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21/10/2026

Hype or Health: Seed cycling!
What does the research look like?
A 2025 systematic review pulled together 10 studies with 635 women in total. The research so far focuses on PMS and PCOS, not everyday “hormone balance.” The results leaned positive, especially for flax and sesame seeds and PMS symptoms.
But the reviewer rated the evidence as moderate quality, with small samples and no standard way of doing it.

Some studies tested the seeds themselves, not the swap-by-phase part.

Our verdict is that seed cycling is promising enough to study properly, but not strong enough to sell you a “hormone reset.” If you see a seed cycling kit promising to fix your hormones, that’s your cue to scroll on.

Painful, heavy or irregular periods, or PMS that knocks you flat, deserve a proper look. Chat to your GP or book a micro-consult with one of our practitioners in the Anni app. Link in bio

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18/10/2026

Happy World Menopause Day to everyone in it, through it, or just starting to wonder if this is it.

This year’s global theme is chronic pain at midlife, which is often overlooked and always worth raising.
A media lesson worth remembering: in 2002, coverage of one major study saw many Australian women stop menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) almost overnight. In one South Australian survey, use among women over 50 fell from 28% to around 10%. Research since has shown that benefits and risks depend on things like age, timing and type, so it’s a chat worth having with your GP.

Every experience is different. In Jean Hailes’ national survey, around 1 in 4 midlife Australian women said symptoms they linked to menopause made daily life hard, while another quarter said they had little impact.
Talking works. Since the 2024 Senate inquiry, there’s now a Medicare rebate for menopause health assessments.

Send this to someone going through it, save it for later, and follow for more. If you’d like support, book a micro-consult® in the Anni app. 🌸

Every person who books an Anni micro-consult comes for a different reason:- gut health- skin that won’t settle- hormones...
23/09/2026

Every person who books an Anni micro-consult comes for a different reason:
- gut health
- skin that won’t settle
- hormones
- stuff that’s harder to say out loud. 💭

These are our members’ own words about their experiences with Anni experts.

So whatever’s on your mind, there’s a qualified professional ready for it: qualified, udgement-free, no waiting room.

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19/09/2026

The international study led by Mayo Clinic and Flo App earlier this year was the largest perimenopause study to date, and gave us some important reality checks. The report was underscored by a significant gap between what women expect perimenopause to feel like, and what it actually feels like.

Women are experiencing symptoms earlier and more intensely than expected.
Symptoms are also getting dismissed more often than they should be by family, doctors, friends and even themselves.

Doctors aren’t a scapegoat here. Most GPs get about ten minutes with you and limited training in this specific hormonal stage. Sometimes the level of care and detail needed can’t be met under such a time crunch.
While we wait for the the system to catch up, here’s what you can do to maximise the time you do have:

1. track your symptoms across a couple of cycles,
2. get specific (sleep, mood, cycle, skin — whatever it is)
3. Bring that list to your next appointment instead so you can tackle your specific concern with your practitioner right away

If you want more than ten minutes to actually be heard, That’s what a micro-consult® with an Anni practitioner is for. No waitlist, no Dr Google spiral.

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Out of the seven things women’s health stopped guessing about this week, our team was surprised by this one: A new analy...
16/09/2026

Out of the seven things women’s health stopped guessing about this week, our team was surprised by this one:
A new analysis of the Framingham Heart Study (6,760 women, 14 years) found the rise in pulse pressure we’ve long blamed on menopause actually begins in women’s late 30s - regardless of when menopause hits (American Heart Association, Hypertension, 14 Sep 2026). It’s observational, so it shows a pattern rather than a cause. The takeaway is clear: heart health starts earlier than we’ve been told.

Also this week:
🔴 The world’s first international standard on menstruation + menopause at work launched — and ISO made it free (7 Sep).
🔴 Menopause was documented in only ~7% of nearly 396,000 women’s health records. We can’t treat what we don’t measure.
🔴 A UCL analysis of 201 menopause supplements found limited evidence, wild dosing and £1.50–£95 price tags (UK data).
🔴 Cedars-Sinai found the small-bowel microbiome differs by s*x. One bacteria community appeared only in women.
🔴 Continuous hormone monitoring inched closer, and Norway’s biggest bank launched a global women’s health fund.

The theme? Measure it properly, or stop guessing.
Save this 🔖send it to a friend who needs it, and read the full reviews in our latest Bots & Gals issue — link in bio.
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Which one made you go “wait, WHAT”?

Some women are posing as men just to get their hormones. That’s where menopause care is at. 🩺A Welsh menopause specialis...
09/09/2026

Some women are posing as men just to get their hormones. That’s where menopause care is at. 🩺

A Welsh menopause specialist says patchy NHS access is pushing women to buy testosterone online — some turning up with levels up to 12× the safe range, risking permanent side effects. The problem isn’t the hormone. It’s a system where whether you get treated depends on your postcode.

