Blood sugar, or glucose, is your body's primary energy source, derived mainly from carbohydrates in our diet. When you eat, your digestive system breaks down food into glucose, which then enters your bloodstream. The hormone insulin, produced by the pancreas, helps transport this glucose into your cells for energy or storage.
How does this impact weight, mood and hormones?
Today's wellness ideas are meant to be a list of simple and easy things to incorporate into your daily life to help with your overall well-being. They cover the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of your life, which I believe make up holistic wellness. I don't do all of these every day, but I do incorporate most of them each week. I find when I do, I'm better able to help those around me and show up for my life as the best version of myself.
After we turn 30 we begin to lose bone density, which accelerates at perimenopause and really advances once we hit menopause around 50.
Menopause dramatically speeds up bone loss. After menopause, your ovaries stop producing the hormone estrogen, which helps keep your bones strong.
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