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SPORTS NUTRITION FOR WOMEN
The Ultimate Guide to Intermittent Fasting for Women: Benefits, Tips, and More
Trends come and go in the nutrition world and Intermittent fasting has gained a lot of popularity in the last few years, there isn’t a week that goes by where clients come to me and share their Intermittent fasting schedule.
Intermittent fasting is a popular diet strategy that involves cycling between periods of fasting and eating. While it's gained a lot of attention in recent years, especially for weight loss, there are some important considerations for women who are considering intermitte…
Metabolic Health and Vitality for Women Over 40
In this podcast episode, Lara Briden and I share a closer look at metabolic health for women over 40, specifically:
- The missing health science for mid-life women and the science sex gap.
- The dynamics between insulin, mitochondria, and cellular metabolism.
- How the nutritional advice often suggested for men and young women does not always apply to mid-life women.
- The role of muscle and mitochondria in health and metabolism.
- Updated weight loss strategies for women over 40.
- If the ketogenic…
Perimenopause & Performance for Women 40+
In this podcast episode I share a closer look at perimenopause and performance for women over 40, specifically:
- the hormonal picture
- the role of insulin
- how to optimise intermittent fasting
- what’s the deal with alcohol
- the importance of having other strategies to nourish your nervous system
- exercise
- and so much more.
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Perimenopause and Performance for Women Over 40 with Lara Briden and Kira Sutherland
Recently Lara Briden and I had the opportunity to chat about Metabolic Health and Vitality for Women over 40 on the Natural Medicine Podcast. If this is something you're interested in, today's post is for you. We cover the lived experience of women transitioning through perimenopause to menopause and the physical and emotional aspects clinician's need to be mindful on when working with women over 40. In this episode, we chatted about:
- Anabolic elements of estrogen
- Why alcohol is an important…
Plant Focused Nutrition For The Active Female
Plant focused nutrition is something I am often asked about. If this is something you're interested in, today's post is for you. Recently, I was a guest on the Plant Based Kick Starter podcast with host Elly McLean where we chatted all things plant-focused nutrition for active women. In this episode, we chatted about:
- Fat loss
- Intermittent fasting
- Fasted training
- Training recovery
- Hormone balance
- Carbohydrate requirements and protein
and much more. You can listen in below, or on Spoti…
Sports Nutrition For Active Women
There's a lot of confusion around sports nutrition for women. And whether you're an athlete, gym junkie, a runner, wanting to build muscle in midlife, or just need to get fit and healthy again after pregnancy - it's hard to know how the right way to fuel your needs. I was recently featured in the Wholehearted Health & Nutrition podcast with Samantha Bennett, where we chatted about exactly this topic. In this podcast, we talk about:
- Is the protein powder you're using good? Or should you even b…
Nutrition for Active Women
Did you know that most sports nutrition studies are done on men only? It's true. Which means understanding nutrition for active women can be a challenge. Here's the thing - since women are not just small men, it's important to learn what works best for females, whether we're athletes, weekend warriors, or anything in between. That's one reason I was so pleased to be a guest on Jules Galloway's Straight Talking Natural Health podcast to talk about this very thing. In this episode, we cover nutrit…
Wellness, Weight Loss and Women with ATMS
The ATMS National Seminar Series is back for another year and I am lecturing.. Between March and June 2019, Lara Briden and I will be touring Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney and Perth teaching you all about the female reproductive hormones’ influence on nutrition, metabolism and general health.
Women, Hormones, Strength and Health

In less than a month I am presenting in New Zealand..
Women’s health is not just about periods and reproduction. Female hormones affect every aspect of health including insulin, muscles, and metabolism.
This Workshop is aimed at the professional development of practitioners and the personal development of individuals alike, participants will learn how female reproductive hormones influence general health, metabolism and sports performance.
You will be presented with the latest research about exerci…