Curate Your Health Podcast
with Dr. Heather Hammerstedt
Beyond Sugar & Flour: What Else Triggers Insulin?
Only about 20-25% of insulin release comes directly from carbs. Here's the "other 77%" - the foods, habits, and lifestyle factors that also drive insulin.
Read on!Why Am I So Hungry in the Mid-Afternoon?
If 2-4 pm feels like a biological emergency, it's physiology and patterns - not willpower. Here's what's behind it and what actually helps, without white-knuckling.
Read on!How Inflammation From Processed Foods Stalls Weight Loss
Chronic low-grade inflammation quietly disrupts the systems that regulate weight - and ultra-processed foods keep it simmering. Here's the physiology: no fear, just mechanism.
Read on!Why Am I Not Losing Weight Even Though I'm Exercising More?
Exercise is incredible for health, but it's not the magic bullet for fat loss - especially in midlife, where your physiology plays a different game. Here's what's really going on.
Read on!Why Fermented Foods Help With Weight Management
Fermented foods don't cause weight loss - they remove metabolic friction so it can happen more easily. Here's how they quietly improve insulin sensitivity, cravings, and the gut.
Read on!Why a Membership Model Is the Best Way to Deliver Menopause + Lifestyle Care
Why We Say "Eat the Rainbow"
Each color of plant food carries a different set of protective phytonutrients. Here's what red, orange, green, blue/purple, and white foods do - and why variety beats any single "superfood."
Read on!Weight Regulation in Menopause: A Clinical Review
A medical review of why postmenopausal women are especially affected by obesity - the hormonal and lifestyle drivers, the health risks, and the full range of evidence-based treatments.
Read on!Welcome to Wholist Weight Wellness (Orientation)
The welcome and orientation for Wholist Weight Wellness - how to think about the whole program: not a diet, not perfection, but metabolic health, whole foods as your north star, and progress over rules.
Read on!Feeling Stuck? Listen to This
A short reset for the overwhelmed or frustrated moments: this isn't a diet, you didn't mess up, and the next small best step is enough.
Read on!Why Am I Gaining Belly Fat Even Though I Haven't Changed How I Eat?
If your middle is changing without any change in how you eat, it's not something you did "wrong" - it's midlife physiology. Here's what's shifting and what actually helps.
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