Perimenopause, menopause, or postmenopause brain fog? FNP-C Pamela Sloop breaks down the NIH-backed science behind citicoline and B12 in OmneDiem Brain Support+. You know the moment. You walk into a room and forget why. A name sits right on the tip of your tongue and refuses to come out. You reread the same paragraph three times because your brain simply will not hold onto it. Maybe you're deep in perimenopause. Maybe you're squarely in menopause. Maybe your last period was y

By Pamela Sloop, FNP-C Reading time: about 6 minutes If you’ve ever felt your knees pop as you stand up or noticed your hands feeling a bit stiff in the mornings, you’re not alone. In my nearly twenty years as a Family Nurse Practitioner specializing in women’s health, joint comfort often comes up as a top concern among my patients — especially around perimenopause and menopause. That timing is quite telling. Estrogen does quiet, protective work all over the musculoskeletal s

By Pamela Sloop, FNP-C Nature's toolkit for the menopausal transition: black cohosh, hops, and flaxseed. If you have followed my Supplement Savvy series for any length of time, you know how I feel about the supplement aisle: it can feel a little like standing in front of a wall of a thousand promises, all shouting at once. As a Family Nurse Practitioner who has spent nearly two decades in women’s health — and, full disclosure, a woman living through this season myself — my jo

If you’ve spent your whole life picturing creatine as something for young men grunting under a barbell, I understand completely — I did too, for years. But here is what I’ve come to appreciate, both as a Family Nurse Practitioner who has spent nearly two decades in women’s health and as a woman over 50 myself: creatine may be one of the most quietly powerful supplements available to women in our stage of life — and almost nobody is telling us about it.* So let’s change that.

Why Your Body Reacts Differently to Food & Drink After 40 — and How DAO Supplementation Can Help If you're a woman in your 40s or 50s and you've noticed that a glass of red wine gives you flushing, aged cheese triggers head discomfort, or your body seems to rebel against foods you've enjoyed for years, you are not imagining things. The hormonal shifts of perimenopause and menopause may profoundly change how your body processes histamine, a natural compound found in many foods

If you are someone who follows trends in health and beauty through social media, chances are you have been seeing a LOT of hype about something called Glutathione. Influencers and celebrities and others have been singing its praises for everything from anti-aging to disease prevention to skin lightening. But it is truly hard to know what is true and what is just hype and what is backed by science, especially since supplements are not regulated in the US the same way that medi

Vitamin D is an extremely important fat-soluble vitamin that has a crucial role in many vital processes in the body, yet Vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency are extremely common. As a matter of fact, Vitamin D deficiency is a global wide issue, with a billion or more people worldwide, and up to 42% of people in the US estimated to be Vitamin D deficient. But the good news here is that Vitamin D deficiency is treatable and preventable. What Is Vitamin D and What Does it D

I wanted to start my Supplement Savvy Series with Magnesium Supplements. I feel like Magnesium is a supplement that many people are familiar with, but because there are so many different types and formulations of magnesium with a lot of different names, picking the right one can be confusing, even overwhelming. So, what is Magnesium? Magnesium is a mineral that is involved with hundreds (300+) of bodily functions, including muscle activity, bone health, nerve transmission,

I have been in Women’s Healthcare for many years. Back when I first started, a cutting-edge supplement might be something like a multivitamin specifically formulated for women over fifty or a combination calcium with vitamin D. But a lot of things have changed over the years, and the supplement market is one of those things. Today there is an absolutely mind-boggling array of all kinds of supplements promising all kinds of benefits. I think that there are many reasons why t