Women's health after 40, and what the research actually supports
How iron needs change around menopause? There is a particular bottle that sits in a lot of kitchens. It was bought during a stretch of heavy periods, or handed over by a mother who worried her daughter looked pale, and it has been part of the morning routine ever since. Then the periods stop. And … Read more
Red yeast rice has been sold as a cholesterol supplement for decades, and for most of that time the European Union agreed it worked. There was an authorised health claim on the books saying so. That claim is now gone, and the ingredient behind it sits under a restriction that caps how much can go … Read more
If you have read anything about keeping muscle after sixty, you have probably met the advice twice over: eat more protein, and lift something heavy. Omega-3 turns up as a third item on that list more and more often, usually with a line about protecting muscle as we age. That line has real research behind … Read more
A vitamin D result of 25 ng/mL is sufficient under one standard and insufficient under another. Both standards were set by major expert bodies, using largely the same evidence. Understanding why they differ explains more than the number itself does. Two thresholds, one evidence base The two positions are well documented because the bodies holding … Read more
User reports are the evidence people actually consult. Before a trial, before a label, someone reads what others said. For urinary health specifically, that data is harder to interpret than almost any other category — and the reason is structural rather than a matter of honesty. The one user-report database worth reading There is a … Read more