Oestrogen Dominance and Changes to Fat Metabolism in Menopause and Beyond.
Understanding the Secret Life of Deep Visceral Fat The perplexity of my weight gain during menopause, kept me busy in the research books for years. I couldn’t understand, why, since starting on HRT many years ago, I began to put on weight. Now, no longer on it, the response I had (compared to many other […]
MyMT™ Education for Practitioners: Give your ageing heart the nutrients it needs during menopause.
The Ageing Heart “What worked in the past for your energy and recovery, may no longer work during and after menopause.” [Dr Wendy Sweet] This was the statement I made to a group of Exercise Instructors from both Australia and New Zealand in a recent workshop. I was asking what they did to recover their […]
MyMT™ Education: Lifestyle evidence to improve menopause anxiety and cognition.
‘Despite the overwhelming prevalence of anxiety in modern society, medications often fail to achieve complete symptom resolution. We highlight the roles of the microbiome and inflammation as influencers of anxiety, and discuss the evidence base for specific nutritional interventions.’ [Norwitz and Naidoo, 2021] Most of us know the feelings of anxiety don’t we? The elevated […]
A Tangled Threesome: Circadian rhythm, body temperature and menopause hot flushes.
Hot flushes are frustrating aren’t they? Hot flashes or flushes, are defined as transient sensations of heat, sweating, flushing, anxiety, and chills lasting for 1–5 min, constitute one of the most common symptoms of menopause among women. If they occur overnight as night sweats, they also contribute to insomnia. This of course, leads to increasing […]
Sleep All Night: The connection between menopause and your sleepless nights.
Take Action for your Sleep Sooner not Later There are a number of themes in women’s health research that never get a mention when it comes to discussions on menopause. One of these relates to the work of Sociologist, Anthony Elliott, and his exploration of ‘self’. I read his work whilst doing my doctoral studies […]
Is there need for caution in the Creatine Craze for women in menopause?
Understanding the Creatine Craze I remember the craze in the gym vividly. It was the early 1990s and my new career as one of New Zealand’s first personal trainers for the Les Mills group was getting underway. Having left nursing behind, I had retrained with a degree in physical education – a degree which, at […]
Collagen, Vitamin C and Menopause: What Every Woman Needs to Know
The collagen industry is booming and women arriving in mid-life are often the target judging by the number of advertisements promoting the need for collagen. With the promise of mid-life nirvana, whereby all our aches and pains miraculously go away, we end up spending hundreds of dollars on supplements, specialists and various nutrition programmes. They […]
The MyMT™ KITCHEN: My Blood Orange Smoothie is bursting with vital Vitamin C.
Oranges, especially blood oranges, are a rich source of Vitamin C. The many phyto-nutrients they provide are an additional benefit for those of you experiencing muscle aches and pains, especially after exercise. Many of these benefits, aren’t found in Vitamin C supplements. For those of you who are regular exercisers and experiencing sore joints and […]
“I was 15lbs overweight and could barely run 5km. Now I’ve just completed a half marathon!”
It’s been over a year since Martina from Ireland joined me on the MyMT™ programme and to see how happy she was on completing her first half-marathon was so amazing. One of the things that I often say to women who join me is to just reflect on how you got to this point in […]
