Curate Your Health Podcast
with Dr. Heather Hammerstedt
Does Hormone Therapy Boost Semaglutide Weight Loss After Menopause?
In postmenopausal women on semaglutide, those also using menopause hormone therapy lost more weight (about 16% vs. 12% at a year). An early signal that hormones and weight meds may work together.
Read on!Vegan Full-Fat Foods Guide
A simple list of whole-food, plant-based sources of healthy fat - for energy, hormone health, and satisfying meals.
Read on!Vegan Full-Fat Recipe Roundup
A dozen quick, satisfying full-fat vegan recipes - from avocado chickpea salad to coconut lentil curry - rich in plant fats and fiber.
Read on!Inside the 2025 EAT-Lancet Commission
The full scientific report behind the "planetary health diet": how the world can feed everyone healthy food within environmental limits - and why food systems sit at the center of health, climate, and fairness.
Read on!The Biggest Mistake Perimenopausal Women Make With How They Eat
The most common pitfall: not adjusting your eating for the hormonal and metabolic shifts of perimenopause. Here are the specific traps - and how to eat for this stage.
Read on!Weight Gain in Midlife Women: What's Actually Driving It
A review of why midlife women gain weight and shift fat to the middle - it's aging plus menopause hormones plus lifestyle - and what actually helps prevent and manage it.
Read on!GLP-1 Medications: A Wholist RX Overview
The Wholist RX (medical) take on GLP-1 medications - what they do across metabolism, appetite, and cardiovascular risk, and how they fit alongside hormone therapy and lifestyle. Education only.
Read on!Whole Egg vs. Egg Whites: What's the Difference?
The yolk holds nearly all the vitamins, minerals, and choline; the white is lean protein. Here's the full nutrition comparison - and why whole eggs (or a mix) usually win.
Read on!Whole Grains Explained: Intact, Minimally Processed & Whole-Grain Flours
Why Bone Broth Doesn't Spike Insulin (Much)
Bone broth is mostly water, minerals, and collagen - low-carb, low-leucine, and metabolically quiet. Here's why it barely nudges insulin and won't really "break a fast."
Read on!Why "Unprocessed" Is the North Star of Wholist Weight Wellness
The single most reliable lever for metabolic health: choosing foods that are grown or born, not engineered. Why ultra-processed foods disrupt the body, how whole foods heal it, and the one question to ask when overwhelmed.
Read on!Why HRV Matters
Heart Rate Variability is a window into your nervous system's flexibility - and a strong signal of metabolic and hormonal health in midlife. What it means and how to improve it.
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