Women all over the world will experience symptoms of peri- and post-menopause in their lifetime. This includes fatigue, difficulty sleeping, brain fog, hot flashes, weight gain, anxiety, depression, blood sugar instability and more. Though taking the medical route to treat these symptoms with hormone replacement therapy is an option, many women find themselves seeking alternate and more accessible routes—like dietary changes. Additionally, hormone replacement therapy changes nutrition...

We all want to glow. Hormonal changes in midlife directly impact skin physiology, changing its condition, its allure. The decline of estrogen, which regulates the quantity and quality of sebum in the sebaceous glands, leads to a sharp decrease in natural skin oil production, leaving the skin feeling dry and looking dull. The skin’s capacity to retain moisture is further aggravated by accompanying changes in lipid composition, elastin and collagen production (maintaining elasticity and...