The rest of this week’s access story:

→ The US FDA confirmed a demand-driven squeeze on oestradiol (MHT) patches — supply’s nearly doubled in a year after a Nov 2025 US labelling change (an American regulatory move; AU prescribing is unchanged).
→ A small UCLA study (20 women, no placebo group) found a year of estriol + progesterone eased brain fog, memory and focus — promising, but read it as an early signal, not a verdict: the lead researcher has commercial ties to the treatment.
→ A Canadian survey of 2,045 adults found 53% of women live with a chronic condition and 64% struggle to raise health topics with their GP — among Gen Z women with a chronic illness, 92% have had to repeat their full history to a new provider.
→ Oura’s IPO filing shows ~72% of its 5M paid members are women, revenue up 74% to US$1.21B — its menopause tracker now feeding real clinical referral pathways.
→ Spain’s iPremom raised EUR15M for a blood test targeting preeclampsia (which affects up to ~8% of pregnancies) from as early as nine weeks.
→ And the Australasian Menopause Society congress lands in Sydney this week (11–13 Sep) — a rare menopause headline on home soil.

Save this 🔖 and send it to a woman who’ll want to know. Every story, with sources linked, is in this week’s Bots & Gals — link in bio.

And when the news raises a question about your body, you don’t have to Google it alone. A private micro-consult® with an Anni practitioner gives you a real answer — alongside your GP of. Anni makes it better.

Which article piqued your interest the most?

31/08/2026

New reporting this week found a growing number of Australian women in their late 30s to 50s are drinking more heavily during perimenopause. This is often to self-soothe anxiety they can’t quite explain (ABC News/AAP, 15 Aug 2026).

Addiction specialist Dr Chris Davis, co-founder of the Clean Slate Clinic, says most of his patients are women in this age bracket, despite men being statistically twice as likely to have an alcohol use disorder. His explanation: alcohol and progesterone both stimulate GABA production in the brain. As progesterone declines in perimenopause, reaching for alcohol can feel like chasing the same calming effect.

This isn’t about willpower it’s about It’s neuroscience and deserves to be talked about as openly as any other perimenopause symptom.

If this sounds familiar, that’s worth a real conversation, not a Google spiral. Share this with a girlfriend and let’s talk in the comments 🩷

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Nearly 6 in 10 women aged 18–29 say they get health and wellness information from social media influencers and it’s 10% ...
19/08/2026

Nearly 6 in 10 women aged 18–29 say they get health and wellness information from social media influencers and it’s 10% higher than young men their age (Pew Research Center, US survey, July 2026).
We get why. When appointments are rushed and the question feels embarrassing, a familiar face on your phone can feel easier than a stranger in scrubs.

But here’s the catch: young women are also far more likely to be served beauty content and sponsored product placement dressed up as health advice. Often, there’s no expert, no evidence and no accountability behind it.

You shouldn’t have to choose between a GP who has eight minutes for you and a stranger with a ring light and a theory.
Have you ever gone down a wellness rabbit hole on social media? Let’s talk about it in the comments or
share it with a friend who’s in the same boat.
When you’re ready for a real answer, ask an Anni expert.
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29/07/2026

Dry eyes. Aching joints. Brain fog. A gut that’s suddenly gone rogue. Been told to just push through these “discomforts”?

Here’s what Hollywood skips: perimenopause is so much more than hot flushes.

As your ostrogen shifts, the ripple can reach places you’d never think to be affected by hormones like your joints, your focus, your gut, even your eyes.

It may not be “just getting older,” and it’s not something you have to white-knuckle on your own.

Luckily, there’s someone for the piece that’s bugging you
🌷 Gut gone rogue → nutritionists like Green & Well Nutrition & Dr Andrea Robertson - Osteopath/Naturopath/Nutritionist/Barre
🌷Skin not itself → Skin experts like Dua | South Morang Skin Specialist & DERMAL CLINICIAN SUNSHINE COAST
🌷S*x becoming dry, painful and not that appealing -> Qualified s*xologists
🌷 Foggy, wired, restless → Sleep and stress experts

And some of these are worth a chat with your GP too - we’re here alongside your care, never instead of it.
A micro-consult® is a small, no-judgement way to get real support for what’s actually going on.
Save this for the day you need the reminder, come say hi in the comments, and follow Ask Anni for more.

27/07/2026

Meet the team! When we say that Anni makes it better, it doesn’t come from nowhere.
Anni is our go to for quick and affordable health advice, and our founder Anna Lee-Renwick is no stranger to a micro-consult. Here at Anni, we know that advice hits harder coming from an expert, not an algorithm.
Hit the link in bio to get your own “ah hah” moment with an expert who cares.

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