Vera Kim
A cohort study of 38,283 women looked at weight gain during menopause and found that low-insulinemic and Planetary Health dietary patterns were linked to the best outcomes. The low-insulinemic pattern showed the largest association with less annual weight gain, about a quarter-kilogram less per year than women with the lowest adherence. The Planetary Health Diet … Read more
A study of 1,350 adults in their 50s and 60s found that people with elevated Alzheimer’s blood biomarkers had already shown much steeper cognitive decline over the previous five years — with the risk of a rapid drop reaching roughly four times higher, depending on which cognitive skill was measured. The findings, published in The … Read more
The other week I caught myself leaning on the horn at a car that hadn’t done anything wrong. Two days later my teenage son said something completely ordinary and I heard it as a challenge. Things I would have let slide a few years ago were landing differently. My first explanation was the easy one: … Read more
Fiber and fermented foods both show up on almost every “fix your gut” list out there. What nobody really explains is that once they’re actually in your body, they’re doing completely different jobs. Last time, I wrote about Gut Health After 40: When Old Habits Stop Working. Ever since, one question has been sitting in … Read more
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