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Yummy Yams Heal the Menopausal Heart

Once menopause hits, women have to take top care of their hearts. Because yams are brimming with heart-healthy vitamins, you should enlist yams as guardians of your cardiovascular health. 1. Yams control blood pressure. One of your first lines of defense in heart health is maintaining low blood pressure. Many menopausal women experience rising blood pressure, though researchers are not sure why. The good news is that eating...
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Yam’s You’ll Love for Balancing Hormones

Coping with work, family, economic downturns and stress – women in midlife pull off quite a high-wire act each day. Menopausal symptoms can just make coping harder. Loaded with healing nutrients, try some yams to help balance hormonal symptoms. 1. Helping hormonal stability. Research has found that postmenopausal women who ate yams twice a day for 30 days increased their estrogen and other hormone levels by as much as 27%....
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Fish is Fabulous for Menopausal Health

Wild-caught, cold-water fish are the gems of a healthy menopausal diet. Just as prized jewels have deep color and rich sparkle, wild fish’s wide range of healing nutrients and rich taste can make both your taste buds and your body come alive. 1. Healing source of omega-3s. Cold-water, fatty fish, such as salmon, mackerel, rainbow trout and sardines, are rich in omega-3 fatty acids, vital to maintaining healthy glucose,...
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Whole Grains Give You a Healthy Menopause

Whole grains should be a nutritional fundamental in your diet. Why? Because there’s nothing whole grains can’t do in terms of protecting you from menopausal disease. Loaded with antioxidants and vitamins, whole grains like wheat, brown rice, and quinoa are proven to reduce your risk for hormonal symptoms, cancer, and heart disease. 1. More nutritious than refined grains. Because they retain their outer shells, where the...
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Avoid White Foods for Menopausal Health

Once upon a time, when it was more expensive and difficult to process them, “white” grains were considered more desirable. But today we know that white flour and white rice are simply not good for you. These grains are missing vital nutrients menopausal women need to protect themselves against obesity, cancer and heart disease – all potentially deadly risks for women in midlife. 1.White foods downgrade health. White...
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The Wonder of Walnuts During Menopause

Yep, good things come in small packages. When it comes to the rich nutritional value of walnuts, these little guys are big healing agents for almost every disease a menopausal woman faces. 1.  Walnuts have many minerals. As you face the growing risk of heart disease and osteoporosis, fight back with the magnesium in walnuts. Magnesium is a crucial player in helping bones stay strong as estrogen levels decrease. One-quarter...
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Veggies to the Rescue During Menopause

Fresh, organic vegetables are your best ally once menopause hits. Rich in vitamins, antioxidants and minerals, veggies are plant-powerhouses that can reduce hot flashes, while also dramatically lowering your chances of heart disease and osteoporosis. 1. Veggies love your heart. The bright colors in vegetables are what signal that they are high in flavonoids, antioxidants that limit LDL (bad) cholesterol and boost...
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Trans-fats Strike a Blow to Menopausal Health

Hydrogenated oils, or trans-fats, are the double agents of the food industry. They’re in the food you eat, but they work for the Big Food industry, profiting from products with a longer shelf life. Worse, they seriously undermine your menopausal health. 1. Snub hydrogenated oils. Hydrogenated oils contain the trans fatty acids, or trans-fats favored by the food industry because they have a longer shelf life. What’s more,...
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Soy: A Friend to the Menopausal Heart

During and after menopause, your heart needs as many friends as it can get. Make soy your new best nutritional buddy. It is chock-full of phytoestrogens, plant-derived estrogens that are help heal the heart. 1. Soy’s “estrogen effect.” Two soy phytoestrogens — the isoflavones daidzein and genistein — are like puzzle pieces that perfectly fit the shape of the estrogen receptors in cell membranes. This ability allows...
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Soft Drinks are Hard on Menopausal Health

Americans consume close to 50 billion liters of soda per year—about 57 gallons per person (see graph) according to the National Soft Drink Association. The problem is that soda is linked to heart disease, diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis and depression – all increased threats to women in midlife. 1. Sugary soft drinks hurt the heart. Drinking a soft drink or more a day – the national average — ends up equaling the...
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Cut Refined Oils from Your Menopause Diet

Ban industrially processed cooking oils from your menopausal diet! Low in nutrients and healthy fats, often rancid, they contribute to heart disease, cancer and osteoporosis–all big threats to women after menopause. 1.  Refined oils hurt healthy fats. Because they are commercially-processed, often with high heat, refined oils, such as corn, safflower, sunflower and canola, are low in nutrients and high in omega-6...
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Cool Menopause with Healthy Red Meat

In midlife, you need the nutrients in red meat; you just don’t need the unhealthy omgea-6 fats and additives in most of today’s commercial products. Give your heart, bones and brain a menopausal boost by indulging in high-quality red meat, just less often. 1. A new diet for midlife. After menopause, you face a greater risk of heart disease and osteoporosis. Our diet is way too high in omega-6 fatty acids, which are linked...
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