Creatine and Resistance Training for Women

Creatine and Resistance Training for Women

Creatine can be a useful addition to a woman’s strength-training routine. Its best-established role is supporting performance in repeated short bursts of high-intensity exercise. Research on longer-term strength and lean mass in women is more...
Creatine During Perimenopause: What to Know

Creatine During Perimenopause: What to Know

Creatine may be worth considering if you want to get more from strength training during midlife. Research specifically in perimenopausal women is still limited, however, and most of the stronger evidence comes from the broader...
Creatine and Muscle After 40: What Women Should Know

Creatine and Muscle After 40: What Women Should Know

Women can build strength and muscle after 40. Regular resistance training and enough protein provide the foundations, while creatine may add a modest benefit to some training routines. Research in older and postmenopausal women is...
Creatine for Women: The Complete Guide

Creatine for Women: The Complete Guide

Creatine is a naturally occurring compound that helps the body rapidly recycle energy, particularly during repeated bursts of high-intensity activity. Women make creatine and obtain some from food, but supplements can increase muscle creatine stores....
Supporting your body while losing weight on GLP-1 medication

Supporting your body while losing weight on GLP-1 medication

GLP-1 weight-loss medications have changed the conversation around weight management. By helping to reduce appetite and increase feelings of fullness, they can make it easier for people to eat less and achieve significant weight loss....
Creatine and Electrolytes: Can You Take Them Together?

Creatine and Electrolytes: Can You Take Them Together?

Yes. Creatine and electrolytes can be taken together, including in the same drink. They are different substances with different roles: creatine helps replenish phosphocreatine stores used to produce energy during repeated bursts of high-intensity exercise,...
Lion’s Mane Mushroom: A Natural Ally for Brain Health During Menopause

Lion’s Mane Mushroom: A Natural Ally for Brain Health During Menopause

Many women navigating perimenopause and menopause find that alongside hot flashes and sleep changes, they also experience “brain fog” moments of forgetfulness, difficulty concentrating, and slower mental processing. While this isn’t a clinical diagnosis, it’s a...
Why Sodium Chloride Matters: A Deep Dive Into Electrolytes and Hydration

Why Sodium Chloride Matters: A Deep Dive Into Electrolytes and Hydration

When it comes to staying hydrated, whether you’re training hard, living an active life, or just trying to keep your energy up throughout the day, water alone isn’t always enough. That’s because hydration isn’t just...
Clearing the Cloud: Brain Fog in  Menopause -  What It Is and How to Fight Back

Clearing the Cloud: Brain Fog in Menopause - What It Is and How to Fight Back

Many women describe perimenopause and menopause as a time of stress, hot flashes, night sweats and the worst being brain fog. That fuzzy feeling many experience, forgetfulness, difficulty concentrating, mental sluggishness, losing track mid-sentence or struggling...