MyMT™ EDUCATION: Dyslipidaemia in Menopause and Post-Menopause
Lipid (Fat) Metabolism and Cardiovascular Risk in Women It took me a long time to turn my back on the popular Keto diet and the high intensity exercise mantra that pervades the fitness and dieting industries today. There’s a few women on my programme who have now learnt to do this too, especially those who […]
MyMT™ Education for Practitioners: The Colours of Autumn and Seasonal Variation in Sleep
‘Changes in the duration of melatonin secretion that are induced by changes in the length of the night, convey information about change of season to cells that regulate seasonal changes in behavior.’ (Wehr, Clinical Psychobiology, 1997). Every week I get emails from women who are exhausted and exasperated from not sleeping, despite many of them […]
MyMT™ Education for Practitioners: Is this type of regular exercise as effective as menopause HRT?
Back in 1998, American Gerontologist, John Rowe and Academic, Robert Kahn, wrote a paper called ‘Successful Ageing’. I remember reading it one day during my studies. Sitting in the University library feeling overweight, exhausted and probably, at the time, rubbing my knees, nothing about my ageing felt ‘successful’ at all. However the paper, gave me […]
MyMT™ Education for Practitioners: Skeletal Muscle Changes in Menopause – and why heavy weight training is not for everyone.
“Since my body-building competition, I’ve been trying to grow muscle, but all I’ve gained is 6kg of mainly fat. My liver had become very unhealthy”. [Lyn, Australia] What your clients do each day of their life and how they live their life affects symptoms in menopause. I’m often telling my own clients this, including former […]
MyMT™ Education for Practitioners: Terrific Tomatoes and Osteoporosis Prevention in Post-Menopausal Women
It’s known as the ‘Silent Thief’ The disease is known as the ‘silent thief’ and it is estimated that around 30% of post-menopausal women globally develop osteoporosis as new bone tissue fails to be turned over. This is why, bone disorders, such as osteoporosis, remain a significant public health concern, particularly among postmenopausal women. [silva […]
MyMT™ Education for Practitioners: The role of RYE in gut and muscle health during menopause.
“After this past year of avoiding breads completely, based on the diet I was on, I now realise that this was the wrong thing to do now that I’m in my 50’s. I’ve added in Rye bread and I’ve lost 5 lbs. I’m feeling amazing and I have so much more energy.” [Kirsten, USA] Most […]
MyMT™ Education for Practitioners: Gut Feelings – Menopause Mood, Food, Sunlight and Serotonin.
Mood, Motivation and Menopause The physical symptoms of menopause can be a tough time for women – hot flushes (flashes), night sweats, insomnia, poor sleep, weight gain and aching joints to name a few! When you add on serotonin depletion and the resulting mood swings, life just gets a bit tougher as well. Within the […]
MyMT™ Education for Practitioners: Lost your Libido? Let’s go looking for it then.
If your midlife clients have lost their libido in menopause, then help them find it through lifestyle change!
MyMT™ Education for Practitioners: Dietary Protein, Hot Flushes and the Okinawan Ratio.
It took me a long time to understand why my menopause hot flushes were getting worse as I moved through my early 50s, despite the hormone medication. Not only were they embarrassing in public, but also exhausting. Especially the red face and night-time sweating. From evening onwards, they seemed to get worse. A few years […]
MyMT™ Education for Practitioners: How moderate walking helps your client’s menopause symptoms.
I love seeing women in my private coaching group out walking and hiking. With all the increased publicity about weight training for bone and muscle health, I feel that walking isn’t getting the attention it deserves for the health and symptom reduction of midlife women, especially for brain-fog, anxiety disorders and hot flushes/ flashes – […]