Women’s Hormonal Health and its Connection to Diet & Lifestyle with Hillary Wright, MEd, RD, LDN (ep – 47)

The Good Clean Nutrition Podcast

Host Ginger Hultin and dietitian Hillary Wright discuss the significant impact of physical activity on weight changes during menopause, surpassing the effects of aging and declining estrogen. The conversation delves into PCOS, its underdiagnosis, and the importance of dietary and lifestyle interventions. Wright explains the need for proactive, balanced eating, regular physical activity, and stress management for managing insulin resistance and improving overall health for women.

In this episode, we’ll cover:

05:00 Hormonal Changes and Their Impact

16:27 The Role of Physical Activity

25:21 Dietary Advice for Menopause Transition

28:31 Intermittent Fasting and Circadian Rhythms

43:49 Nutrition and Lifestyle Interventions for PCOS

About Ginger Hultin, MS, RD, CSO:

Ginger Hultin is an integrative, clinical dietitian and cancer nutrition specialist with a master’s degree from Bastyr University, where she currently serves as adjunct faculty teaching clinical nutrition. She has been in practice for over 10 years using a personalized, holistic nutrition approach. She runs a full-time virtual private practice, Ginger Hultin Nutrition where she helps clients with complex health problems improve their health thought nutrition. In addition to being the host of The Good Clean Nutrition Podcast, she is an author of two books, Anti-inflammatory Diet Meal Prep and the How to Eat to Beat Disease Cookbook. Ginger is also currently pursuing her doctorate in clinical nutrition.

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About Hillary Wright, MEd, RD, LDN:

Hillary Wright, MEd, RD, LDN is a registered and licensed dietitian with a bachelor's degree in human nutrition from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and a master's degree in health education from Boston University. She completed her dietetic training at Mount Auburn Hospital. Hillary Began her career with over a decade as a nutrition educator for Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates Kenmore Practice. She is the author of The PCOS Diet Plan: A Natural Approach to Health for Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, and The Prediabetes Diet Plan: How to Reverse Prediabetes and Prevent Diabetes through Healthy Eating and Exercise, and co-author of The Menopause Diet Plan: A Natural Guide to Managing Hormones, Health and Happiness. Hillary is currently the Director of Nutrition Counseling for the Wellness Center at Boston IVF and a Senior Nutritionist at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. She also has her own consulting practice, New Vision Nutrition, where she provides writing and editing services, recipe development and analysis, public speaking, seminar development and presentation, consultation with food companies, pharmaceutical and technology companies, and media/spokesperson work.

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