For this episode, I interviewed Linda Tyler, a plant-based cooking instructor, cookbook author, and writer. Linda’s book, the Plant-Based Anti-Inflammatory Cookbook, highlights the foods that are anti-inflammatory superstars in her 80 delicious plant-based recipes. Linda teaches cooking classes for the Portland Community College in Oregon and offers one-on-one plant-based lifestyle coaching.

You will learn:

• What is chronic inflammation

• How does inflammation affect us as we get older (inflammaging)

• How to reduce inflammation through diet

• What foods Linda recommends for menopause

Linda’s website: https://www.graciousvegan.com/
Follow Linda on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gracious_vegan/

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One of the most devastating health concerns that can happen as we get older is female pattern hair loss. In this episode, I discuss many potential causes as well as what you can do about it.

You will learn:

• How stress affects your hair

• Possible nutritional deficiencies that could be affecting your hair

• How hormones can affect your hair

• How to bring more circulation to your hair follicles

• Why having a waistline over 35 inches is detrimental to your hair, and what to do about it

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DISCLAIMER: This podcast’s information is general in nature and for informational purposes only. It does not constitute medical advice and is not intended to substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

For this episode, I interviewed Dr. Neal Barnard about phytoestrogens and the WAVS study, in which participants reduced their hot flashes by eating boiled soybeans and following a vegan diet.

Dr. Neal Barnard is an adjunct professor of medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, DC, and President of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. Dr. Barnard has led numerous research studies investigating the effects of diet on diabetes, body weight, hormonal symptoms, and chronic pain, including a groundbreaking study of dietary interventions in type 2 diabetes, funded by the National Institute of Health, that paved the way for viewing type 2 diabetes as a potentially reversible condition for many patients. His latest book is The Power Foods Diet, the Breakthrough Plan that Traps, Tames, and Burns Calories for Easy and Permanent Weight Loss.

You will learn:

• What are phytoestrogens and how they help with menopause

• How phytoestrogens interact with the body compared to hormone replacement therapy

• How the participants of the WAVS study prepared their soybeans

• How phytoestrogens affect PCOS and endometriosis

• How the hormones in dairy products affect women during menopause

• Is it safe for men to consume soy?

• How the Power Foods Diet helped participants lose weight without added exercise

• Dr. Barnard’s tips for balancing hormones.

Dr. Barnard’s website: https://pcrm.org
Follow Dr. Barnard on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drnealbarnard/

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DISCLAIMER: This website's information is general in nature and for informational purposes only. It does not constitute medical advice and is not intended to substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.