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If you’re in perimenopause, you may know how brain fog feels. It’s more than just losing words mid-sentence or forgetting why you walked into a room. Some women describe perimenopausal brain fog as if their brain is not working like it used to. Sluggish thoughts, fuzzy memory, difficulty focusing on tasks. Things that used to […]

Brain fog and perimenopause

Nutrition

Don’t get me wrong – I’m crazy about protein. It keeps me fuller for longer, helps support my muscles and metabolism and so much more. But you’d probably all agree that it has been given more than enough of a spotlight when it comes to women’s health and perimenopause. It may have even accidentally taken […]

It’s not all about protein – what else matters in perimenopause?

Nutrition

When it comes to holistic health and wellbeing, the combination of conventional and complementary modalities is key, so that patients have access to all options in their health care journey. In this integrative approach, not all practitioners have education and experience spanning across multiple modalities, so it is prudent to seek out practitioners who work […]

Conventional and complementary medicine – how do they combine?

Wellness

If you’ve been told you need an iron supplement, it can be quite daunting when you reach the pharmacy aisle and discover the many different iron supplements available. For the purposes of this review, given I am based in Australia, we focus on common iron supplements available in Australia and summarise how they differ, key […]

Iron Supplements – Clearing the confusion

Supplements

A little while back I wrote a short post about collagen supplements, and since then I’ve had heaps of questions about the evidence and the benefits. I also started taking collagen a few weeks ago (but I am so terrible at remembering to take it…) in the hope that it would make me look younger, […]

Collagen Review for Skin Health & Beauty – The Low Down

Supplements