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Hot Flash Remedy

I have to share something amazing!! I was recntly told by a ND to put peppermint essential oil on the back of my neck for hot flashes. It worked instantly!! It was so cooling and refreshing! I just wanted to share with all the othr ladies sufferinread more »

Why Estrogen is Important

Why is estrogen important? When women are estrogen deficient, the impact may be subtle or hellacious, potentially transforming a woman’s life into a living nightmare.  Over the past ten years working with perimenopausal and menopausal patients,read more »

Yummy frozen lunches – I found one! What’s your favorite?

I like to eat sensibily and fairly frugally for lunch. I usually don’t have time to go out, so it’s often an eat-at-your-desk kind of day. If I’m lucky, I get to go to the breakroom and savor my lunch. It’s easy to gread more »

The Causes of Belly Fat

June is Men’s Health Month. One health issue plaguing many men (and we women, by extension!), is that of the beer belly. Now, stop reading this immediately and look over at the man you love. What do you notice first? His piercing blue eyeread more »

Menopause Mondays: How to Ease Your Menopausal Symptoms with Food

Suffering from symptoms of perimenopause and menopause? Eating the right foods are the key to menopause relief.read more »

Cooling Breath

This week we celebrate the summer solstice-the official start of the summer season. What a great time to learn about how to cool down the body with a yoga breath called Shitali Pranayama. It is the cooling breath that not only caread more »

A Tribute To Yoga

A humorous, yet sincere tribute to yoga from my beginner perspective: Ode to Yoga I did not like my yoga class.It was a big pain in the ass.But I was getting pains and aches. I’m 50 plus, forread more »

Eye Cataracts

I just celebrated my 65 B-Day and thought I would update my look by trying contact lens. My eye Doc told me I have cateracts in both eyes, but worse in my right. He said I could get contacts or glasses to see better now, but probably would need toread more »

Dense breast

Anyone have experience with dense breast? If so, how did you handle it? 0 likeread more »

Menopausal Weight Gain = Back to Weight Watchers I Go

A year ago I had a major wakeup call when I attended a Florida Blue Health Fair. I knew I had gained some weight since menopause started, and I thought I was ok with it, until I jumped on the scale. The truth was staring right at me: the only way read more »