Menopause Weight Gain Why It Happens and What Actually Works
Reviewed by pharmacist Vilma Mendonça, CRF 9930RJ – Specialist in Phytotherapy and Homeopathy This post contains Amazon affiliate links. You haven’t changed your diet or your level of physical activity, yet your body is changing. Weight is accumulating exactly where you least want it: in the abdominal area. This is one of the most frustrating […]
Menopause and Sleep: Why Can’t You Sleep?
Reviewed by Pharmacist Vilma Mendonça, CRF 9930RJ — Specialist in Phytotherapy and Homeopathy This post contains affiliate links Amazon It’s 3 a.m. You’re awake again. Not because of noise, stress, or any specific reason nothing you can put your finger on. You’re simply awake: mind alert, body restless, staring at the ceiling as the hours […]
Anxiety During Menopause It Is Not Psychological It Is Hormonal
Reviewed by Pharmacist Vilma Mendonça, CRF 9930RJ – Specialist in Phytotherapy and Homeopathy Contains Amazon link You never had anxiety before. Or maybe you had mild, manageable anxiety. But now, around age 40 or 50, something has changed. You feel tense for no apparent reason. Your heart races at night. You wake up at 3 […]
HOW LONG DO MENOPAUSE SYMPTOMS LAST?
A Pharmacist Explains the Real Timeline Reviewed by Pharmacist Vilma Mendonça, CRF 9930RJ — Specialist in Phytotherapy and Homeopathy This article contains Amazon links How long is this going to last? This is one of the first questions women ask when they realize what’s happening to their bodies. And it’s one of the ones […]
Best Exercises for Hip Pain During Menopause
A Pharmacist’s Complete Guide Reviewed by Pharmacist Vilma Mendonça, CRF 9930RJ — Specialist in Phytotherapy and Homeopathy This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you Your hips hurt. You know movement should help, but every time you try, something hurts more, or you […]
Sarcopenia in Menopause: Why You Lose Muscle So Fast
Reviewed by Pharmacist Vilma Mendonça, CRF 9930RJ – Specialist in Phytotherapy and Homeopathy You have noticed that your strength is not what it used to be. Climbing stairs tires you more. Carrying groceries has become harder. Your body feels heavier but at the same time, weaker. And the scale shows a similar number to before, […]
Menopause Hip Pain at Night: Why It Happens and How to Sleep Without Pain
Reviewed by Pharmacist Vilma Mendonça, CRF 9930RJ – Specialist in Phytotherapy and Homeopathy This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you It’s 2 a.m. You’re Exhausted. And your Hip Hurts Terribly See exactly what’s going on and what you can do tonight […]
Perimenopause: What It Is, When It Starts, and Why Nobody Prepared You for It
Reviewed by Pharmacist Vilma Mendonça, CRF 9930RJ — Specialist in Phytotherapy and Homeopathy This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you You are 38, 40, 43 years old. Your menstrual cycles have changed sometimes shorter, sometimes longer, sometimes just different. You sleep […]
Vaginal Dryness in Menopause
Reviewed by Pharmacist Vilma Mendonça, CRF 9930RJ — Specialist in Phytotherapy and Homeopathy There is a symptom that affects more than half of all women. After menopause and most of them suffer in silence for years before ever mentioning it to a doctor. Vaginal dryness. Not just dryness during sex. Daily dryness. The kind that […]
What Happens to Cartilage During Menopause
Reviewed by Pharmacist Vilma Mendonça, CRF 9930RJ Specialist in Phytotherapy and Homeopathy If your knees creak when you climb stairs, your hips ache in the morning, or your fingers feel stiff before your first cup of coffee you are not imagining it, and you are not “just getting old.” What you are experiencing has […]