How much do food and exercise affect your cholesterol levels? Are you doing enough to prevent heart disease in menopause? The short answer is that diet and exercise influence cholesterol by about 20-30%. Here's what I've learned from Dr. Alex Verge, a naturopathic...
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....
"I feel like a cloud has been lifted." Said Kathy after a recent nutrition counseling session. She wanted to know how to support her heart health and brain health at the same time during menopause. That's the best part of my job. Lifting clouds from women's...
How to use gentle nutrition basics to promote heart health after 40 without compromising satisfaction or falling into the dumpster fire of diet culture.
If you’re not interested in New Year’s resolutions you’ll probably break on Super Bowl weekend, here are 5 steps to create healthy habits you’ll stick with.
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Episode 16 Culture Shock: "You know those scenes from My Big Fat Greek Wedding with all the crazy family members fussing over the bride and groom's big day? Yeah, that's pretty much my life." This is the first thing Malak Saddy said to me when I first met her in our...
Episode 17: Are you starting to feel the effects of perimenopause and finding that diet-wellness culture is no longer helping you? Ready to undiet your life? Now is an excellent time to let go of anything that's not serving you - especially when it comes to food and...
Imagine sitting down at your holiday table. Smelling all the yummy smells - excited to try a new dish or plate up some old favorites that only hit the table once a year. Then your sister-in-law Karen announces she's not eating sugar this holiday season because she's...
Can you eat to support your brain health without falling into the dumpster fire of diet culture? Yes! You can take a non-diet approach to brain health with intuitive eating and gentle nutrition. Let's do it! Create your meals and snacks with a balance of complex...
Episode 52: Is weight gain in perimenopause really that bad? As a woman in midlife, the intensity of diet culture advice skyrockets. Is it helpful? Probably not. Try this instead.
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...
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