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Menopausal Brain Fog: How to Think Clearly Again

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Dr Ghazala Aziz-Scott, specialist in integrative women’s health and bioidentical hormone balancing for the Marion Gluck Clinic, explores the menopause and associated brain fog that many women experience. Women in the menopausal age group are rocketing and “rocking it” in the workforce so being fabulous after 50 includes our brain health and retaining clarity and focus of mind. But does menopausal “brain fog” toss us out of the frying pan into the fire? In reality, 60% of women go through some midlife cognitive impairment, the most common being memory loss or forgetfulness. Misplacing your keys or phone is one thing, however, when it also impacts learning ability, information retention, goal setting and organisational skills, even simple tasks can feel challenging. Let’s not forget...
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How To Manage Weight Gain When Menopausal

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Article by Dr Marion Gluck Dr Marion Gluck, Founder of The Marion Gluck Clinic explains why weight gain is common during the Menopause and how women can go about managing their weight. As you get older, it is not unusual that maintaining your weight becomes more difficult. Weight gain during menopause is one particularly common issue that we see at the Marion Gluck Clinic, and whilst it’s not an inevitable symptom of menopause it is one of the most visible. Menopause is a natural transition for all women and relates to the end of a women’s fertility. Although often referred to as one phase, this time of your life is split into two periods. Perimenopause usually takes place anywhere from 40 years old and encompasses the time that...
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Menopausal and feeling down? The link between mental health and hormones

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Article by Dr Marion Gluck Dr Marion Gluck, founder of The Marion Gluck Clinic, explores the link between mental health and hormones, and while for women going through the menopause feeling low can be a common symptom, it doesn’t need to be the case! Whilst it is completely normal that everyone has moments that they feel low or down, especially if they are dealing with difficult circumstances or events, it is important to make the distinction between this and depression. The latter is a condition which requires appropriate treatment and is a state of ongoing low mood irrespective of circumstances that can lead to feelings of pessimism, despair and an inability to cope. Those who suffer from depression find that it often affects many areas of their lives,...
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Healthy Truffle Recipe

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Recipe Created by Christine Bailey Superfood Truffles These little chocolate nuggets are supercharged with chlorella to energise the body. Makes: 16 truffles Preparation time: 10 minutes Chilling time: 4 hours Ingredients: 115g cashew nut butter or tahini 60g maple syrup 2tbsp cacao powder 60g melted dark chocolate 60g dried cranberries or cherries Pinch of sea salt 1tsp vanilla extract 1tsp Sun Chlorella powder 30g shelled hemp seeds Method: Place the cashew nut butter, maple syrup, cacao powder and melted chocolate in a food processor and combine. Add the remaining ingredients and process to form a dough. Chill in the fridge for several hours until firm enough to roll into balls. When the mixture is firm use a spoon to scoop out walnut size balls. Roll into balls and place on a sheet of baking parchment. Roll the...
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Dark Chocolate Chilli & Orange Flowers Recipe : Sugar Free and Vegan

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Recipe created by Joanne Wood aka The Balance Kitchen Course: Dessert Cuisine: English Prep time:5minutes Cook time:5minutes Chilling time:3hours Servings: 15 chocolates You will need: Silicone moulds Ingredients Option 1 – coconut oil Coconut Oil gives a creamier texture and tends to melt more easily in warmer weather if left at room temp. Cheapest option and easy to prepare. 100g coconut oil 25g raw cacao powder 5TBSP xylitol – powdered xylitol sugar alternative ground to a powder in a coffee grinder (available as Total Sweet) 2 tsp orange zest 1 pinch chilli powder Option 2 – 100% DARK CHOCOLATE 100% dark chocolate is becoming more widely available in supermarkets and shops. This recipe is mid-price, of the three options, is easy to prepare and gives a nice, hard consistency for finished chocolates. 100g 100% dark...
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Dark Chocolate Mousse Recipe for Vegans

