The cause of your morning wake-up heat wave in menopause: The Cortisol Awakening Response [CAR].
“Do you know why, when I immediately wake-up, I get a heat surge through my body?â she asked. The question took me back in time. A few years ago, when in my early 50s, I experienced the same phenomenon. Even though Iâm in post-menopause now, I still have the odd âheat surge on waking-upâ moment. […]
Let’s go nuts about walnuts: A shout-out to the King and his Duchy walnuts for women’s healthy ageing.
As you drive from Portsmouth to Reading in the United Kingdom, you pass one of King Charles’ organic farms and his farm shop. With his Coronation this weekend, I was remembering calling into the shop and buying some walnuts there. Whenever, I travel overseas now, I try and source walnuts and other nuts, to have […]
Losing your Christmas Cheer may be more than just end-of-year exhaustion.
I still remember the Christmas when I went into peri-menopause. It’s usually a time of year I love, but back then, all I could think to myself, was ‘I really can’t be bothered. I have no motivation for Christmas cheer‘. With no energy for shopping, no motivation for social events and feeling conscious about how overweight […]
Restore your zest in menopause with zinc.
The question sits in my health screening form and states, âDo you feel frequently tired?â â nearly every single response out of the thousands of screening forms that women have filled in for me over the years, says âyesâ. This intrigues me and I always wonder two things: If they are vegetarian or vegan (nothing […]
PODCAST: Hormones and Sleep. Dr Wendy Sweet (PhD) talks to Tracy Minnoch-Nuku, Founder of ‘Sexy Ageing Podcast’.
How excited was I to be asked to talk to Tracy Minnoch-Nuku this week? I’ve known Tracy for over 20 years and I was delighted to hear that she has founded a new podcast initiative called, ‘Sexy Ageing Podcast’. www.sexyageing.wordpress.com Tracy is a fitness-industry legend and for over 30 years has worked in all aspects […]
âI don’t need as much thyroxine now I’ve lost 5 kg. I’m finally feeling great – no more afternoon sleeps and heaps of energy.” [Danni, NZ]
When your office window at Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand, has a view of the Sky Tower, it serves to keep you motivated to reach for the sky in all that you want to achieve in your life. But when mid-life health problems curtail your energy and you can hardly get through your […]
