There’s been a big rumor going around for about twenty years and it’s time to put an end to it! Just this week, one of my clients said, “I guess I’m too old to start hormone replacement.” She’s 72 and her doctor would not prescribe HRT because there’s a familial history of heart disease AND she’s 23 years post […]
Too Old? Too Late? Read More »
I got my first DEXA (the gold standard test used to assess bone density) scan a month ago. I was pretty confident it would come back looking good—for a variety of reasons. Side note: I had to ask for it. It wasn’t offered. In fact, it’s never been offered to me—and I’m no spring chicken. Medicare does cover a DEXA scan once a woman turns 65,
Bone Health-A Wake-Up Call! Read More »
Hi Ladies! Did you know that as estrogen declines during menopause, it can quietly drag down your levels of choline—a nutrient your body really needs? Choline plays a crucial role in two major organs that tend to take a hit during midlife: ✔️ Your brain✔️ Your digestion Let’s break it down: So this is something
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Our bones are our framework. They hold us up. They allow us to move. Their health dictates our overall well-being AND how we age. Bone loss is silent until it’s not. It’s silent until we start experiencing small fractures, falls, or broken hips. And it often starts once a women moves into her menopausal years, around age
In your early 40s, estrogen can start to wildly fluctuate, then markedly decline in your late 40s to early 50s and then become basically non-existent in menopause. Some of the more well known signs indicating your estrogen is LOW are things like, night sweats, hot flashes, poor memory, sleep disruptions, incontinence, weight gain (especially around
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Progesterone kind of gets the short end of the stick when it comes to being recognized as giving us huge benefits during the perimenopause and menopause years. Because most doctors associate it only with opposing estrogen and keeping the uterine lining from growing, it gets pushed aside and forgotten in HRT if you don’t have
Why progesterone is important, even if you don’t have a uterus Read More »