PREPARING FOR THE MENOPAUSE (peri and post) PART III: Pelvic health
In this piece, I’m talking briefly about the pelvic floor and the vagina, two other areas where you may notice some changes as you start the peri-menopause. PELVIC FLOOR OK, so this may not strictly be a symptom of the menopause (peri or otherwise) but it...PREPARING FOR THE MENOPAUSE (peri and post) Part I : Bones
This is the first of three blogs on the subject of the menopause. This first blog deals with what we can (and should) do to look after our bones. Right now. Not later. Now. Firstly some clarification. The peri-menopause refers to the years (usually the early...Looking After Our Bowels…
That’s code for ‘let’s do all we can NOT to get bowel diseases which may then lead to bowel cancer”. “Tell it like it is, …” The advice given here has been scooped up from a range of reputable websites to help with the symptoms of (or help prevent the onset of),...VITAMIN D – find out if you are deficient (to save your bones and teeth)
This is some no-nonsense information about Vitamin D. Look….not even any pictures. I had lunch with the nutritionist Joy Skipper the other day and we had a very interesting chat about Vitamin D. She mentioned that a report came out a few weeks ago stating that...When you’re new to exercise….it takes guts to make a start.
“What do you mean ‘it takes guts’?” I mean this. Imagine those who want to start doing something about improving their health (like we in the fitness industry are always pressing people to do), not only for themselves but to set an example to their...Page 12 of 14
