Real Food Power Insights

Insulin resistance, hormones, and diet explain a lot about why weight loss feels hard. But there's another piece: your mindset and habits. Understanding and taking advantage of your brain's neuroplasticity helps you shift your mindset about food and create new healthy habits.

You already know insulin affects your weight, but it's not the only hormone that plays a role. Thyroid hormone, estrogen, cortisol, and three other hormones are also important. Here's how to understand what each one does, how they might be affecting you, and how to influence them.

Weight loss is one of the most common reasons people come to me for nutrition coaching. By addressing and fixing the metabolic roots of weight gain, not only does the weight come off, but there are many other unexpected benefits.

Most people connect insulin resistance to blood sugar problems and diabetes. But insulin does a lot more than just manage blood sugar. The other roles of insulin are what implicate it in so many chronic conditions, from cognitive decline to erectile dysfunction.

Most people come to a nutrition coach with a goal to lose weight, increase their energy, or manage a specific health concern. What they don't always realize is that all of those goals connect back to the same underlying factor: metabolic health. Learn more about why improving your metabolic health is the first step toward achieving your goals.

Most people don't know what insulin resistance is or if they have it until a doctor mentions prediabetes. But the signs often show up years earlier in your energy, your cravings, and your weight. Here's what to look for and why it's important to catch it early.