Wellness

Sugar, ah honey, honey… You are my candy girl And you got me wanting you… (The Archies, 1969) You might call your beloved “sweet thing” or maybe you’ve got a song on replay in your head about the sweet stuff, but let’s put the cute nicknames and catchy old tunes aside… Because the granulated truth is that sugar is added to […]

Once upon a time, dietary fats got a bad reputation when they were blamed for increasing rates of obesity and heart disease. Now, thanks to a renewed look at the science of fats and the increasing popularity of fat-focused diets, like high-fat/low-carb and keto, we know fat is an essential nutrient and a critical component of a metabolism-boosting diet. This is especially important […]

It seems like everyone is going crazy for keto.  Especially midlife women!  Tons of us are convinced following a ketogenic diet is the secret sauce to blasting away midlife belly fat and achieving lasting weight loss (finally!).  But before you decide to jump on the keto bandwagon yourself, it’s worth exploring some facts about the keto diet. Keto is an […]

INFLAMMATION!    INFLAMMATION!    INFLAMMATION! It’s the topic that’s been burning up the internet because it’s such an important marker of health.  Some even say it’s the root cause of all disease. Scientists are measuring levels of inflammation in our bodies and finding that when it’s chronic (i.e. ongoing) it can be pretty bad for our health. Inflammation has been linked to obesity, heart […]

Hormones are like chemical messengers, and govern nearly every cellular action in our body. It might surprise you to learn that our sex hormones like estrogen, progesterone and testosterone, while very important, are not actually essential for survival.  (Although in midlife they feel like they are!) They’re responsible for sexual functioning and fertility, as well as in more of a […]