The 7 Things Every Woman Over 50 Should Do For Better Health
As a woman over 50, you’ve been riding the hormonal roller coaster. I hope you fastened your seat belt, because three key hormonal issues — sex hormone imbalances, stress, and thyroid problems — can make the ride particularly bumpy.
"First, perimenopause often starts around 40, ushering in a 10-year period of fluctuations in the sex hormones estrogen and progesterone until menstrual periods stop. After menopause, those vital hormones can drop to almost undetectable levels. Estrogen and progesterone imbalances and deficiencies can cause weight gain, brain fog, fatigue, low sex drive, hot flashes, and a long list of other symptoms.
Second, stressors like the workplace, finances, relationships, caring for children and aging parents, chronic sleep deprivation, and a less-than-perfect diet can all trigger a tsunami of stress hormones. Stress hormone imbalances can disrupt your sleep cycles, worsen fatigue, and make you very effective at storing fat where you least want it: your belly."
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