
Intermittent Fasting over 50 – Yay or Nay?
Chances are you have seen intermittent fasting all over the internet. As nutritionists and research geeks we’ve looked into it a lot over the past several years. As women over 50 (as we both are), we need to look at intermittent fasting through a slightly different...

5 Smart Kitchen Hacks to Help You Eat Healthier
The benefits of eating a whole foods diet and upping your nutrition after 50 are indisputable. But one complaint we often hear is that it takes too much time and effort to put a healthy meal together. We get it! We have aging parents that need our attention, a...

13 simple, healthy pantry swaps
One thing we enjoy doing is helping women make simple food swaps that can easily upgrade their health. In case you were wondering, this doesn’t involve giving anything up or being restrictive . . . just making simple changes from one thing to another. Most of the...

Why appetite surges in midlife – and what to do about it
Have you noticed you have more trouble controlling your appetite as you enter into midlife? It’s a real problem for many women, and if you notice it - you are not alone! This issue is very personal for us, as Stephanie really struggled with an an appetite surge as...

3 hidden secrets to weight loss over 50
Yep, unfortunately many women find it harder to lose weight in midlife. You can chalk it up to bad genetics or something that "just happens" inevitably as you get older. But we are here to tell you there are many factors you have in your control that can make a huge...

Best diet for women over 50 – does one size fit all?
Do you follow what we call the squirrel diet? This is the scenario where you're constantly distracted by different diets, thinking hoping the next one will be THE one that will finally work for you. Well, we want you to stop that right now! And we encourage you to...

6 foods to stop eating right now
We get SO frustrated when we see foods being promoted as healthy when the sad reality is, they are quite the opposite. The food industry is huge, and spends billions of dollars doing whatever they can to sell their products, often at the expense of the consumer. Many...

Our 5 top rules for eating healthy over 50
When it comes to eating, there are certain rules we need to pay even MORE attention to after we hit the 50+ mark. As we age, we know keeping our weight in check is important. But additionally, doing whatever we can to quell inflammation is really critical so we can...

5 caveats to consider with the keto diet
We get asked about "going keto" all the time. Today we are sharing some specific concerns we have found with the keto diet, based on our own experience and those of many of our clients. We know this can be a touchy subject, and want to put out there that we do know...

Menopause cravings and what to do about it (3 Tips)
Here’s a little midlife 101 fact: When women hit perimenopause, not only does our overall amount of estrogen begin to decline, but instead of estrogen being produced in the ovaries, the majority is now produced in our adrenal glands. So basically, the ovaries hand...