Most women can’t wait to give Aunt Flo the boot. After all, she’s moody, messy and shows up uninvited every month.

But new research suggests that having more years between your first period and your last comes with some serious health perks later in life.

And it has nothing to do with what’s happening below the belt. 4

In the study , University of Auckland researchers analyzed brain scans from more than 1,000 postmenopausal women and spotted a striking pattern.

Those who got their first period earlier, went through menopause later or simply had more years in between showed noticeably slower signs of brain aging.

“These findings support the idea that estradiol — the most potent and prevalent form of estrogen during a woman’s reproductive years — may help protect the brain as i

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