Health and Fitness

If you are running through your entire stock of cozy winter socks every week, you might be wondering if there is something more you can do to keep your feet warm. While chronically cold feet can indicate your footwear simply isn’t up to par, it can also…

Food freedom is not about eating whatever you want whenever you want. It is about healing the relationship you have with food so you can stop fighting your body and start listening to it. At any age, but especially now…

Bone weakening and osteoporosis are common problems for everyone over 60 but especially for postmenopausal women over the age of 65. Luckily, there are things you can do preserve your bones and make them healthier, regardless of your age…

Did you know that during and after menopause, with the drop in estrogen, many of us will lose up to 20% of bone density? Also, osteoporosis is very common among women over 60. We often don’t even know we have it until we break a bone and get a diagnosis. Keeping strong bones is vital as we age to stay healthy and active…

For many women in midlife, drinking doesn’t look like a “problem.” There are no lost jobs, no dramatic rock bottoms, no intervention scenes from a movie. Instead, it looks like a glass of wine every evening. Then two. Then the bottle quietly becoming a daily companion…

Does anyone out there not have a trendy water bottle these days? If you didn’t already own one, chances are someone lovingly shoved one into your hands over…

If you live with chronic pain, you may already know how deeply it can affect daily life. Pain doesn’t just live in the body – it can influence mood, energy, sleep, and even how safe or relaxed you feel in yourself. Many women tell me they’ve tried a wide range of treatments…

I love the thought of us embracing our age and all of the wonderful parts of having lived these years. In fact, there has never been a better time to go after what we want, especially when it comes to health improvement. We may not realize it…

As a Registered Dietitian, I specialize in helping people lose weight and keep it off. And here’s one of the biggest truths I’ve learned over time: Weight loss isn’t just about what you take out of your diet. It’s also about what you put in…

Over the years, like all mothers, I embarrassed my children on a regular basis. I had a variety of ways of doing this, but one of the most embarrassing was when I’d approach perfect strangers in the dental aisle of the grocery store. As a dental hygienist and an educator, when I saw someone confused…