MyMT™ Education: A New Nutritional Approach to Menopause Weight Loss
It’s amazing to think that Type 2 diabetes and obesity was rare in our parent’s generation. But today, in many western countries, it is the fasting growing chronic condition – especially in women aged 50 – 59 years. In Australia alone, 280 Australians develop diabetes every day (Diabetes Australia). That’s one person every 5 minutes. […]
MyMT™ | The Mediterranean Diet for Menopause and Post-Menopause
Can nutritional changes throughout the menopause transition help manage menopause symptoms amidst a growing reliance on medicalised solutions and supplement? It’s an interesting question isn’t it? And one that I asked myself, especially when menopause symptoms, including sore joints, insomnia, palpitations, hot flushes and weight gain, weren’t resolved with HRT. That’s why, drawing from my […]
The MyMT™ Kitchen: Mediterranean Baked Fish – Symptom relief from the deep.
You don’t have to eat a lot of fish to get the wonderful heart and thyroid health benefits that many women need as they transition from peri-menopause to menopause and then move into their post-menopause years. The Omega-3 fats in fish help to reduce the production of compounds which may cause blood vessels to constrict […]
MyMT™ Education: 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 […]
Terrific Tomatoes: Lycopene and Osteoporosis Prevention in Post-Menopausal Women
It’s a disease known as the ‘silent thief’ and this food helps to turn it around! My interest in lycopene, primarily from cooked tomatoes, was piqued, when I began to explore the role of this powerful compound on women’s cardiovascular health. Lycopene is a potent anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory compound that isn’t produced in the body, […]
MyMT™ Education: Help Midlife Clients Reverse Metabolic Syndrome and Insulin Resistance in Menopause
What is Metabolic Syndrome (MetS)? I remember the conference in New York distinctly. I remember the conference in New York distinctly. It was 1995, the year my daughter was born. It was my first time away from her. However, attending the conference was an opportunity that I didn’t want to miss. I was presenting at […]
Connecting the dots: Perimenopause Brain Fog and your Magnificent Mitochondria
Your Mitochondria Matter in Menopause! Do you ever watch those programmes on TV that trace a person’s ancestry? Or perhaps you’ve had your own ancestry traced. If so, then the ability to do this is thanks to your mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and so on and the number and size of tiny organelles called mitochondria. A […]
MyMT™ Education: Alcohol, Osteoporosis & Bone Health – Understanding the Risks for Midlife Women
Alcohol consumption has long been studied for being detrimental to bones. The irony wasn’t lost on me. Here we were at a recent social event and she was already on her third glass of wine. No, I wasn’t counting. She told me this when she offered to pour me a glass of wine. I turned […]
“I returned home like a new person mentally and spiritually. It was the hardest thing I’ve done.” [Cathy, Australia]
“The trip was one of the hardest- things I have ever done in my life, (including running marathons), but it was one of the best experiences of my life. I have been on MyMT™ since May 2020 and it has been an enormous help and still continues to be. I did the Circuit Breaker programme […]
