“Menopause Joint & Muscle Pain: What Helps Beyond Exercise?”
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If your body has started feeling stiffer, sorer or slower to recover through perimenopause or menopause, you're not imagining it.
In our first article in this series, Musculoskeletal Syndrome of Menopause: Why Does My Body Hurt?, we explored the ...
Musculoskeletal Syndrome of Menopause: Why Does My Body Hurt?
Have you reached your 40s or 50s and suddenly found yourself waking up feeling stiff, achy or sore?
Perhaps your knees complain when you get up from the couch. Your shoulders feel stiff in the morning. Your feet hurt when you first get out of bed....
Understanding Body Composition Changes at Midlife
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For many women, midlife is a time when the body feels like it’s changing shape, often without any major change in diet or exercise. Weight may seem harder to manage, muscle tone can fade, and bones and joints may feel more fragile. These shifts ar...
Understanding Bone Health
Preventing osteoporosis should be a priority for all women. Did you know that 1 in 2 women over the age of 50 will suffer from low bone quality or quantity, leading to fractures? Understanding why this happens and how to prevent it can make a signifi...
Lions Mane "the Smart Mushroom" for Menopause
Lion’s Mane is a culinary mushroom with a long history of use in traditional Asian medicine. If you are looking for ways to support your moods, and cognition during your menopausal transition this may be for you.
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Lion's mane, I love the name beca...
Walking for Menopause Symptom Relief
Regular physical activity, such as walking, can have several positive effects on overall health, including potential benefits for the menopausal transition.
Why walking? Because walking is free, available everywhere, and has a really low risk of inj...
Glycine: A Powerful Amino Acid for Midlife Women's Health
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Glycine, classified as a non-essential amino acid, holds significant importance for women navigating the challenges of midlife. While the body can produce some glycine, my clinical experience reveals that many women may not produce sufficient amou...
The Health Benefits of Garlic in Menopause
Garlic not only gives flavour to our food but also medicinal value to our meals. It is an easy and tasting addition to your plate that has a myriad of health benefits.
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Medicinally garlic is called Allium sativum, but it has a long list of common ...
Iron Overload in Menopause
Most women will struggle with iron at some point during their lifetime. But there are 2 tales when it comes to iron and just like Goldilocks, you want it just right, not too low or too high. The only way to know how much iron you are storing is to te...
Vitamin D and your Menopausal Transition
Vitamin D is an essential nutrient that is a part of the fat-soluble vitamin family.Â
Vitamin D receptors can be found in every single cell in the body, hence it's wide-ranging effects.  It plays a role in over 200 processes in the body. Including b...
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Jennifer Harrington
Clinical Director
Menopause Specialist, Naturopath, Nutritionist, Medical Herbalist
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