The hormonal changes during menopause can affect your mental health. Exercise produces feel-good endorphins and can lower stress. Support your bone health. A loss of oestrogen can affect the health of your bones, but resistance training exercises can help to keep them strong. Exercise during and after menopause offers many benefits, including: preventing weight gain. …
Did you know that weight training is great for osteoporosis? We lose so much muscle as we age that by the time we’re 70, we only have about 50%-55% of our muscle mass left. That explains why we feel weak and tired as we age, and we can prevent some of that with weight training. Lifting weights …
What is intermittent fasting, and what does it do? Intermittent fasting, defined as periods of voluntary abstinence from food and drink, is an ancient practice followed in a variety of different formats by populations globally. Why fasting? Autophagy and cell maintenance! Intermittent fasting also stimulates autophagy while inhibiting the mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) protein …
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