About Menopause

Menopause and Acupuncture

June 26, 2010 · 2 Comments

How effective is Traditional Chinese Medicine? Does acupuncture help with difficult menopause? I’ve never tried it, so I can’t tell you anything about its effectiveness – or otherwise, but I see that the United Nations World Health Organisation has approved acupuncture as a treatment for symptoms associated with menopause. So it could be an answer for women who don’t want to take the chance with HRT. In Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), menopause is seen as a natural process which alters the balance of Yin and Yang. After menopause many women discover (and may be disturbed... [Read the full story]

Eat Wisely

The Beauty of Black Raspberry

May 27, 2010 · Leave a Comment

If bramble-like black raspberries are growing wild around your yard and trying to take over your garden – don’t complain. Instead, eat every dark-purple berry you can (freeze those you can’t). While all berries are good cancer fighters, black raspberries are all-stars. They’re so good at preventing the Big C on the cellular level (eat more, eat more!) that in the lab, scientists have also made them into a skin gel that takes the sting out of sunburn, slows the growth of squamous cell skin cancer, and squelches inflammation from UVB rays. The black raspberry contains high... [Read the full story]

Hot Tips

Hot Flash Flush

February 5, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Image via Wikipedia Suddenly you have an intense, hot feeling on your face and upper body, often accompanied by a rapid heartbeat and sweating, giddiness, nausea, anxiety, headache, weakness, and, most awfully, a feeling of suffocation. Some women experience an “aura,” an uneasy feeling just before the hot flash. My mother used to “smell heat”. This is when the arguments for HRT appear. Should you take (chemical or natural) estrogen to alleviate them? Tips to beat the Hot Flash Flush Firstly, don’t fight the flush, you have to ride with it. Try to relax... [Read the full story]

Keep at it

10,000 Steps

June 5, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Starting from the first day of June, I took up the 10,000 Steps Challenge. A few quick facts 8,000 deaths per year are attributable to physical inactivity 65% of males and 74% of females are not sufficiently active for health benefits 52% of Australian women and 67% of Australian men are overweight or obese For some time we’ve been told that a 30 minute walk will keep us at a recommended level of fitness but that’s been changed to the idea of 10.000 steps. It basically means walking 10,000 steps every day. This simple regime boosts energy levels and improves mood reduces risk of... [Read the full story]

Recipes

Leafy Greens can protect from the Sun

August 2, 2009 · 2 Comments

I’ve seen a lot of women deliberately set out to get a tan, for some reason we all look better with that golden sun-kissed look. Why is that? Because it’s flattering of course, a tan is even youthful, at least until next year when the deep wrinkles show up. I wish I hadn’t baked myself in my youth. The result is my dried out, deeply lined skin which is there forever regardless. Why didn’t I listen to my mother? She begged me to wear a hat, she warned me that I would end up with “lizard skin” and she was right. My face shows clearly that I spent my life in... [Read the full story]

Reviews

Now, Menopause the Board Game

May 24, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Dream On HOTF Hotflash the Menopause Game An hilarious look at what we go through! The object is to make your way around the board and be the first to reach Hormone Free Haven. Along the way, win or lose, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to laugh and learn. When you land on Raging Hormones you’ll discover some little known facts about yourself – and about other women. When you land on a HotFlash!, you get the chance to act a little forgetful or to ask your friends about some deep, dark secret. Be sure to avoid PMS Purgatory, and be careful not to go down the Fallopian Tubes. They’ll... [Read the full story]

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Now, Menopause the Board Game

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Cooking with Hot Flashes

I went looking for this book as a gift for a friend (she’s not getting my copy) to find that Amazon have some great specials on it. If you don’t have Cooking with Hot Flashes, you can get a cheap copy now. It’s a great followup to Martha’s earlier book on laughing your way through middle age,...

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