Understanding menopausal symptoms

Alexandra Leon

[Return to previous article - Know your menopausal symptoms]    Perimenopause is caused by a decreased production of the hormone estrogen. How can one single hormone cause so many symptoms!? Well, a part from having an effect on your ovaries, estrogen affects multiple parts of the body such as the anterior pituitary...

Teaching kids the basics about eating healthy

Alexandra Leon

The food our kids eat is crucial for their development, mentally and physically. What they eat can also have a quite significant effect emotionally as well. Yet now a day it is easy to be overwhelmed by the constant bombardment on what’s best to eat. Food trends will come and go, but teaching...

Know your menopausal symptoms

Alexandra Leon

[Return to previous article - Breezing through to menopause] Menopause is inevitable, but suffering through perimenopause can be avoided! It’s important to ANTICIPATE the changes your body goes through in order to provide it with the SUPPORT it need for a smooth transition. The first step in preparing yourself for the...

Breezing through to menopause

Alexandra Leon

When someone mentions hot flashes, sleepless nights or mood swings, most people associate automatically to a 50 year old woman going through menopause right? Yet a lot of younger women spend years being affected by these symptoms, unaware of that they are dealing with perimenopause. Even though most commonly felt during the...