Real Answers for Perimenopause and Menopause
Exercise is one of the few interventions in this entire cardiovascular conversation with genuinely strong, consistent evidence behind it, unclouded by the kind of conflicting trial results that complicate supplements …
A reader recently asked: “I used to be the person who never caught anything, and now it feels like I get every cold that goes through my office. I’m 46. …
If you have noticed you seem to catch every cold going around lately, it is reasonable to wonder whether you need to be doing more to support your immune system …
Of everything that affects immune resilience, sleep may have the most directly demonstrated, experimentally tested connection of all. Researchers have not just observed an association between poor sleep and getting …
Selenium rarely gets the attention that vitamin C or zinc receive in immune health conversations, which is a little ironic given how directly it is involved in your body’s antioxidant …
Sodium gets most of the attention in blood pressure conversations, usually framed as a simple “eat less salt” message. Potassium tends to get left out of the conversation entirely, despite …
If your cholesterol numbers shifted noticeably around the same time your periods became irregular, that timing is not a coincidence. Cholesterol changes during the menopause transition are well documented, well …
Supplements tend to get treated as the whole strategy, something you take and then wait to feel a difference from. For joint health specifically, that framing sells the bigger picture …
Ask most people what nutrients matter for bone health and you will hear calcium and vitamin D, in that order, almost every time. Magnesium rarely makes the list, despite the …
Eye exams tend to fall off the priority list once you are past the school-vision-screening years and before the point where your parents started reminding you to book one. Midlife …