http://www.menopausetheblog.com Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:58:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Cruciferous vegetables are the centerpiece of Dr. C. W. Randolph's anti-estrogenic diet that he suggests in his book, From Belly Fat to Belly Flat: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waist and Subtracting Years from Your Life -- the Medically Proven Way to Reset Your Metabolism and Reshape ... http://www.menopausetheblog.com/2008/08/24/rx-for-belly-fat-eat-cruciferous-vegetables/ We've created clever euphemisms to describe it - like muffin top, mid-life bulge, and a thickening waist. But however you want to refer to belly fat, it's an unfortunate fact of life for most women in mid-life and getting rid of it is, as a friend of mine put it, ... http://www.menopausetheblog.com/2008/08/20/belly-fatthe-cause-cure/ Ripe: The Truth About Growing Older And The Beauty Of Getting On With Your Life, by Janet Champ and Charlotte Moore, is not a typical book about menopause. There are no chapters on what to do about hot flashes, nor advice about losing weight. It's more about how we handle ... http://www.menopausetheblog.com/2008/08/06/a-coffee-table-book-aboutmenopause/ Last weekend at the BlogHer gathering, I met Tomima Edmark, a 51-year old Dallas woman, who told me that she's never had a menopausal symptom. My first thought was, "that's not fair!" But then she explained. Tomima started taking bioidentical hormones eight years ago, when she ... http://www.menopausetheblog.com/2008/08/01/balancing-hormones-with-bioidentical-hormone-replacement/ This past weekend, I attended a confab of women bloggers here in San Francisco. I thought I'd be the oldest one there, but I was fortunate to have participated in a "meet-up" of "Boomer & Beyond" bloggers and I met some terrific, wise women with pretty cool blogs.ShareThis http://www.menopausetheblog.com/2008/07/21/boomer-bloggers-i-met-at-blogher/ I was surprised to read Dr. Andrew Weil's comments about the fallacies of taking some natural remedies to alleviate menopausal symptoms in his "Dr. Debunker" column in the latest issue of AARP Magazine. After all, isn't he known as a leading proponent of natural medicine?ShareThis http://www.menopausetheblog.com/2008/07/15/dr-andrew-weil-on-what-not-to-take-for-menopausal-symptoms/ There seem to be an onslaught of books and articles about the importance of appearing younger that are targeted to women in their 50s, which means ME!!! I didn't realize that I was in trouble until I read Jesse Kornbluth's review of Charla Krupp's, How Not to Look Old: Fast ... http://www.menopausetheblog.com/2008/07/08/theres-no-shortage-of-advice-on-defying-aging/ Did you catch Tara Parker-Pope's Health column in the New York Times on Monday of this week? She listed the "11 Best Foods You Aren't Eating," according to Jonny Bowden, PhD, nutritionist and author of The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth. With all the "best foods for you" lists out ... http://www.menopausetheblog.com/2008/07/02/healthful-foods-you-probably-arent-eating/ Over the weekend, I turned on the TV for one hour in the afternoon and just about every commercial was for a pharmaceutical drug. I was appalled. I think the ads condition people to think that there's a magic pill for nearly every ailment, so why be vigilant about your ... http://www.menopausetheblog.com/2008/06/30/doctors-personal-do-not-take-lists/ I came across a relatively new book on women's health by Nieca Goldberg, M.D., a physician in New York City who is the medical director of NY University's Women's Heart Program. "Dr. Nieca Goldberg's Complete Guide to Women's Health" focuses on women over 35 and I have to say it's ... http://www.menopausetheblog.com/2008/06/23/recommended-reading-dr-nieca-goldbergs-guide-to-womens-health/