Nutrition and Supplements

Skinny VS Strong

As Bob Dylan famously sang all those decades ago, "the times, they are a-changin'." I grew up in the 80's and 90's and watched my mom go to "aerobics" classes and then joined her in my teens in those same classes. We danced, pranced, whooped, hollered, and stepped up and down off those pink and green Reebok steps 1000's of times. We definitely worked up a sweat too. But what was our drive? What were we putting all those hours of sweat equity in for anyway? We were either gett

Lisa Magnuson

Jun 20, 20244 min read

What's the deal with Ozempic?

I want to start this post off by saying I have been reading and researching a lot about these new weight loss drugs and the jury is still out about the long term effects of using them. Having said that, they seem to be extremely powerful and helpful for many people, albeit cost prohibitive. Ozempic (semaglutide) is the most well known drug on the market currently so we will use it for the purposes of this post, but know there are other drugs in the same category and even more

Lisa Magnuson

Apr 26, 20243 min read

Try Dry January??

It's that season again when we reflect on the year we are bringing to a close and look forward to a fresh start in a new year. Some of us have had major successes this past year, while others may have suffered a loss or slogged through the months, anticipating the new chapter a new year promises. It's well known that January is prime time for resolutions made (and often broken) but our original intentions are always solid. The part where the resolution making falls apart is

Lisa Magnuson

Dec 31, 20233 min read

Will Yourself More Willpower

After secretly gobbling down your kids' Halloween candy have you ever asked yourself, "I wish I had more willpower." At one time, willpower was viewed as a limited resource, meaning you only had so much of it and once you used it all up, you were up to your elbows in candy wrappers. This belief was built on scientific studies examining how the brain works with varying levels of glucose (brain fuel) and having subjects complete difficult tasks. The results were basically, if

Lisa Magnuson

Nov 12, 20233 min read

Reframe "losing weight"

So you want to lose weight- join the club. I feel like most people I chat with either professionally or casually want to lose some "x lbs" amount of weight. There are A LOT of options out there, and many health and fitness influencers whispering in your ears (via social media feeds) about what works best and how to get the most out of particular eating plans/diets. I've touched on this topic before but I think it's worth revisiting. How about we start by reframing how we thin

Lisa Magnuson

Jul 27, 20234 min read

Processed foods and you

A new term started popping up in news articles- "ultraprocessed food". This caught my attention because I hadn't heard it before and I wondered what the "ultra" part meant. After reading a few of the articles, I quickly came to understand that ultraprocessed foods (UPF's) are just what we used to consider processed foods, however there is a new hierarchy of foods I was unaware of. There are four tiers to label foods- unprocessed, minimally processed, processed and ultraproces

Lisa Magnuson

May 22, 20232 min read

Sober Curious?

It's all the rage, not drinking that is. Or at least that is what the media would like you to believe. However, I can say, I have quite a...

Lisa Magnuson

Jan 31, 20235 min read

Chronological VS Biological Age

Myles will be 44 on Thursday. He was born in 1979- so his chronological age will be 44 in just two days' time. However, what is his biological age? Given his lifestyle choices, most likely much younger than this chronological age. What is biological age, you may be wondering? It is the process of using physiological markers to gauge the health of your cells and tissues in your body. Scientists are measuring telomeres (parts of your chromosomes associated with aging) and other

Lisa Magnuson

Jan 17, 20233 min read