Women's health after 40, and what the research actually supports
How hormonal change affects the body from perimenopause onward, with the approved claim scope and safety data for menopause supplements.
Framework comparisons are abstract. Following one ingredient through three regulators is not. Soy isoflavone is the ideal test case. All three jurisdictions looked at it. Two reached opposite conclusions on the same endpoint, and the third didn’t rule at all. What the EU concluded EFSA assessed soy isoflavones under Article 13(1) of the EU … Read more
Cranberry and urinary health is one of the oldest supplement stories there is. It’s also a useful case study, because three regulators looked at the same evidence and reached three different answers — and all three answers are still on shelves somewhere. If you’ve ever wondered why one product says the berry helps and another … Read more
The menopausal transition is the stretch of years before periods stop for good, when the body starts changing while cycles are still happening. Sleep gets patchy. Cycles drift. Something feels different, but a blood test comes back looking unremarkable — and the appointment ends without a clear answer. I used to assume a hormone panel … Read more
Reading FSH and estradiol on a lab report gets complicated fast when you’ve lived in more than one country. A number that looked alarming on a Seoul lab slip turns out to be unremarkable against the range your doctor at home used. Or the reverse. Before anything else: this is about understanding what’s printed on … Read more
Approved claims for menopause supplements mean something quite specific in Korea — and something quite different from what the same word means in the country you came from. A bottle on a Seoul pharmacy shelf and a bottle shipped from a US warehouse can carry similar-sounding promises while sitting under regulatory systems that barely resemble … Read more