All Entries Tagged With: "Menopause"

Rhubarb pie for menopausal symptom relief?

Have your pie and eat it too? Well, not exactly. You can have your rhubarb pie but a better choice might be the purified and standardized extract from the roots of the Siberian rhubarb.
This Siberian rhubarb is similar to the well-known garden rhubarb (R. rhabarbarum) commonly prepared as food or in your favorite strawberry rhubarb [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

A British look at life after 50

In a humorous look at aging, British “cupcake maven” and writer Sally Howell sums it all up–who took over our bodies after we turned 50?
Is 50 the new 40?
If Fifty is the new Forty I thank goodness that my children are old enough to fend for themselves!
At Forty I was a capable clear headed multi-tasker! [...]

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, [...]

Empty nest, redefined

In an excellent article on the “empty nest syndrome,” Dixie Mills writes:
There are many ways to prepare for when our children leave our homes, and redefining our roles as mothers can be a rewarding experience not just for ourselves, but for our kids as well. So instead of visualizing a real bird’s nest without any [...]

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 [...]

Miraculous beauty.

Have you seen that ad on TV for the contraption that is supposed to miraculously make your double chin go away? I just about burst out laughing every time I see it. It’s for the “Neckline Slimmer” and here’s what their website says:
The Neckline Slimmer is a resistance toning system for the chin, neck and [...]

A Check-up on My Wellness

If you really want to be held accountable for something, tell the whole world your new goal. Now that I’ve begun this journey toward total wellness, I have to keep with it. What would you think of me if I quit now?
I am on a quest to defy the effects of menopause, and I have [...]

Wellness–not just healthy eating.

Yesterday I met with a Wellness Coach and it was one of the best things I’ve done for myself in a while. I went in knowing that she could probably help me with the challenges of “menopause symptoms,” but I was pleasantly surprised to learn she will address the “whole me.” Everything from nutrition & [...]

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 [...]