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Not a trick question. The good news: Research suggests that the lifestyle choices we make from our forties into our seventies are among the most critical predictors of healthy aging. Two recent studies add to the growing evidence. The first study, published earlier this year in Nature Medicine...

Dec 13, 2025 aging community cook! newsletter ultraprocessed vitality

I Want To Get Healthy. Where do I Start?

If the first steps to improving your health (or losing weight) feel murky, this one's for you. Almost eighteen years ago, I quit dieting for good. When you don't have meal plans, apps, or calorie restriction to rely on for quick results, it requires a deeper focus. Step one? Observe my regular ...

Dec 05, 2025 calories community cook! newsletter ultraprocessed

My favorite reads of the week 🍎

Things that might surprise people: I love Thanksgiving. I get to see my family and eat yummy things. Win-win. That doesn't mean I put moderation or healthy eating on a shelf; I build it right in. Not out of some sense of virtue, but because I hate the hangover of feeling unwell or gaining a few p...

Nov 21, 2025 food processing holidays real food reduce sugar weight gain what to eat

New features for the newsletter.

Community + Events Hi 👋Quick update, and it’s a good one. You know how this newsletter has always been about clarity, real food, and making this whole “healthy life” thing feel doable?Well… now it comes with an actual community space to help you follow through. A real-food community for women wh...

Nov 15, 2025 community cook!

Behold this useless product

Introducing new newsletter features: community and events 🧠 This newsletter is getting a big upgrade. Here's what you get: Live events, hosted inside the community and recorded for rewatching at your convenience. A community where you can post, ask questions, and communicate with other membe...

Nov 07, 2025 apple cider vinegar calories community events real food reduce sugar supplements weight gain what to eat

Quit Waiting for Motivation. Start Joining 🍎

I have a running theory about community being the antidote to the anxiety and pain of our atomized lives. At our core, we're villagers. We're wired to live and work among family and friends, doing hard things together. Community is infrastructure. I didn't really appreciate this until I started...

Oct 24, 2025 calories community events real food reduce sugar weight gain what to eat

Here's The Science of No-Diet Weight Loss (Finally)

And why this information is important to anyone who cares about their health. You're here for a reason. Healthy eating feels confusing, or you want to feel better. Maybe there's a metabolic disorder upending your life. It could be weight gain, or high blood pressure/blood sugar/cholesterol (not ...

Oct 17, 2025 calories food processing real food salad ultra-processed weight gain what to eat

This is a perfect meal 🎣

I adore tinned fish, which makes me cool and smart. Sometimes, people disagree (about any of that), but I pay them no mind. Tinned fish is not the cat food adjacent stuff at the grocery store that looks weird and smells worse. It's just a way of preserving small, highly nutritious fish that gen...

Oct 03, 2025 calories cook! fish food processing real food salad weight gain what to eat

My oncologist fired me. 🍎

I mean, she was nice about it. But, yeah, don't come back. In 2014, I was diagnosed with an aggressive breast cancer. In 2017, I had a recurrence. I don't have enough space or tissues to tell you about the years of surgeries, scary visits, lost sleep, lost eyebrows, clinical fatigue, PTSD, unbel...

Sep 19, 2025 calories food processing real food reduce sugar weight gain what to eat

What workout is best for weight loss?

None. I know, rude. I don't mean to imply that exercise isn't beneficial for weight. It is, but not the way it's sold to us. The problem is that the question is a product of diet culture. Calories in, calories out. Formulas. Protocols. If I have to make myself move more, then what's the exact t...

Sep 12, 2025 bike ultra-processed walk weight loss workout

What if your body's right? 🍎

What if you already know? These were my thoughts when I read about Ozempic face or the volumes of loose skin people are contending with after rapid weight loss. Of course, the answer is surgery, fillers, and products. The fix for the fix. From my view, it feels brutal. Bodies respond to ultra-pr...

Sep 05, 2025 calories food processing real food reduce sugar weight gain what to eat

Does Sugar Cause Weight Gain?

Yes, given the way it's consumed in the Western world. We eat it nearly constantly as added sugars and treats with most meals, which keeps our bodies in overdrive. Learning how and when to consume sugar is central to ending chronic weight gain. The issue is less about being a person who craves s...

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I'm one of 4% who lost significant weight and kept it off past the ten-year mark.

I did it without apps, fasting schemes, calorie counting, or carb restriction.

In my newsletter I answer the question: How do I live well, delight in food, and still have a healthy weight?