond.
The Menopause Microbiome and your Immune Health Bergamot, Quercetin, Oleuropein … how many of you are getting these powerful and scientifically evidenced nutrients into your diet every day, especially if you are finding that your lung function has changed as you move through menopause? What about the foods that are also evidenced to help to […]
MyMT™ Education: Can you improve your client’s menopause symptoms by changing their gut microbiome?
Gut Enzymes are Impacted by Oestrogen Levels Knowledge about how the gut-microbiome alters aspects of our immune, metabolic and nervous system health has increased 10-fold over the past decade. Fortunately, some of this knowledge has also been situated in midlife women’s health. Whilst this increase in research has been mainly due to improved genetic research, […]
Is Magnesium the Magic for Menopause Symptoms and Weight Loss?
New Research on Magnesium in Menopause One of the recent advances in lifestyle science over the past decade is the increased consideration of health concerns and strategies relating to population health and ageing. I’ve been keeping an eye on much of this research for the past decade, especially within the context of the menopause transition. […]
MyMT™ Education for Practitioners: Is Magnesium the Magic for Menopause Symptoms and Weight Loss?
New Research on Magnesium in Menopause One of the recent advances in lifestyle science over the past decade is the increased consideration of health concerns and strategies relating to population health and ageing. I’ve been keeping an eye on much of this research for the past decade, especially within the context of the menopause transition. […]
Menopause and Hot Flushes: Beat your heat by controlling your blood sugar levels.
Understanding the Blood Sugar and Hot Flush Connection Studies investigating the impact of sugar consumption on human health have been ongoing since the mid-20th century. The stats about the increase in sugar intake are overwhelming, particularly in the USA, where the consumption of soft drinks per capita has increased by about 500% over the past […]
Every Sip Counts: Water Intake and your Gut Health, Hot Flushes, Brain Fog and Healthy Ageing
Why Water? When you walk around the lake-front of the small town where I live, there is a natural spring. I became interested in it when I went into menopause. Not because of its aesthetic value, but because it reminded me of the small mountain village in Switzerland, which is home to a source of […]
MyMT™ Education for Practitioners: Chronic stress and the effect on liver mitochondria during menopause.
Stress Affects Energy Production in the Liver Mitochondria The liver is a fascinating organ – especially as women transition menopause. According to traditional Chinese medicine, the expression “the liver stores the soul and controls the deliberations” indicates that the liver plays an important role in the process of regulating emotion. This is because the liver […]
