by Erica Leon | Jun 26, 2021 | Menopause, Mindful & Intuitive Eating, Self Care
Yes, getting the proper amount of calcium can help you build stronger bones and prevent osteoporosis. In my last blog post, I shared with you Part 1 in my series focused on Risk and Screening for Osteoporosis at midlife. Today’s focus will be on dietary changes you...
by Erica Leon | Jun 12, 2021 | Menopause, Mindful & Intuitive Eating
For many people, the first sign of osteoporosis, a debilitating bone disease, is actually breaking their first bone! That’s because it happens far more often than many of us realize. After working hard to avoid going to a doctor’s offices during COVID over the past...
by Erica Leon | May 1, 2021 | Healthy Foods & Cooking, Menopause, Mindful & Intuitive Eating, Self Care
From having a “gut” instinct to “feeling” something in your gut, our GI tract plays a critical role in the health and well-being of our entire body. Our gut – more specifically, the gut microbiome –is literally a second brain that plays a role in our moods, our immune...
by Erica Leon | Mar 13, 2021 | Menopause, Mindful & Intuitive Eating, Nutrition
Here are three facts about heart disease that are essential to understand. Did you know that heart disease is the leading killer among women? And that more than one in three adult females has some sort of cardiovascular disease? Did you know that there is an overall...
by Erica Leon | Feb 20, 2021 | Menopause, Mindful & Intuitive Eating, Nutrition
So many of my clients tell me they want to add in foods and/or supplements as a way of helping to manage peri- or post- menopausal symptoms. How can we do this in a way that doesn’t jeopardize all the hard work of letting go of diets and embracing intuitive eating? Or...
