ALL HORMONES POSTS
It’s You, On FIRE.
Have you lived most of your life as a career dieter? Do you struggle with body image issues? Feel you don't measure up to societal standards? Are there lots of things you JUST WON'T DO because of how you feel about your body? Here's a few examples: wear a certain...
Metformin and PCOS: Everything You Need to Know
Metformin is a type of medication used to treat Type 2 Diabetes. Because there is a strong link between diabetes and PCOS, metformin is now commonly proscribed to treat PCOS. But should it be? What is the real relationship between metformin and PCOS? Can Metformin...
New Science on Binge Eating: It’s Not Your Fault
One of the most common problems I encounter in my audience is binge eating. This is also one of the most common concerns Noelle and I field for our podcast. Everybody wants to know: How do I stop? I have written about overcoming binge eating at great length before. In...
Paleo and Sex: How to Have a Ravenous and Kickass Female Libido
Sex is one of the most important things we do. Desiring sex, therefore, is one of the most important things we can feel. According to a Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) study reported on in February 1999, about 43 percent of women (compared to 31...
Are you a Restrained Eater?
Did you know that there are actually three different major types of eating issues? There are eating disorders, disordered eating, and then something similar to disordered eating called 'problematic eating behavior'. One of the interesting types of problematic eating...
There is No Such Thing as Keto – Or Any Diet – “Freedom”
In recent months, there has been a resurgence of diets I had long thought were old, buried news. I am speaking specifically of ketosis and of fasting. In ketosis, the goal is to eat so few carbohydrates that the body produces ketones as an alternative fuel source. In...