Menopause, and its predecessor perimenopause, are finally getting their much-needed time in the limelight. Good thing. By learning what’s going on with their bodies, women at least stand a chance of being able to get through it more healthfully and comfortably. Unlike their predecessors, like women my age who didn’t have the internet to educate themselves. However, I can’t help but…
When I was in chiropractic practice, a question I asked new patients went something like this: “Given the current trajectory of your health and your habits, what do you think your life will be like in 30 years if you don’t change anything?” It was not uncommon for a 50 year old to look me square in the eye and…
I’ve always been an advocate for meeting people where they are and helping them move forward in a simple way. If you have 40 (or especially if you have 100 pounds to lose), you certainly don’t want a healthy weight coach telling you to eat carrots and go for a 6-mile run! If you’re taking meds for a condition and…
Today I want to talk about using medicinal foods and intentional eating to change your attitude regarding the way you think about your diet.
If you read my blogs regularly, you know I had a birthday recently. And because I love food & love life, my birthday celebrations included 3 different groups of friends over a few days. By the time Monday came around (my birthday was on a Thursday), I was feeling just a bit bloated and sluggish. So I returned my clean…
Did you know there are simple solutions to mood swings, forgetfulness, hot flashes, weight gain, and more? And they don’t involve taking drugs or locking yourself up in a room away from your spouse, kids, and job for the duration? I wish I had found them sooner than I did. It would’ve saved a ton of aggravation. As women in…
Maybe you have Menopause! (Or Perimenopause:Symptoms include forgetting why you walked into a room, interspersed with bouts of hot flashes and temper flares. Side effects include dark thick chin hairs that appear out of nowhere, blowing up at the kids over dumb stuff, being awake from 2:30-5:30 AM and a rounding belly.
Did you know that your diet is one of the major factors in hormone balance?! If you’re a perimenopausal woman, this should be music to your ears! It’s something you can control. An opportunity to get rid of (or at least greatly reduce) the hot flashes and the night sweats. The opportunity to start addressing those brain changes and start…
The assumption that bio-identical hormone creams are safer than traditional HRT is widespread. But is it accurate?
I hate to say it but if you’re listening to many of the gurus out there, especially the ones who hawk products, the truth about soy, dairy & your hormones may be different than what you’ve learned. If they are telling you to eat fresh churned butter and grass-fed beef and stay away from soy, you might want to look…