Menopause—a Treatable Triple Whammy for Chronic Pain

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Research shows that chronic pain is much more common in women than men. Research also repeatedly shows that women are more likely to be treated dismissively when discussing their pain, while receiving less effective treatment. 

A recent NIH funded study from UC San Francisco offers new insight into how female hormones help reduce pain. Researchers found that these hormones trigger immune cells near the spinal cord to produce natural opioids, which block pain signals before they ever reach the brain.

This adds to our understanding of why pain is more common in women. It also gives us a new pain treatment tool: Bioidentical hormone replacement (BHRT).

Vitamin Powder Wins 2025 Body Wellness Essentials Awards for Best Energy Product

Taste for Life® has introduced its new "Body Wellness Essentials Awards," celebrating some of the most innovative and effective solutions to support your health from head to toe. These awards recognize standout products that support mental health, immunity, digestion, beauty, fitness, and whole-body wellness at every stage of life.

We're proud to announce that the Fatigued to Fantastic™ Energy Revitalization Drink Mix, which Dr. Teitelbaum co-formulated with Terry Lemerond of EuroPharma's Terry Naturally line of nutritional products, is the 2025 winner for "Best Energy Product."

Inflammation Is Caused by Modern Life – and It's Preventable

It's estimated that excess inflammation contributes to 80% of major diseases and over 50% of deaths. But what if this is avoidable — and fairly easily? Several recent studies suggest that it is.

A study recently published in Nature, and reported on in the New York Times, compared inflammation blood markers in industrialized countries (Italy and Singapore) with two indigenous, non-industrialized populations: the Tsimane from the Bolivian Amazon and the Orang Asli from Peninsular Malaysia. 

What they discovered challenges everything we thought we knew about inflammation and aging. In the non-industrialized populations, the typical rise in inflammatory markers that occurs with age was largely absent. This suggests that the chronic inflammation we often assume is a natural part of aging may actually be driven by modern life—and could be largely preventable!

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