The Goodness of Grains for your Heart Health in Menopause
âAfter this past year of avoiding whole-grains completely based on the diet I was on, I now realise that this was the wrong thing to do now that I’m in my 50’s. Iâve lost 5 lbs and Iâm feeling amazing. I have so much more energy.â [Kirsten, USA] The âno-grains, no-carbsâ brigade got me for […]
Give your ageing heart the nutrients it needs for improving your energy in menopause.
Her arms lifted high in the air and the smile on her face, as she reached the top of this hiking trail in BC, Canada, is a testament to what Donna has achieved over the past few months. The attention she has paid towards restoring her sleep, improving her cardiac health and fitness as well […]
Will combining this diet with the right exercise reduce cholesterol and blood pressure in post-menopause?
When forty obese post-menopausal women in Cairo , aged 50-60 yrs participated in a study exploring the effect of diet and exercise on their cardiovascular health, they would have had no idea how influential it might be on many of us here in my newsletter community. In a shout-out to these women and the researchers, […]
Re-address your stress and sleep to help your changing heart health during Menopause.
âStressors that are relevant to the life-experiences of mid-life women (age 40 â 65 yrs) include job stress, caregiving, marital quality and discrimination. The articles we reviewed support the hypothesis that life stress and stressful events that occur in mid-life can impact womenâs later-life risk for Cardiovascular (CVD) events.â (Stewart, Kathawalla et al, 2018, p.13). […]
Your ageing arteries in post-menopause and the magic of magnesium.
Women’s health and ageing research is replete with cardiovascular disease studies. The declining health of our mother’s generation have paved the way for this type of research in older women.  For many women, menopause is the start of their changing heart health … but hereâs the thing that our mother’s generation didn’t know – it doesnât […]
High blood pressure in menopause: Is this at the heart of your symptoms?
A woman’s heart differs from a male heart and research now supports the role of oestrogen, nerves, kidney dys-regulation and arterial stiffness in the development of chronically elevated blood pressure in females during menopause. Learn more with MyMTâą.
Reduce hot flushes and improve heart health during menopause with the ‘Rye Factor’.
âAfter this past year of avoiding whole-grains completely based on the diet I was on, I now realise that this was the wrong thing to do now that I’m in my 50’s. Iâve lost 5 lbs & Iâm feeling amazing. I have so much more energy.â [Kirsten, USA] Most women joining me on the MyMTâą programmes […]
Are you a ânon-dipper?â The chain of events connecting your menopause insomnia with high blood pressure.
Itâs the dipping that you need overnight. Generally it occurs between 2-4 am â just that time of night, that you may be lying awake, your partner is snoring and you are worrying about well, ⊠everything really. Maybe you are even getting up to use the bathroom – afterall, since you’ve been in menopause, […]
Extra Virgin: Why this oil is important for women’s health during and after menopause.
The island of Ikaria off the coast of Greece is home to some of the healthiest, most vibrant older women on earth. Their lifestyles were researched by Dr Gianni Pes, from the University of Sassari in Italy and Ikaria became part of the Blue Zones group of countries. This is a term coined by Belgian […]
