WWR 239: Perimenopause Weight Gain

Putting on weight as we age is not inevitable! The ‘middle age spread’ that we all assume will happen when our hormones change can be prevented – what good news! The body is so intelligent and works hard to ensure there is always homeostasis, including hormone balance. Tune into this episode of wellness women radio… Continue reading WWR 239: Perimenopause Weight Gain

PAP 58: Vivica Menegaz – Keto Paleo for Women

Vivica Menegaz is a certified whole-food nutritionist, health blogger, published author, a prominent thought leader in ketogenic and paleolithic diet and lifestyle practices, as well as one of the world’s leading voices for a food-based approach to healing. She is the founder of the “The Healing Foods Method,” a 14-week online nutrition program where she… Continue reading PAP 58: Vivica Menegaz – Keto Paleo for Women

WWR 102: Insulin Resistance

Insulin resistance is becoming more and more of a hot topic in functional medicine and unfortunately, we’re seeing so many women struggling with the metabolic disorders and the downstream hormonal impacts of this. Tune in to find out why insulin resistance is such an issue and the best hacks to fix it! Don’t forget that… Continue reading WWR 102: Insulin Resistance

HSW 54: Sleep Deprivation and Weight Fluctuations with Dr Carmel Harrington

This week I’m off to speak at The Wellness Basecamp here in Brisbane, and I’m going to be talking about one of my all time favourite topics – that being sleep.  As a result, I’m going to replay one of my most popular episodes this week, with sleep expert Dr Carmel Harrington on the relationship… Continue reading HSW 54: Sleep Deprivation and Weight Fluctuations with Dr Carmel Harrington

HSW 39: Weight Gain, Food Timing and Chrononutrition.

This week I chat about my all time favourite topic – Food Timing, or the more fancier, scientific way to describe it is Chrononutrition. Chrononutrition involves the study of how nutrition impacts on our metabolism, via our internal body clock, which includes meal regularity (or in the case of a shift worker, meal irregularity), frequency… Continue reading HSW 39: Weight Gain, Food Timing and Chrononutrition.

HSW 35: Type 2 Diabetes and Weight Loss with Wendy Steward.

Over the years I’ve been submerging myself in journal articles on all things to do with shift work health, and something which keeps coming up in the research, is that shift workers are quite prone to developing insulin resistance, a condition where the body in unable to move glucose from the blood, and into the… Continue reading HSW 35: Type 2 Diabetes and Weight Loss with Wendy Steward.