Reader Q&A: Is Forgetting Words Normal in Perimenopause?
You know the word. You can practically feel its shape. It is a common, everyday word you have used a thousand times, and yet mid-sentence it simply will not surface. …
B-Vitamins and Cognitive Function: What’s Evidence-Based
B vitamins show up in nearly every cognitive support supplement, usually justified with a quick mention of “energy metabolism” and left at that. The actual research behind them is more …
Does Omega-3 Really Help With Memory?
Omega-3 fatty acids are recommended for nearly every kind of cognitive complaint, which makes it easy to lose track of what the research actually supports for memory specifically, as opposed …
Sleep, Stress & Brain Fog: The Overlapping Triangle
Brain fog rarely shows up as a single, isolated problem. Ask a woman dealing with it during perimenopause what else is going on, and poor sleep and elevated stress are …
Memory Lapses vs. Something More Serious: When to See a Doctor
It is easy, once you know perimenopause can cause brain fog, to file every memory lapse under that one explanation and stop asking further questions. Most of the time that …
Estrogen and the Brain: The Science Explained Simply
Estrogen tends to get talked about mainly in the context of the reproductive system, which makes it easy to overlook that it is also, quite literally, a brain chemical. It …
Is Brain Fog a Warning Sign, or Just Perimenopause?
This is the question underneath the question. When women describe perimenopause brain fog, what they often actually want to know is whether this is the beginning of something much more …
Best Habits + Nutrients for Focus After 40
When focus starts slipping in your 40s and 50s, it is tempting to reach straight for a supplement bottle, and understandable given how frustrating brain fog can be. But the …
Nootropics and Midlife Cognition: What the Research Supports
Nootropic is a broad, somewhat trendy label for anything marketed to support brain function, and the category ranges from genuinely well-studied compounds to ingredients riding on little more than an …
Perimenopause Brain Fog: What’s Actually Happening
You walk into a room and forget why. A word you know perfectly well sits just out of reach mid-sentence. A work task that used to take focused concentration now …