Hormones can protect the heart in numerous ways, yet many are still confused about whether they are safe or not. Well, guess what? Many healthcare providers are still confused. Today I’m going to take a stab at demystifying this for you. Estrogen Estrogen’s role in cardiovascular health is complex- whether young, premenopausal, or postmenopausal! What […]
Hormones can protect the heart in numerous ways, yet many are still confused about whether they are safe or not. Well, guess what? Many healthcare providers are still confused. Today I’m going to take a stab at demystifying this for you. Estrogen Estrogen’s role in cardiovascular health is complex- whether young, premenopausal, or postmenopausal! What […]
Remember Billy Joel’s advice – working too hard can give you a heart attack! He’s right. The science has shown it! And, you guessed it, it is worse for women. In fact, women in corporate America have been shown to suffer from heart attacks at a rate 7x that of their non-working girlfriends. Why? It’s the stress. […]
Yesterday, I finally began reading & listening to (that’s how I do books that I really want to understand;) Metabiological – by Dr. Robert Lustig, a retired Pediatric Endocrinologist, who also has a degree in nutritional biochemistry. It is PROFOUND!! I highly recommend it, and I will certainly be sharing some of the pearls in […]
Women and Heart Disease Clearly, Heart Disease is in the news and has been for years, thanks to drug companies marketing their drugs and to the work of the “red dress campaign” . There are national programs to educate us about risk, yet often women do not realize it’s about them too! Heart disease is […]