Evidence-led health optimization for women 35+
What's actually happening — and what actually helps.
Hormones, nutrition, training, supplements and mind — researched from primary sources, graded by the strength of the evidence, and written without the fear or the sales pitch.
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- hormonesWhy your body composition changes after 40Everyone told me it was my metabolism slowing down. When I went looking for what the research actually measured, the story turned out to be about muscle, where fat is stored and hormones, and it was considerably more complicated.
- hormonesWhat actually changes in your hormones from 35 onwardsNobody told me how much of life hormones reach into. So I went looking for what actually happens to estradiol, progesterone, FSH, AMH and testosterone, in what order, and why the effects show up far beyond your periods.
- hormonesHow would you actually know you're in perimenopause?Hot flashes are the symptom everyone has heard of, and they're often not the first thing to change. I looked at which signs are well defined, which are common but poorly studied, and why there's no single test.
- supplementsMagnesium for women over 40: what it does and doesn't help withMagnesium is sold for sleep, anxiety, cramps, migraine, hot flashes and "hormone balance". I take it myself, so I went looking for what the trials found on each of those, one at a time.
- supplementsCreatine for women over 40: what the research shows, and what it doesn'tEveryone seems to be taking it, and the claims don't agree with each other. I went looking for what the trials actually measured — on muscle, on bone, on dose, and on the things people worry about.