Does your ageing, tired thyroid need the magic of these nutrients?
The new study came out of beautiful Nepal – not a country that I would associate with changing thyroid function in some of the population, but apparently so. The study’s purpose was to evaluate whether blood levels of calcium, magnesium and phosphorus were out of balance in hypothyroid cases. (Dhungana et al, 2022). With a […]
Waking at 2am? The science of your menopause insomnia …. and why not sleeping may change your immune health
What do you think about when you are lying awake at 2am, or 3am or 4am? Do you plan your day ahead or are you just despairing because night after night you aren’t sleeping and you can feel your energy being sucked out of you? You know that the day ahead is another busy one […]
Your sore joints during and after menopause.
Oestrogen has a role to play in cell turn-over and healing of our joints. So, what happens as we move through menopause, when we don’t produce as much oestrogen? It’s not often that a week goes by when I don’t receive messages and emails from women who are curious to know if their sore joints, […]
Feeling Fatigued? Iron out your menopause fatigue with this important B-vitamin.
“The social, cultural, anthropological and personal effects of chronic fatigue are enormous on human economy and this condition is poorly understood.” [Bjorklund, Dara et al, 2019]. Over the past few decades, scientists have been doing a great job unlocking the secrets of ageing. Not only are they discovering how our body breaks down but also […]
5 reasons for your symptoms and/or weight gain during menopause.
Why do we have so many symptoms that impact on how we feel during our menopause transition? Why do we all need to suddenly take supplements and medicines when weâve been healthy all our lives? Why canât we sleep? Why canât we tolerate doing the exercise that we love to do? WHY? WHY? WHY? If you’ve […]
A’CHOO! The curious link between allergies and hormones during menopause.
It’s a topic that comes up numerous times in my coaching group. I also see women commenting about it on the comments section of my advertisements. Hundreds of emails over the years have also alerted me to the itching, sneezing, wheezing and food and alcohol intolerances, of menopausal and post-menopausal women. If it’s the same […]
New Research: If women are overweight, do they experience worsening menopause symptoms?
For over 7 years now, Iâve been observing a quiet phenomenon with women on my lifestyle programmes. It happened to me as well and I wonder if itâs happened to you too? The realization that weight gain, high blood pressure, changing cholesterol and higher-than-normal blood sugar was linked to my hot flush and night sweat […]
A spotlight on your changing gut health from peri- to post-menopause.
Every week in my newsletters I try to come up with a topic that I hope will interest you. Sometimes it’s because of a conversation in my coaching group from other women who are just like you, or sometimes I’m reminded of something that I had no idea was anything to do with our menopause […]
Are low Vitamin D levels linked to your menopause insomnia?
If there’s one thing I wish I had been able to help my late-mother with, it would be her sleep. Or rather, her lack of it. As I read the women’s health and ageing literature whilst undertaking my doctoral studies, there is no question that if we are going to live healthy, long lives, then […]
