Curate Your Health Podcast
with Dr. Heather Hammerstedt
Bringing you the best for curating your health future, along with lifestyle, leadership, and performance. Everything you need to feel and perform your best every day, with nationally recognized experts.
Lifestyle medicine physician Dr Heather Hammerstedt
cuts through the B.S.
...to get you the real information AND the experts you need to curate your health future, achieve your goals, and perform at your highest potential.
New episodes every Monday and Thursday.
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The Latest from “Curate Your Health”
OMA Clinical Algorithm for Obesity Diagnosis & Treatment
The Obesity Medicine Association's full clinical algorithm for treating obesity as a chronic disease. The takeaway: obesity is biology, not willpower - and it is treatable.
Read on!The Case for a Healthy, Fair, and Sustainable Food Future
Two Lancet editors make the case for a "great food revolution" - one where food that's healthy for both people and the planet is treated as something everyone deserves access to, not a privilege for those who can afford it.
Read on!Why Your Body Fights to Regain Lost Weight
A landmark research paper on why keeping weight off is so much harder than losing it: after weight loss the body burns fewer calories and ramps up hunger to pull the weight back on. It is biology, not a lack of willpower.
Read on!Best Alcohol Choices for Insulin Sensitivity & Weight
A practical ranking of drinks from least to most disruptive for blood sugar, fat loss, and weight, plus midlife-specific guidance and simple rules of thumb.
Read on!Emotional Eating vs. Food Addiction: What's the Difference?
They look similar and often overlap - but they're not the same, and they respond to different tools. Here's how to tell them apart, without blame.
Read on!Emotional Eating: Tools That Actually Help
Emotional eating isn't a willpower problem - it's a nervous-system, habit, and fuel mismatch. A practical toolbox to add options so food isn't your only way to cope.
Read on!Does Dietary Fat Raise Your Cholesterol? It Depends on the Type
Fat can change your cholesterol - but the type of fat (and what it replaces) matters far more than total fat grams. Here's what the tightly controlled studies actually show.
Read on!If I Eat a Huge Meal, Does My Body Absorb All of It?
Wondering whether a giant meal all gets absorbed, or some of it just "passes through"? Short answer: your gut absorbs almost all of it. Here's what your body actually does with it.
Read on!Why Am I So Tired in the Late Afternoon?
That late-afternoon or early-evening energy crash is often tied to blood sugar and meal timing. Here's what's happening, and a few simple ways to steady your energy.
Read on!Why GLP-1 Weight Loss Isn't Just About Eating Less
People on GLP-1s do eat less - but that's not really why the weight comes off. The real driver is the biology underneath the math. Here's what's actually happening.
Read on!Holiday Stress + Food: Let's Not Complicate This
The holidays get louder - more food, more schedules, more pressure. Here's the simple, no-shame anchor to come back to so food doesn't add to the stress.
Read on!FAR NOOK: Your Midlife Decision-Making Compass
A simple decision-making tool for the overwhelmed, tired, or frustrated moments of midlife. FAR NOOK gives you a quick structure so stress doesn't run the show.
Read on!Ready to Create a Sustainable, Energized, Healthy Lifestyle that Lasts?
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