Savor Food
and Body Blog
Nutrition resources to help you undiet your life. Find strategies, podcasts, and inspiration to reclaim your health from diet culture with intuitive eating practices.
Empower Your Mind: How to Prioritize Brain Health During Menopause
Episode 97: How to harness the power of intuitive eating to improve brain health after 40. Add these 7 essential strategies to keep your mind sharp.
3 Unexpected Ways to Find Your Motivation in Menopause
Despite good intentions, dropping the ball on your health goals happens in your 40s. Try 3 unexpected ways to meet your health goals.
8 Strategies for Better Bone Health After 40
Maintaining bone health becomes increasingly important as you move through perimenopause and menopause. But! Don't let social media send you down a catastrophizing rabbit hole of doom if you and dairy aren't friends. "I'm a walking osteoporosis disaster," Sharon said...
Better Bones in Menopause; 2 Essential Strategies
If you're in perimenopause and menopause right now, you're bombarded with information about major health concerns like bone health, weight gain, brain health, and cardiovascular health. It's enough to keep you up at night! Let's tackle one of those - building strong...
The best nutrition advice for women over 40: Protein
Episode 84: How much protein should you eat to build or maintain muscle after 40? Will eating more protein help you lose weight?
Nutrition and Body Positive Resources
HEALTHY AT EVERY SIZE
Find Out Why Wellness Apps Like Noom® are Actually Diets.
Episode 23: Wellness Apps - With the sexy TV ads promising you a healthy relationship with food when you're done, you might think - "Wow, this is it! Finally, a wellness app that isn't about weight loss!" At least that's what I initially thought. The beautiful ad...
Who are you really fasting for?
Episode 24: Malak Saddy is back on the Savor Food and Body Podcast to give you a personal and professional view of how religious practices intersect with fasting, eating disorders, disordered eating, and body image. We might be fasting for many different reasons....
INTUITIVE EATING
3 Ways to Have Better Heart Health in Menopause
Heart health or cardiovascular disease is a big deal for women - especially if you want to live an active life well beyond menopause. Time to cut through the noise of heart-healthy-diet information! Keep it simple with my top 3 suggestions for heart-healthy eating....
How to eat for heart health after 40 – in real life
How to use gentle nutrition basics to promote heart health after 40 without compromising satisfaction or falling into the dumpster fire of diet culture.
PODCASTS
How to Love Your Body During Menopause
Episode 45: Are you struggling to love your body during menopause? You know the days when getting dressed in the morning feels like going into battle? When your inner critic is shouting, "REALLY?? You're going to wear THAT? You can't pull that off...maybe if you were...
Save Your Veggies: Tasty Tips for One or Two!
Stop wasting fresh produce! Tips for Cooking in Midlife. In episode 106 of Savor Food and Body Podcast, Amanda and Chef Shannon discuss practical strategies for managing excess produce and reducing food waste, especially for smaller households. "It's ok to play in the...