Eat the F*cking Food

041: Win at Health Like Andy Roddick: Be Boring | Kristin Collins

Healthy habits for midlife women are not flashy. They are the boring basics: enough sleep, enough water, three real meals a day, and eating within your maintenance calori

040: Breast Cancer After 40: What to Ask For | Dr. Tiffany Troso & Kristin Collins

Breast cancer screening after 40 means more than a yearly mammogram. It means knowing your own breasts with a monthly self-exam, understanding what dense breasts do to a

039: How Many Carbs Do Women Need? | Emma Kirchner & Kristin Collins

How many carbs should a woman eat a day? For most women, a general range of 150 to 250 grams, and far more if you are training hard or building muscle. If that number mak

038: What Emma Navarro's RED-S Teaches Midlife Women | Kristin Collins

Constant fatigue, trouble sleeping, frequent injuries, and a shorter fuse than usual can all be signs you're not eating enough. When American tennis player Emma Navarro s

037: Probiotics, Food Tests, and Bloating: What's Wasting Your Money | Brittany Carpenter & Kristin Collins

Is bloating normal? A little bit is. Your belly is meant to push out more by evening than it did first thing in the morning, because food has volume and digestion takes t

036: Emotional Eating Isn't a Willpower Problem | Dr. Kristine Gravino

How to stop emotional eating starts with understanding that it was never a willpower problem, it is an automatic loop your brain runs on autopilot. If you have ever stood

035: Why Being the 'Strong One' Is Wrecking Your Nervous System, and What Eldest Daughter Syndrome Has to Do With It | Ali Damron

Nervous system regulation for women means teaching your body that it no longer has to stay braced for the next crisis, and if you have spent years being the strong one, t

034: How Much Protein Do Midlife Women Really Need? | Kristin Collins

How much protein do midlife women really need is one of the most confusing questions in women's nutrition, and the honest answer is more than the government recommends an

033: GLP-1s, Peptides, and HRT: What Midlife Women Keep Getting Wrong | Karen Martel & Kristin Collins

Using GLP-1s and HRT together in midlife is one of the most confusing topics facing perimenopausal and menopausal women right now, and Karen Martel is here to clear it up

032: Dieting Never Fixes the Real Problem | Lizzie Ens & Kristin Collins

Why dieting doesn't work comes down to one thing: it only ever addresses food, and most midlife women have spent decades restricting without ever touching the mental, emo

031: Why Undereating Is Sabotaging Your Midlife Body | Kylie Larson & Kristin Collins

Your lowest weight is not automatically your healthiest weight, and if you got the most compliments during the season of your life you now recognize as your worst, this e

030: Are Carbs Bad for Menopause? The Truth for Midlife Women | Kristin Collins

Are carbs bad for menopause? Not even close. If you have spent years cutting carbohydrates to chase a smaller number on the scale, this episode explains why that restrict

029: You Don't Need to Lose Weight Before You Learn to Maintain It

Why women don't start nutrition coaching usually has nothing to do with willpower and everything to do with timing myths, body fear, and stories they have told themselves

028: Why Am I Not Losing Weight? 4 Midlife Diet Mistakes You Are Making

Midlife weight loss mistakes usually come down to four sneaky habits, not a lack of willpower. If you have cut calories, skipped meals, and still are not seeing results,

027: The Hustle Is Eating You Alive | Relle Dixon & Kristin Collins

Non-negotiables for busy women start with the one thing most entrepreneurs skip first: eating enough. If you are running a business, a household, or both, and you keep pu

026: Is Your Thyroid Actually Normal? The Optimal Truth | Ashley Cruz Arata & Kristin Collins

Optimal vs normal thyroid levels is not just a technicality, it is the reason you can have "normal" bloodwork and still feel exhausted, foggy, and stuck in your midlife b

025: Is Soy Bad for You? The Truth About Soy in Menopause | Attessa Bradley & Kristin Collins

Is soy bad for you in menopause? That myth has kept women away from one of the most protective foods available in midlife, and it is time to set the record straight. If

024: Misogi and Midlife Health Habits with Anne & Avery | Kristin Collins

Building healthy habits before perimenopause is one of the most powerful things you can do for your body, and most women don't start until things are already falling apar

023: 5 Diet Myths Holding You Back in Midlife | Kristin Collins

Diet myths for women over 40 are keeping you tired, stuck, and frustrated, and most of them have been baked into your brain since childhood. If you've been cutting back w

022: What 11 Weeks of Real Nutrition Coaching Looks Like | Kristin Collins

Nutrition coaching for women in midlife is not about another set of rules. It is about learning how to eat enough, build real energy, and stop starting over every time li