Vera Kim
Menopause supplements sold in the UK differ a lot from one another, a new review of 201 products found. The researchers found no ingredient, or even type of ingredient, that every product had. The review, published in the journal Climacteric, was led by researchers at University College London. Prices ranged from £1.50 to £95 a … Read more
This article contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Most advice on how to choose a magnesium supplement starts with the form. Glycinate for sleep, malate for energy, threonate for the brain. I bought my first bottle that way. I picked Thorne’s CitraMate because … Read more
Mention HRT to a group of women and the room splits into two camps. One says absolutely not, because of breast cancer. The other says that’s old news, everyone’s on it now. I didn’t know which side to believe, so I started digging into the HRT for perimenopause question myself. Turns out they’re both a … Read more
“Hormone balance.” That phrase kept showing up as I started reading about menopause, and it bugged me. What exactly in my body is a supplement supposed to be balancing? I’m the type who researches before I buy, so I went looking for an answer before I’d bought a single bottle labeled “menopause supplement.” Here’s the … Read more
For months, I didn’t think what I was going through had anything to do with perimenopause. My periods were still regular. There’d been no single dramatic moment to point to and say, this is it. So I told myself I still had time. Looking back, that logic was too simple. None of the changes I’d … Read more
Every morning while my coffee brews, I sit for five minutes and do nothing. It started as a way to drink it before it went cold. At some point, that stretch became the clearest five minutes of my whole day. Every time I see advice like “meditate for 30 minutes” or “start a yoga routine,” … Read more
I wrote a while back about why midlife stress hits differently than it used to. One question kept following me around while I worked on that piece: was some of what I was feeling less about age or circumstances, and more about something as basic as nutrients? So I dug into four contenders: omega-3, vitamin … Read more
A new meta-analysis found that creatine after menopause was associated with an average 0.37 kg increase in lean mass and a 7.5 kg greater improvement in leg-press strength compared with placebo. The review, published in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, pooled data from 608 postmenopausal women across studies lasting 12 to … Read more