“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
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
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
I went looking for the one supplement that would clear the fog, and came back with something less satisfying: a much better sense of what nobody has actually studied yet. Quick Answer The Most-Searched Isn’t the Best-Studied I started with search interest, just to see what people were already reaching for. Creatine came out on … Read more
Quick Answer Most supplements marketed for brain fog — including menopause brain fog — have far less evidence than their labels suggest. A few nutrients can help in specific situations, but none of them fix brain fog on their own. Before you buy one more bottle, it makes more sense to figure out what’s causing … Read more
Magnesium: Reading the Label Correctly Magnesium labels are a little confusing, mostly because two different numbers get mixed up: the total compound (raw material) weight, and the elemental magnesium that actually ends up in your body. Elemental Magnesium vs. Compound Weight A capsule can say “Magnesium Glycinate 1000mg,” but that doesn’t mean you’re getting 1000mg … Read more
I’ve been running consistently for five years. An easy 5K most days, 10K on weekends. I’m not chasing pace or distance — I just genuinely like how it feels to run. For most of that time, my knees and joints never really bothered me. But recently, I started noticing a subtle ache in my ankles … Read more
It Started Right After I Turned 47 Not long after my 47th birthday, I started waking up at almost exactly 3 a.m. every night. At first I brushed it off. But the next-day fatigue kept piling up, and I couldn’t ignore it anymore. When something’s off with my body, I tend to go down a … Read more