What do healthy fats do? Healthy fats are the building blocks for our sex hormones. They: From a health perspective, good fats can help lower our risk of heart disease by lowering the bad LDL levels and increasing the good HDL levels of cholesterol. What is unsaturated versus saturated? ‘Good’ fats are unsaturated fats and …
Do we need to think differently about our nutrition needs during menopause? Kinda. This is such an important time because so many changes are happening in our bodies. This makes it even more important to make sure we are giving our bodies the best nutrients. One of those nutrients is Calcium. Why do we need …
What are Hot Flashes? Hot flashes or flushes can occur throughout the day whereas night sweats will be waking you up when you sleep. A hot flash is a sudden overwhelming feeling of heat, felt mostly in the face, neck and chest. You might become red and start sweating. If you lose too much heat …
Finding a prolapse during menopause may be one of the changes many women experience. There are many different symptoms we may experience like hot flashes, night sweats, mood changes, weight gain…the list is unfortunately endless! This post is going to focus on a pelvic organ prolapse! What is Menopause? Menopause occurs when a woman has …