The Healthy Living Blog

 Let’s talk about something that’s easy to overlook when you’re tired, stressed, and just trying to get through the day:

How you’re fuelling your body.

In peri-menopause and beyond, your hormones are shifting. Estrogen and progesterone drop, which affects:

• Mood

• Sleep

• Metabolism

• Body temperature

• Energy

• Cravings

• Muscle and bone maintenance

And while we can’t “fix” that with one magic food or supplement, how we eat can absolutely help.

1. Stop under-eating

This is one of the biggest issues I see.
So many women try to eat less to lose weight… it's a narrative we've been sold for decades now…but that often backfires in mid-life.

Why?

Because under-eating increases cortisol (your stress hormone), which:

• Makes you feel anxious or flat

• Disrupts sleep

• Encourages fat storage (especially around the middle)

• Lowers your ability to build or maintain muscle

You need to eat enough to support hormone function, muscle repair, and bra...

Mealtime. It's a source of frustration and anxiety for SO many parents out there. 

Trying to balance the challenges of busy life and getting nutritious food into your kids is REALLY hard, and you wouldn't be alone if you feel like you're failing. 

But it is possible to win the battle and create a harmonious, stress-free environment at meal times, without having to make the world's healthiest meals or demand your kids eat all their vegetables. 

HOW?

By being gently persistent and taking a long term approach. Allowing your children to feel like they have some choices and control, by helping them to have a basic understanding of why nutrition is important and providing a safe, low-stress environment at mealtimes. 

The below infographic is an awesome visual guide which provides 9 low stress strategies to help kids get the nutrients they need, plus there are 5 family friendly recipes that most kids will love. 

Download the full version here, in a tablet or printer friendly version so ...