How Chef Lisa Roberts Hurd Is Helping To Promote Healthy Eating

Lisa Roberts Hurd, MPhil, MA, is a guest instructor of culinary nutrition at Stanford University’s BeWell and Healthy Living Programs. Lisa is a graduate of Oxford University, Tufts University, and The French Culinary Institute. She is a 5-star chef with Yelp’s Vegan Voyage, and her work has appeared in Huffington Post, Brad Lamm’s JUST 10… Continue reading How Chef Lisa Roberts Hurd Is Helping To Promote Healthy Eating

The Gut-Brain Connection: How Digestive Health Affects Menopausal Symptoms

Menopause is a natural biological process that occurs in women, typically between the ages of 45 and 55, marking the end of their reproductive period. Symptoms of perimenopause can begin as early as 10 years before menopause meaning women may start feeling symptoms related to perimenopause and menopause as early as 35. During this transition,… Continue reading The Gut-Brain Connection: How Digestive Health Affects Menopausal Symptoms

“Beeting” Heart Disease with beet juice

Drinking beet juice can help postmenopausal women lower their heart disease risk. As postmenopausal women look for ways to lower their heart disease risk, they may need look no further than the grocery store for beetroot juice, according to a recent study.   Beet juice is full of nitrates. Therefore, drinking it each day can… Continue reading “Beeting” Heart Disease with beet juice