Do you ever feel a bit “overextended” in the belly after a meal?  Perhaps “gassy?” Have you ever carried a “food baby?” Well, bloating is common – up to 25-30% of people experience it regularly – and it’s even more likely to show up in midlife.  It happens when you have trouble digesting.  The symptoms […]

As a Nutritionist, I can tell you that dairy is not an essential nutrient.  This is not fake news, it’s the truth. 😉 Dairy products (full-fat of course) are nutrient-dense, satiating, definitely worth including in your diet, and, IMHO, delicious (I’m a cheese-aholic).  But dairy does have a down-side: it can cause unpleasant body-wide symptoms […]

If you have some nagging symptoms, it’s possible that they’re related to the foods you eat!  And we’re not just talking digestive symptoms.  Even things like headaches, joint pain, eczema, or difficulty losing weight can be related to food that you’re sensitive to. How would you find out if there is a food at the […]

Do you have symptoms that just don’t seem to go away? I’m not just talking about digestive symptoms, but any random aches, pains, discomforts – those nagging symptoms that you might have attributed to being normal for your age and think you just have to live with? Random aches, pains and discomforts in midlife may […]

So much of health is all about habits and actions, but where do these all stem from?  What if we don’t have to make as many changes as we think we do?  What if there was one powerful thing that makes a lot of difference? That thing is mindset. Mindset is sometimes called “the story […]