As a registered dietitian, I’m all about gut health. The science around it is basically in its infancy, but we do know that diet directly affects the health of our gut microbiome, and that this may impact many processes and conditions around the body. These may include mood, weight, inflammation, disease risk, and more. I…
I’ve been asked numerous times to do a Zoe review, and I wanted to, but I never had access to the materials until now. After I wrote a small piece about microbiome testing for Men’s Health Magazine, Zoe contacted me and offered to send me a kit. Since Zoe isn’t available in Canada yet, they…
In the Facebook group for my recently-released Eating After 40 course, there has been a bit of talk about counting and tracking. It’s interesting to see women who have depended on counting and tracking for so long, that they aren’t sure if they can give it up and trust themselves to eat without them. Of…
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I recently saw a person on social media selling a Young Living brand ‘natural, doctor-created’ progesterone-infused essential oil. The person’s post made some very bold claims that implied – she was smart enough to not make direct claims – that this product could help with postpartum depression and hormone balance. One of her graphics suggested…
If you’ve been following me for any length of time, you already know that I get really upset when I think someone is being taken advantage of, or if I see someone making elitist and misguided judgements against anyone based on their appearance or lifestyle. That’s why, when I got the following Facebook comment on…