I was so puffed up from this conversation, I could have flown away on fumes. As it turned out, this dead end was the best thing that could have happened. It lit a fire to deepen my investigation into the link between diet and lifestyle and PCOS. I knew I needed to be the one to help women like myself. There is another way for those who are feeling hopeless, abandoned by conventional approaches, and spiraling with physical symptoms that dovetail with self-doubt, anxiety and depression.

Snacking gets a bad rap, but snacking isn’t bad. If you’re stuck hungry between an early lunch and a later dinner, you should most definitely snack! But what to snack on?

The liver is your main organ of detoxification, that is, if it’s not too overloaded and has all the support it needs. Regularly showing love to your liver is the best way to support its mission to detoxify and perform hundreds of other critical functions.

Now, it’s time to get the damaging ones as far from your plate as possible! The type of fat you eat is arguably more important than how much fat you eat. Trans fats need to get out immediately.

For me, a homemade sauce is one of my greatest simple pleasures. Whipping up a dressing, dip or tomato sauce is a modest way to treat myself to something truly grand. 

The potential to unlock creativity is a powerful, beautiful silver lining to the pandemic. Here are my go-to recipe templates to keep you well nourished and to flex the right side of your brain.

Fat is not a dirty word. Not anymore, anyway. Though for many years, it was accepted as truth — fat makes you fat. Let's not forget, fat wasn't always a nutrition darling. Here's the fascinating and very abridged history of how low-fat mania began

If you're patting yourself on the back because you use BPA-free water bottles, that plastic is still leeching tons of other dangerous, endocrine-distrupting chemicals into your food or water. Here’s the number one step I recommend to reduce accidental intake of sneaky endocrine disruptors

We all want a pill to blast our cold away. I hate to tell you, but all of the magic potions in the world won’t help if you’re not taking care of yourself. Or rather, ongoing self-care and stress reduction is the magic you need..

Our bodies do a lot for us. Add it to your list of things to be grateful for this year.