“…One particular nutrient or food isn’t going to help you or hurt you that much.” Is usually the response they get from me.
When your routines go out the window, one by one, your ability to think clearly can follow. Here are 7 simple lifestyle habits to maintain brain function and overall health regardless of age.
Do you ever feel like the lady in the picture here? Like you’re trying to fight your way out of a fog? Your hormones may be playing a role whether you’re perimenopausal (or even female) or not. Here are your solutions:
Did you get on the scale this morning and say, “Oh crap! I gained another pound!”? All this Covid19 staying at home is wreaking so much havoc on us all. It doesn’t matter WHO you are, it’s affecting everyone. From the mid-life woman struggling with home-schooling kids to the kids themselves, we ALL need some help. (And let’s not forget…
I grew up “fat.” and was SO convinced I was, that I spent most of the time I was in college dieting and running; getting down to 103 lbs. on my 5’4” body and STILL thinking I was fat!
If you start with these 5 simple rules today, I can guarantee you’ll be healthier tomorrow. Now I know, I’m not supposed to make guarantees about your health. But here’s the thing: when you start fueling your body better, you’ll feel better and it will improve your health to some degree (though I can’t predict how much.) A quick analogy:…
I get it! 380,000 have died in the U.S. of Covid19. It’s horrendous and frightening. What if it was 680,000? Would that make you even MORE scared? Here’s the thing: there’s a PREVENTABLE disease that kills 680,000 Americans. . .EVERY. . . SINGLE. . .YEAR! And has for many years. Why are we not up in arms about that? Let’s…
It was 4 am and I was lying awake . . .AGAIN! But this time it was different. For weeks before it was almost routine; 2:30 to nearly 6:00 am lying awake, agitated and profusely sweating. Knowing how exhausted I’d be all day because I couldn’t sleep. . .Every. . . single. . . night. But all that had ended…
Weight gain during Peri-menopause is almost universal. Today I talk about the science behind the ketogenic diet and its effect on menopausal symptoms.
Starch and carbs, in general, seem to get a bad rap these days. But are they really bad for us? Is starch really unhealthy? People point to the changes that happened in the ’80s when the USDA switched to using the infamous pyramid and started emphasizing low-fat eating. Then, over the next decade, Americans started gaining weight. But, is the…