Many aspects of your life may need a makeover as you enter menopause. For many women, the transition into menopause can come as a shock. While the main signal that menopause is approaching—namely missed and irregular periods—is pretty obvious, other signs are not. You...
Menopausal women need to protect their dental health and overall health with osteoporosis treatment. If you’ve been reading up on what to expect during menopause, you have no doubt already learned a little bit about osteoporosis. This condition involves the loss of...
Learn about the many health benefits of eating whole eggs. For decades, Americans avoided eggs on the premise that high-cholesterol, high-fat foods were unhealthy. Turns out, this was bad advice. The committee that develops our country’s nutritional guidance standards...
Moderate to heavy alcohol consumption can complicate many menopause symptoms. Due to differences in their body size, as well as hormonal differences that can affect alcohol absorption, women are not able to tolerate the same quantities of alcohol as men without ill...
Learn about the risks of consuming farmed fish such as salmon. As you enter menopause, changes to your hormones will suddenly make your metabolism much less forgiving of indulgences in unhealthy food. In an effort to battle the resulting menopausal weight gain and to...
Learn what benefits chocolate may bring and how much chocolate to eat. Chocolate has been used for various medicinal benefits for thousands of years by many ancient cultures. However, it wasn’t until the 1990s, when a group of Harvard Medical School researchers...
