Did you know that women are three times more likely to die of heart disease than breast cancer? Knowing how to keep your heart healthy, and help prevent attack or stroke, is critical at menopause when the risk increases.
Have you reduced cholesterol to help lose weight or improve heart health? That advice is flawed as it is not dietary cholesterol that is the problem. Progesterone is known to protect your heart so have you got the right balance now?
Strokes can be fatal and HRT is implicated, so why recommend women to start using it even earlier when bioidentical natural progesterone will help protect them?
Strokes and heart disease, often related to oestrogen dominance, carry an increased risk at menopause. Hormone balance, and these simple tips, will help you stay heart healthy.
Many women find at menopause that their blood pressure creeps up. It may be added weight, less exercise or thyroid problems but your health will benefit by helping reduce it naturally.
Stroke risk increases at menopause and heart health is improved by reducing oestrogen and increasing progesterone levels. However there is also an important mineral that can help women lower their risk.
New research shows you the most healthy waist size, but if you are struggling with menopausal weight gain make sure you tackle hormone imbalance as well as your diet.
A new front runner for risk has emerged and that is a lack of physical activity – greater even than being overweight – and hormone balance also has a part to play in reducing that risk at menopause.
Heart disease is a major health risk for women at menopause and statins are the new ‘wonder’ cure, but supporting heart health with bioidentical hormones may well be a safer option with no side effects.
After the age of 50, nearly half of all deaths in women are due to some form of cardiovascular disease. Progesterone helps support healthy heart function, and changing your diet can reduce your risk.