Anyone in their 40s/50s plus had a health wake up call?

It's fermented fungi spores, they grow it xx

Absolutely and the benefits outweigh me being ridiculous about it, I have never had it again 😆

There are a growing number of people who have an intolerance to Quorn (myself included) Apparently it's an intolerance to the mycoprotein in it. If I eat it I feel very nauseous and can get an upset stomach. It can also become worse the more times you eat it... resulting in vomiting. In extreme cases it can cause anaphylaxis.
There have been several MN threads about it in the past if you do a search. I definitely won't be touching the stuff again!

@Pebble21uk my mum vomits with quorn and has terrible stomach pain. But she is fine with regular mushrooms which are meant to be very good for you. Some varieties are even meant to have cancer fighting properties. Turkey tail I think they call it. Or perhaps they just help improve the immune system. Either way, no to quorn, yes to mushrooms!

But don't eat them raw, always cooked. There's a website called nutrition facts dot org that is a wealth of information. It's a team of people who scour new research papers and highlight any new info relating to vegetables etc that we never get to hear about because there's no money to be made from telling people how amazing broccoli is! 🥦

@WoofWoofBeachLife if it's any consolation I still haven't started on the lift with Cee yet either 😂 My excuse is that I'm trying to sort out my eating plan first and I'm struggling to find a good time in the day to fit in exercise!

I can't eat any kind of mushroom these days which is sad. Took me a while to figure out what was making me ill. I guess Quorn would too

Joining in - in 45. Overweight by at least 3 stone. Underactive thyroid, anaemia, high blood pressure. The past few weeks I have been waking up multiple times overnight due to snoring, I wonder if its sleep apnoea. So yes, I need to crack on.

Challenges - I'm SO tired and overwhelmed. I have 2 primary DC, divorcing, work, animals. Its a lot

@Bemyclementine it is tough! Try and just change one very small thing at a time or it becomes too much and too overwhelming. I always tell myself that any small change is better than no change because I've tried to sustain too many things at once and then just blown it!

@PoseyFlump I'm fine with mushrooms as well - happily eat those several times a week. And YES to broccoli. I read somewhere years ago about it being a superfood and is always my go to green veg of choice now. I'll happily eat it hot or cold (but cooked). I think in general the brassica family are supposed to be really good for you.

Well I am feeling my 53 years this morning - I did about half an hour of weeding yesterday and my thighs hurt from all the crouching down (which they really shouldn't given it was only half an hour) and I woke up with a coughing fit this morning and thinking I might be coming down with something!

I'm still in bed, waiting for the painkillers to kick in and drinking coffee whilst listening to Cerys on 6 Music. Glad the DC are teens who also will lie in.

I'd quite like to watch that. I have read some of her books e.g. Mindfulness for the Frazzled. I'm doing ok. thanks

Can I join? 52, need to lose a couple of stone - really starting to feel age. Have recently given up drinking. Sleep is terrible. Have a fairly active job, which I love, but need to get fitter - and sleep better.

Have been shocked to the core by the death of a couple of ladies I used to work with in my old job both mid 50's both of cancer. As well as losing my lovely sister to cancer at 59. I'm 50 next year and I don't look after myself at all. A real wake up call.

Hello
I was on this thread possibly under another name.
I have taken the MN app off my phone to stop so much mindless scrolling - it has worked brilliantly tbh.
I am 45, overweight and just read today because I have ADHD I am at much higher risk of developing T2 diabetes.
This should be the wake up call.
Yet today I have had x 3 crisps and lots of chocolate.

Really appreciate this thread! I’m one year post breast cancer and the drugs I am taking have put me into menopause. Now I’ve got a band of bloat and fat around my middle that I just can’t shift… and clothes look awful on me! I was 50 this year and have really felt my age in the last year… as well as feeling my peace id mind being shattered since my health scare. I’ve got young children and parents that I care for and there is no option not to be around for them! Just wish I could feel less tired but hot sweats wake me several times a night inspite of medication and im permanently exhausted!

Talking of weight and flushes etc….. Broccoli is a cruciferous vegetable, it’s really good at lowering estrogen levels, great for young women, not so good for women in their 40s and 50s! Make sure your diets aren’t cruciferous heavy!

I think it probably does, but of course cruciferous includes cauliflower, kale etc…
I do really try to keep them low

Whereas lentils, beans and flax seeds are good for keeping estrogen levels high

Morning all, I hope you are all having a good day 😊

I'm feeling sad and tired of being me. I've had a chronic neurological involuntary movement disorder called tardive dyskinesia that was caused by some prescribed off label antipsychotic, and it's kind of like Tourette's and Parkinson's disease combined (I've already posted about this earlier in this thread).

I'm OK with it in some ways after nearly 9 (long!) years with it so far, but it's the other weird symptoms I get throughout the month that I'm pretty certain are tied into my hormonal fluctuations, including when mu oestrogen drops loads. I had a head injury and post concussion syndrome before my movement disorder and have never felt quite the same cognitively since, especially when I seem to have ongoing "brain fog", a horrible feeling of empty headedness, and a kind of chronic inability to be able to do much more than geveral day to day pottering around the house, looking after my 3 children.

I'm pretty sure my post concussion syndrome is the cause, along with my being a SAHM for about 6 years now. If I go back to work in a few months time, it will probably help me make my brain work a bit harder, but I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't petrified of dementia. I know that the risk of dementia isn't necessarily any higher after a TBI, but quire honestly, most days I feel so foggy that it's almost like having a bit of mild cognitive impairment.

I hate getting older and being a woman with a brain that doesn't work. 🥺

Rant over for today...😜🤣