All Entries in the "Menopause" Category
Menopause and MenoSense
From Flourish Over 50 member Joanne Loney:
I had to go for a full hysterectomy due to cancer so therefore right after surgery I would go into what they call ’surgical menopause’. My OB wanted me to go on HRT which being a natural person I didn’t want to do. So I started talking to other [...]
I’ve turned into Menopausa the Slavering Beast
Don’t get me wrong. I am the happiest menopausal woman you’ll ever meet. If anyone in the world was ready to skip past the sanitary products in the grocery store without a backward glance, it was me. However, I have to admit that menopause is not for sissies.
First of all, I have [...]
Living a loving lifestyle through perimenopause & menopause
Here are some great strategies from Dr. Tara Allmen on dealing with the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause. Enter to win a set of her new DVDs Menopause in an Hour and What’s Up With You-Know-Who? click here.
There are many prescription medications that can address the symptoms of menopause. However, there are simple solutions to [...]
New data released on hormone replacement therapy
Based on the best available evidence, “Estrogen and progestogen use in postmenopausal women: 2010 position statement of The North American Menopause Society” has just been released. Each section of the previous paper was reviewed by an Advisory Panel of seventeen clinicians and researchers expert in this area of women’s health using new studies and findings. [...]
Menopause Myth #7–I will be unattractive and undesirable
It doesn’t have to be that way! We have been conditioned to think that we are “dried up and over the hill” when menopause comes to us.
Maybe it used to be that way, but not anymore.
Thanks to all the baby boomers, a greater number of women will be making the transition to menopause than in [...]
Can stress make you stupid?
As I’ve said before, the Adrenal Glands release Cortisol during stress. High Cortisol levels cause decreased cognitive function, meaning you can’t concentrate. You have brain “fog”, and you are unable to stay on task.
It is important for busy, stressed people to realize that if your stress continues and your adrenal glands continue to produce Cortisol [...]
Menopause myth #6–my bones will be brittle
Exercise is one of the best ways to improve the bone-strengthening situation after taking a good calcium supplement. Exercise puts stress on your bones, which is good. Stress forces the bone tissue to absorb calcium and promotes remodeling, so it gets stronger.
Exercise also stimulates the muscles around the bone so that the muscles get stronger [...]
Women over 50 and cortisol
What is cortisol anyway? Cortisol is a catabolic hormone, a glucocorticoid, a steroidal hormone that is produced in the adrenal cortex of the adrenal glands.
The adrenal cortex releases cortisol during stress. This is a good thing in a flight or fight situation, when we are running from a lion or a tiger or hunting our [...]
Menopause and weight gain
In my never-ending quest to defy the effects of menopause, I have continued doing research on “fitness over 50,” and have stumbled upon some interesting facts that help explain just why, for so many of us, aging equals weight gain. And why, in spite of living practically the same life I’ve led for years, my [...]
Shmirshky–you gotta read this!
Got a vagina? Know someone who does? Chances are you have a wife, girlfriend, mother, grandmother, mother-in-law, sister, daughter, friend, mentor, coworker or boss who has one. Whether you’re a forty-five-year-old woman in perimenopause or an eighteen-year-old guy who thinks his mom is in need of an exorcism, Shmirshky is for you.
So begins the hilarious [...]
Menopause Myth #5–you will gain a lot of weight with menopause
Achieving or maintaining a healthy weight tremendously affects your overall health.
The weight gain is commonly seen in people who reach “middle age” of both sexes.
The term “middle aged spread” came about decades ago to describe the tendency of the over- forty body to take on excess weight.
Not everyone gains weight during perimenopause or after menopause [...]
Menopause Myth #4, most women get really depressed during menopause
Studies have shown that younger women in their “procreation” years have more depression than those going through menopause.
The study also showed that as women passed through the menopausal transition, negative moods actually became less frequent. However, women around the menopausal age may have more stresses put upon them than ever before.
They may have aging parents [...]
There really is a chemistry behind falling in love
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: If there is any reaction, both are transformed -C.G. Jung
Ever wonder why you are attracted to a certain person and not another? What provokes gut feelings about certain people in your life? Why do you fall in love with one person and [...]
Menopause myth #3, age 30-40 is too young to be menopausal
The most common ages of women beginning menopause is between forty-five and fifty-five years old. The average age is fifty-one years old. Women can even be younger and start the process of “change” but it is not as common. But it is considered “normal” for this particular woman at that time.
The timing varies from woman [...]
Menopause Myth #2 – You lose the urge to have sex
The end of fertility does not mean it is the end of sexuality. Some women hit their sexual stride in their forties and fifties and actually find having sex more enjoyable after menopause. They even feel sexier than ever. You and your partner may have more time to spend with each other instead of [...]
Herbal cures for hot flashes?
I’ve been looking for some good information on using herbal supplements to treat the symptoms of menopause. I finally found two real, honest-to-goodness clinical studies that yielded some pretty good results. Not the “miracle” I was looking for, but definitely good to know.
The two studies were conducted by the University of Illinois and Northwestern University, [...]
The 7 Myths of Menopause
Myth #1 – Menopause is a Medical Condition and it Must be Treated with Medicine.
The experts say menopause is puberty in reverse. The body is going through many emotional and physical changes during puberty as it is during menopause. It is a natural process introducing you to the rest of your life in a [...]
Menopause should be a four-letter word.
Menopause. If you’re 50-ish, plus or minus a few years, you’ve been through it. I’ve been dealing with the symptoms for years. I’m the one with the weight gain and moodiness. I’m the one who drives around with all my car’s air conditioner vents aimed at me. I’m the one with the fuzzy face who [...]
