Chin Hairs, Breakouts And A Thicker Middle
Coarse hairs on your chin, spots along your jaw, and a waist that has thickened. In your forties these often share one cause. Here is how insulin nudges your hormones, and what helps.
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Plain explanations of how an ordinary meal behaves once it is inside you, written for women over 40 who feel more tired than they used to.
Nothing here asks you to eat less or try harder. You have already done that, and it worked less well than it used to.
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Free food swap chart
Twenty-eight everyday meals and groceries, each with a small change next to it. Nothing gets removed from your plate. Print it, or keep it on your phone.
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Blood sugar
Doesn't Spike Doesn't Mean Fine
Bacon does not raise your blood sugar, and fruit sometimes does. Neither fact tells you which one is good for you. Here are three foods where the spike test gets it wrong.
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Blood sugar
Five Signs Your Insulin Is Running High
Your blood sugar test came back normal, and you still feel off. Insulin can run high for years before blood sugar moves. Here are five signs worth noticing.
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Habits
Power Is The First Thing To Go
You hesitate before stepping off a high kerb. You grab the rail on the stairs. It is not strength you are losing first, it is power. Here is why it matters, and how to keep it.
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Perimenopause
Seven Signs Your Progesterone Is Dropping
Lying awake at eleven, awake again at four, on edge the week before your period. These can all trace back to one hormone. Here are the signs, and what is yours to work with.
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Perimenopause
Ten Foods For A Stressful Week
Cortisol is useful in small doses and hard on you when it stays high. Food cannot take the stress away, but it can support how you handle it. Here are ten that help.
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Food swaps
The Fruit Bowl, Ranked For Steady Energy
Fruit is good for you, and it is not all the same. Some carry more fibre than sugar, some the other way round. Here is the order, and how to eat the rest.
