Midlife Wellness Blog

If you have been experiencing symptoms of hormonal imbalance, such as chronic pain, trouble sleeping, appetite changes, and weight gain, you might be wondering what treatment options are available.  Before looking at medial intervention, you can start with daily, healthy habits. This includes switching up your diet. Here are some tips that you can try that can help a lot with hormonal imbalance. Apple Cider Vinegar You have likely heard of people talking about apple cider vinegar recently and discussing the many health benefits of it. Apple cider vinegar has many health benefits for you, even aside from helping with your hormonal imbalance. It can lower your cholesterol, help with your blood sugar levels, and even aid in your weight loss efforts. ACV is also amazing for your digestion and fatty liver.  Since apple cider vinegar is fermented, it is amazing for your gut bacteria, which in turn can help balance those hormones. Add a little ACV to your water each morning, and you’...

If you are a woman in midlife, you may be starting to notice some changes in your body as well as how you are feeling. Some women will feel this more than others. You may be one of the women that feel like the subject of menopause still feels a little taboo and also that it is hard to find information about what you are going through. A lot of women also cite that they don’t feel they get much support from their doctor.   I wanted to, in this blog, to shed some insight into the stages of menopause as there are various stages and the entire process can take several years. Menopause indicates the end of reproduction for a woman. Commonly, women reach  menopause in their 40s or 50s, with the average age being 51.   The stages for a woman transitioning to menopause are as follows: Perimenopause - meaning “around or near menopause.” It can start in your early to mid-forties but for some women it can start in their late thirties.  During this stage, women begin to experie...