Blog
Could The Gut-Brain Axis Hold The Secrets To Radically Transform Your Health?
Do any of these sound familiar? Do you struggle to lose weight? No matter what you do, the scale won’t budge? Do you feel that your thinking is “foggy”, that it lacks focus or clarity? Do you feel anxious, wake up at 4 a.m. ruminating over a problem, or feel burned out? Do you walk…
Read MoreSleep better, feel better and lose weight. What’s the secret?
Getting more sleep, feeling better and losing weight. These are things millions of people want. How do you get them? What’s the secret? In Brain Body Diet, I have devised a 40-Day protocol to help women become a lean, calm, energized, happy version of themselves. Here’s the super short version of how to achieve that…
Read MoreWhy You Should Care About Your Sugar Levels as Much as Your Retirement Account
Aging Better with the Brain Body Diet This week, I had the pleasure to sit down with Lorie Johnson from CBN to discuss my new book, Brain Body Diet. (Modified Transcript) It’s not supposed to be this way. Anxious thoughts and depressed feelings rob us of our best lives. Addictions take over our minds. Muddled…
Read MoreNourishing the Brain Body on the Today Show with Maria Shriver
I had the great honor and privilege to launch my new book, Brain Body Diet, on the Today Show with Maria Shriver.
Read MoreThe Real Reason Why Women Feel Foggier, Hungrier, Plumper, More Forgetful, More Anxious, and Unhappier Than Ever Before
If you’re like 95% of the women I work with, you’ve tried to lose weight before or you’ve spent countless dollars on things that promise to improve memory, clear your brain fog or reduce anxiety…often times without lasting results or tangible improvements. Or maybe you feel guilty because you KNOW you should feel happier than…
Read MoreThe Effects of Sugar: How it Robs us of Health
Some believe sugar is killing us. Some believe sugary foods like cake, pies and ice cream are comfort food, but in reality, sugar is disrupting our health. Now I think of sugar as a toxin in most people.
Read MorePersonalized Lifestyle Medicine
We are experiencing a profound change in the type of disease that affects the general population, and it is the main reason why I believe we need a paradigm shift from the current model of mainstream medicine to personalized lifestyle medicine. Allow me to explain why. The past few decades have witnessed a dramatic rise…
Read MoreBuild Resilience and Hormone Balance
Do you want to learn more about hormone balance, the female brain, perimenopause, what supplements we should all be taking, and how to transform health care? At the beginning of this week, I had the honor to be invited by Maria Shriver to chat with her on Architects of Change Live about just that. We…
Read MoreHow Oxalates Affect Your Gut, Urinary Tract, and Risk of Autoimmune Conditions
In personalized lifestyle medicine, sometimes one person’s superfood is another person’s poison. Such is the case with oxalates, which are found in high concentrations in many presumed health foods. Once I started testing, I realized that many of my patients were experiencing the downstream consequences of excess oxalate intake, usually in the form of green…
Read MoreWomen and Addictive Tendencies: Food and Alcohol
We live in a culture of partial truths when it comes to food and alcohol. We tend to exaggerate our assets and minimize our liabilities. I used to do it too. I would go out on a Friday night and feel like a rock star after a few drinks, and not be honest about the…
Read More