Why are my feet hot and sore? Keeping your plantar ligament pliable in menopause.
With the plantar fascia ligament under the sole of your foot, carrying around 10% to 14% of the total load of the foot and playing a dynamic role in walking, running and jumping, then don’t you think that if you’re going to continue these activities as you age, you might need to look after it […]
MyMT™ Kitchen: Find your passion for Vegetable Paella
This recipe came from my daughter … well, to be honest it’s from the in-house chef who worked in the company she used to work in. Over the pandemic period, when the staff were working from home, the in-house Chef was tasked with trying to keep the team motivated by sharing some recipes with the […]
Feast on Folate and Reduce your Hot Flushes, Brain Fog and Anxiety
The Connection Between Your Hot Flushes and Folate in Menopause. The photo below is my garden right now. The spinach and parsley are taking off with the spring rain and I’m looking forward to enjoying the new season’s growth on my dinner plate. How I wish that I had planted both spinach and parsley a […]
Lost your Libido? – Let’s go looking for it then.
It might be the week of romance with Valentine’s day this week, but I’m not thinking about all of the young lovers out there…. I’m thinking of all of you going into and through menopause. Because this is the time of life when women the world over find that their reducing oestrogen levels can cause […]
Carbs to eat for better sleep. Research for women in menopause.
It was just over a decade ago, that one of the largest sleep studies was conducted in Australia by the Sleep Foundation. Modeled on the large Sleep in America study at the time, the results illustrated that a considerable proportion of Australians (especially older women), reported frequent sleeping difficulties. These issues ranged from frequent waking […]
MyMT™ Education: Women’s Healthy Ageing During Menopause – Discover my top-4 strategies
The Women’s Healthy Ageing Project (WHAP) is a longitudinal study of over 400 Australian-born women, epidemiologically randomly sampled in 1990. In the early 1990’s, researcher Professor Szoeke, became very dis-satisfied with the lack of clinical research on mid-life women. Up until then, most of the research connecting lifestyle behaviors and choices with diseases of ageing, […]
Your ageing arteries during menopause and the magic of magnesium.
Date Published: 11th July 2024 Date Modified: 7th April 2026 Author: Dr Wendy Sweet (PhD) Women’s health and ageing research is replete with cardiovascular disease studies and there’s a reason for this. Cardiovascular health remains the number 1 health risk of women as they move through menopause and into post-menopause. For many women, menopause is […]
“Feeling tired and miserable was no longer an option!” [Patricia, Canada]
Ontario, Canada is a long way from the South Island of New Zealand. When Patricia emailed me and mentioned that she loved her exercise and was really struggling to recover from the exercise that she had easily managed for decades, I ‘got it’. There were a few coaching emails that flew across the Pacific as […]
MyMT™ Education: Menopause Weight Loss, Cardiometabolic Health and Exercise
The Evolution of Fitness and Women’s Weight Loss Goals “I hired a Personal Trainer online for the first time during the pandemic. I was really enjoying the sessions, but I have to admit, I didn’t lose any weight whatsoever – in fact my clothes are now tighter and I feel swollen and bloated. He has […]
