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Embrace Change, Fuel Your Heart: Simple Strategies for Women over 50
Forget chasing youth's fleeting image! Instead, let's celebrate the vibrant wisdom and strength we gain with age. While menopause brings...
Michelle Martin
Feb 18, 20242 min read
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Midlife Health Check: 6 Tests You Can't Skip
Unbelievably, we are mid-way through November and that is often the time when people start reviewing their health benefits coverage, set...
Michelle Martin
Nov 12, 20234 min read
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Five Cholesterol Myths to Chew On Right Now
Are you confused about cholesterol? Do you feel that although there is an almost borderline obsession with cholesterol in the national...
Michelle Martin
Oct 22, 20233 min read
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Dazed & Confused
Not that 90’s film about 70’s high schoolers that put Austin, TX on the map, has an amazing soundtrack, and introduces us to Matthew...
Michelle Martin
Sep 24, 20233 min read
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Protein: The Body’s Powerhouse
Protein is the Arnold Schwarzenegger of macronutrients – it builds muscle. Protein is made up of amino acids and are the building blocks...
Michelle Martin
Jun 25, 20233 min read
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Magnificent Magnesium
I have this twitchy eye and it has been bothering me to the point I made an appointment with my ophthalmologist for an exam. No problems,...
Michelle Martin
May 21, 20233 min read
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Haven't Changed Anything in Your Diet But Getting Fatter?
You are positive that you're not eating more food or “junkier” food but you're still gaining weight. Is this possible? Yes! You are NOT...
Michelle Martin
Jan 29, 20234 min read
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The Stress Mess
We all have some level of stress in our daily lives, wouldn't you agree? Between the uptick in Covid (new variant) and the January 6...
Michelle Martin
Jul 17, 20224 min read
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Hormonal Gremlins
Today at my niece’s wedding shower, my cousin was sharing her frustration with her inability to shed some extra pounds. Since we are...
Michelle Martin
Jul 10, 20223 min read
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Hips, Hips, Hooray…It’s Independence Day!
As we approach July 4th, our national celebration of independence from tyranny, I thought I might muse on the term “independent”. From...
Michelle Martin
Jul 3, 20224 min read
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Time to Pull the Plug
Most of us are celebrating the Memorial Day weekend, and hopefully enjoying good weather, good food, and good company. We are...
Michelle Martin
May 29, 20223 min read
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The Change
We have all heard that expression in the past, right? She is on the change (of life), and in menopause. However, given our reluctance to...
Michelle Martin
Apr 3, 20223 min read
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What’s holding you back?
We all think we know what to do to lose a few pounds, right? We eat less, exercise more and voilà, the end result will be weight loss....
Michelle Martin
Mar 27, 20224 min read
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Results Only
Last summer I happened upon a company that I am now partnered with. That company is Ixcela and let me share with you my personal journey...
Michelle Martin
Mar 6, 20224 min read
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Cha-cha-cha-changes…
Who would have thought that the Bowie song of our youth has now become the anthem of getting old? Yep, every day we are hit with new...
Michelle Martin
Feb 27, 20223 min read
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I want my MCT!
MCT stands for medium chain triglycerides and is the name of a supplement derived from coconut or palm kernel oil, sometimes a mixture of...
Michelle Martin
Dec 12, 20214 min read
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Down with DST!
It’s Sunday night and I am tired. Why? Because I got up at my usual time of 7am, which registered as 6am, making me feel like I need to...
Michelle Martin
Nov 7, 20214 min read
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Adapta-what?
This week is all about adaptogens – what they are, how they work, how they help and how to effectively use them. Adaptogens are herbal...
Michelle Martin
Oct 24, 20213 min read
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Gutsy Move!
The gut, although integral to our overall health and well-being, is misunderstood. From the time we first put food into our mouth the...
Michelle Martin
Aug 1, 20213 min read
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Meditation and Mindfulness...Do they really work?
Yes and yes! And I think many of you know I am a fan, having meditated daily now for the last three years. This has created a natural...
Michelle Martin
Jun 27, 20213 min read
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