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Recipe by Vegan Chef Day Radley This intense dessert is rich and the perfect end to a romantic or celebratory meal. It can easily be made in advance and sit in the fridge until you’re ready to eat it. Proper prep time : 20 minutes Chill time: 1 hour Serves/makes 2 mousse Skill level: Easy Ingredients 90g dark cooking chocolate, with at least 60% cocoa solids 120ml aquafaba, water from a can of chickpeas Pinch of cream of tartar 80g frozen raspberries A few chopped nuts Equipment Large bowl Bowl and pan for melting chocolate Electric whisk Mixing spoon ? Possible additions ? Spices such as ground cinnamon, ginger or cardamom ? Flavourings such as rum or rose ? Top with crushed up cookies or whipped coconut cream Method Put the chocolate in a glass bowl in a pan of water, bring to the boil and then simmer, until melted. Put...
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Online Dating over 50: How I Rescued My Sister from a Romance Scam Criminal

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Article By Shelley Frost I didn’t want to believe it. I pretended like everything was fine. But when my sister’s online boyfriend told her to call him King and he will call her Queen, I finally accepted that she was caught in a romance scam. Why did this little detail pull the trigger for me to begin an investigation? I was guessing that some of these scammers juggle multiple victims. The chances that he will mistakenly say the name of one of his ladies while talking to another is too risky. Having his women respond to the name Queen ensures that he won’t screw up anytime soon, and the money keeps flowing. But at the time when I deduced her guy was a bad guy, I knew very little about...
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Relationships over 50: 7 surprising relationship lessons you can learn from movies

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Article by Dawud Gurevitch Whether you’re a filmophile, a filmophobe or somewhere in-between, movies can do much more than simply entertain us. Yes, the film industry exists primarily for this reason in exchange for our Netflix membership or our cinema ticket fee (before the pandemic) but did you realise that some movies can teach us surprising lessons about life and relationships? In this article I touch upon seven popular films that each reveal a different take on love and life in all its glory, which doesn’t mean that everything you will see and hear in them will be “sunshine and rainbows” as my wife likes to call it, but will mean that overall you get a realistic view of some of the very things we live for: love, laughter,...
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Healthy Eating Over 50: Butternut Squash Soup Recipe

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Recipe by Chef Day Radley, the founder of The Vegan Chef School Making healthy, tasty food doesn’t have to take a long time or be complicated. In this simple seasonal recipe the veggies are roasted for 30 minutes, without oil, and then blended. What could be easier?! Prep time – 15 minutes Cook time – 35 minutes Difficulty – Easy Serves / makes – 2 large or 4 small portions Ingredients 1kg squash, either butternut or turban 1 onion, 150g 4 garlic cloves, 20g 50g sunflower seeds The leaves from a large stalk of rosemary 1x400g can chickpeas, drained and rinsed 1 litre of water 1T stock powder or stock cube 1T red miso paste, you can also use white or brown miso paste 1t pink or black peppercorns Vegan cream or yoghurt to serve Equipment Baking tray Small frying pan Large saucepan Hand blender Pestle and mortar Method Heat your oven to...
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Menopause: 5 ways to be more intimate and open a deeper connection with your partner this Valentine’s

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Article by Dr Marion Gluck Life is overwhelming at the moment. Home-schooling, WFH or being with your partner 24/7 can all cause us to become more snappy and less patient or even feeling less connected. But what if there is another underlying reason that you can’t get in the mood? The Marion Gluck Clinic offers its top tips on how to be more intimate and open a deeper connection with your partner this Valentine’s. Remember physical touch and sexual connection is an important and vital part of being human. Boost your testosterone levels Yes, women need testosterone and this is a key hormone in maintaining your sex drive. There are many foods that can help boost testosterone levels and these include eggs, almonds, oysters, spinach, salmon, tuna and bananas. Boosting...
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Menopausal Brain Fog: How to Think Clearly Again

How To Manage Weight Gain When Menopausal

Menopausal and feeling down? The link between mental health and hormones

Healthy Truffle Recipe

Dark Chocolate Chilli & Orange Flowers Recipe : Sugar Free and Vegan

Dark Chocolate Mousse Recipe for Vegans

Online Dating over 50: How I Rescued My Sister from a Romance Scam Criminal

Relationships over 50: 7 surprising relationship lessons you can learn from movies

Healthy Eating Over 50: Butternut Squash Soup Recipe

Menopause: 5 ways to be more intimate and open a deeper connection with your partner this Valentine’s

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