If you’re wondering whether you need gut health supplements after 40, here’s the short answer: probably not all of them. Maybe not any of them. If your diet is already solid, adding more supplements might not do much. But if you have real symptoms, or real gaps in your diet, some ingredients can genuinely help. … Read more
My gut health after 40 didn’t fall apart overnight. It just started feeling different, little by little. In my 20s and 30s, my digestion was never great, but it never bothered me much either. I ate what I wanted and didn’t think twice about it. Somewhere in my 40s, that changed. More days ended with … Read more
Up to 70% of women experience sleep disruption during the menopause transition, often driven by nighttime hot flashes. A new pilot study from the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), published in the journal Menopause, found that combining cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) with hot flash-specific education improved sleep more than education alone. Full … Read more
A new study on HRT and dementia risk followed more than 183,000 postmenopausal women in the UK and found that those who’d used hormone replacement therapy had a lower risk of developing dementia — about 10% lower overall, and 16% lower for Alzheimer’s specifically. The effect wasn’t the same for every woman. https://news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-health-and-life-sciences/hrt-linked-to-lower-dementia-risk-in-large-uk-study/ The Study … Read more