Category Archives: Diet & Nutrition
Eat Your Way out of Hot Flashes – Soy and Flaxseed – My Menopause – My Way
Okay! Here are the two “foods” you can add to your diet that may affect hot flashes. These are easily found and may be just the trick if you’re suffering with too much heat due to menopause or peri-menopause. Remember … Continue reading
Apple Juice Bad, Eating the Apple Prevents Cancer
It’s a snowy day in New England with 3 feet of fresh snow just outside my door so it seemed like a good day to post a note about healthy food to eat before going out to shovel. Turns out … Continue reading
7 Thanksgiving Weight Control Tips
Happy Thanksgiving. I wish you health, happiness and gratitude for all the wonderful things in your life. With such a big holiday here and Christmas and New Years now in sight, it is the official weight-gaining window of the year. … Continue reading
Keeping Weight Off in Menopause and Peri Menopause
It’s hard to loose weight any time. But in menopause or postmenopause it’s particularly challenging. So what can you do to help shed those pounds? A recent study looked at the eating habits of 419 overweight and obese menopausal women … Continue reading
Diet Plus Exercise Needed For Optimum Health in Obese Women in Menopause
Between 1978 and 2004, the percentage of obese women in menopause increased from 17% to 30%. For most people, obesity is due to either eating too much, exercising too little or a combination of the two. In addition, metabolism slows … Continue reading
Vitamin D Prevents Heart Disease in Menopause
Your always hearing people talking about vitamins. The term comes from the words vital and amines – vitamins. These are substances that your body needs to live and be healthy. Vitamin D is the only vitamin that your body can … Continue reading
Continuous vs Intermittent Diet in Menopause
If you’re in menopause and overweight, would it matter if you diet continuously versus some of the time? What if you tried to loose weight for 5 weeks and then you took a break for 5 weeks and just tried … Continue reading
Food and Your Memory in Menopause
Can you change how well your brain works during menopause by what you eat? A new study says yes – at least a little. African Americans, white, Chinese and Japanese women were followed during menopause and their diet was recorded as … Continue reading
Lower Cholesterol Tied to Less Trans Fat
A new study showed that there is finally something good to talk about with regards to cholesterol – it’s getting lower in kids. Elevated total cholesterol dropped to 8.1% for kids ages 6 – 19 from 2007 to 2010 compared … Continue reading
Type 2 Diabetes More Common in Fast Eaters
Are you a person who wolfs down your food? If so, it’s time to slow down. A new study presented at the International Congress of Endocrinology and European Congress of Endocrinology shows that people who eat fast are 2.5-times more likely to … Continue reading
