Posts by Nancy Hall

Geez, it can be so hard to eat well during the holidays! Do you agree? There are soooo many temptations to steer us away from our health and weight loss goals. I know you’ve been there… faced with a plate of your friend — the master baker’s— gorgeous holiday cookies. Your mouth starts to water.…

Looking for a strategy to reduce your menopause symptoms? Look no further than the produce section in your grocery store. It’s no secret I am an advocate of whole foods nutrition. I concur with the father of modern medicine, Hippocrates, who embraced the idea of food as medicine 2500 years ago with the quote, “Let…

Hi friends. Just when we thought we were out of the woods… “US Extends COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Declaration” — Reuters, October 14, 2022 “The COVID emergency may be over — but when will the pandemic end? …the virus continues to rapidly mutate, with more than 300 Omicron subvariants currently being tracked by the WHO…

High cholesterol becomes a hot topic after menopause. Time and time again, I see clients get diagnosed with elevated cholesterol levels Therefore,it’s crucial for postmenopausal women to know the truth about the importance and benefits of cholesterol, and how to manage healthy levels of it in their body. There is much confusion about the role…

In a nutshell, intermittent fasting is just that: fasting (not eating) intermittently. Intermittent fasting (IF) limits calorie intake during certain hours of the day or days of the week. It’s more of an eating pattern than a diet. IF limits when to eat, but not so much what to eat. And that’s part of its…

Inflammation. It’s not just an attention-grabbing health headline. It’s a fact of life for many people suffering from chronic health conditions.  Scientists have been measuring levels of inflammation in our bodies and have found that inflammation can be very detrimental to our health; this is especially true when someone has a condition that is chronic…

I often chuckle at how little kids fight taking a nap or going to bed, while adults wish for the opportunity to sleep during the day or tuck in early or sleep in late. Kids need even more sleep than adults, and they look so darn cute while doing it, so why the struggle? If…

10 Ways to Manage Chronic Stress STRESS. You can’t avoid it  – it literally surrounds us in everyday life and no one is immune to it. The way our bodies respond to stress is protective in the short term but damaging in the long term. Let’s look at how stress functions in the body and…

You’ve probably heard that what you eat and how you move can make a HUGE improvement in some of the symptoms of menopause.  They can stave off the dreaded weight gain at this time of life. (Ugh!) And they can help prevent other issues like heart disease, diabetes, and osteoporosis. Here are seven ways to…