Functional Medicine | Women's Health
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND As many of you know, I am an avid runner and in the past couple of years have been learning more and more about how training needs to change once we reach our mid-40’s or ‘perimenopause’ years, and extending through post-menopause. If you exercise or train regularly, you may have noticed some of these changes too, such …
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By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND Based on the people in our lives, and our observational experience, we often have ideas of what aging looks and feels like. I hear people saying that changes in their body, energy and health are due to aging as young as 30 years old. Yes with advanced age, the body does begin to break down gradually, but that doesn’t …
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By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND Heart health has been coming up in many consultations lately, and since February is Heart Health Month, and I wanted to share some newer information with you about how to more accurately assess your cardiovascular risk, which then provides a very clear roadmap for your personalized prevention. In cardiovascular …
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND I gave a full-house talk last week on steps you can take now for Alzheimer’s prevention, and wanted to share with all of you the most important take-home points. We tend to think of Alzheimer’s disease as something that cannot be treated or prevented, but recently there has been more and more research on areas we can …
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By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND Your muscle is your largest endocrine organ, and many researchers suggest that we should be measuring muscle mass, rather than fat mass or BMI (body mass index) as a marker of health. The reason for this is that having more muscle mass is associated reduced disease risk, less chance of diabetes, better bone density, and …
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND After reading my recent blog post “Why all women should start thinking about Alzheimer’s prevention in their 40’s”, you may be interested in what an assessment looks like. Dr. Dale Bredesen has coined the term “cognoscopy” to describe the proactive screening we can initiate as young as 40 years old to identify and address …
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By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND Exercising only because you want to lose weight is still a very common perspective, and one I would like to challenge. First of all, if you're only working out or running to lose weight, you're likely approaching this from a negative or body punishing view-point. Moving just to burn off extra calories you ate simply leads …
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By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND I’ve been studying extensively the latest research, and especially the Functional Medicine approach to Alzheimer’s disease because it has become clear to me that this devastating condition is one of the most important things we need to focus on with women’s health. The statistics below will likely shock you as much as they …
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Something people ask me about every day is how to slow down early signs of aging. Studies show that at least 25% of adults in North America feel many years older than their chronological age, especially adults between the ages of 40-50. In other words, it's really common to be prematurely aging. There are so many areas we can address to …
