Is Dairy Healthy?
If you’re around my age, you may remember the “Milk: It Does a Body Good” commercials that convinced most of American that consuming dairy was critical to our best health. Today, though, dairy-free alternatives line every supermarket shelf, and people are...
Achieving Your Health Goals While Loving Yourself with Brandy Edwards, Founder of The Self Love Challenge
Last week’s interview featured Brandy Edwards, founder of The Self Love Challenge. She delivered tons of value on achieving your health goals while loving yourself and we were thrilled to have her! Check her out at @TheSelfLoveChallenge on Instagram, and...
How to Lower Cholesterol Naturally (if you really even need to!)
Dozens of times each year, I celebrate with clients who are living healthy, statin-free lives after being told they have "high cholesterol." Sometimes, the client has been on statins for many years, and other times, they come to my office after a scary appointment...
Top 7 Tips to Get Back on Track After a Holiday Weekend
I hope you enjoyed a relaxing and fun Labor Day weekend, if you’re in the United States! Long weekends can be the best, but can also leave you feeling less than your best. If you’re having a hard time bouncing back to feeling amazing, here are my top 7 tips to get...
What is Inflammation and What Do I Need to Do About It?
20 years ago, very few people talked about inflammation, and today, it’s everywhere you look in the health world. Part of this is due to the toxicity of our diets and lifestyles (more on that below), part of it is because we are becoming more educated on what...
10 Things to Do For Your Health in 1 Minute or Less
Whether it’s back to school (as a student, teacher, or parent), heading into the last quarter of the year and trying to meet work deadlines, or just regular life, now is the time of year when people tend to start feeling more frantic and busy. Often times, that means...
7 Healthy School Lunches to Pack for Your Kids (or Yourself!)
When I work with entire families through my Health Coaching practice, we often have several sessions devoted to helping the kids take ownership for their own health. Not only is this critical to ensure they keep up the habits over the long term, but it’s also fun! ...
My Top 25 Podcast Recommendations (Health, Business, Personal Development, and more!)
I am all about continuous growth, learning, and squeezing as much as possible into each waking moment, and there’s one secret that helps me do all of those every single day. Podcasts! Podcasts are a great way to fill down time, get up-to-date information quickly,...
How to Store Vegetables (to Reduce Waste and Improve Taste!)
One thing you likely already know about me is that I buy a lot of vegetables. In fact, I love it when the grocery store clerk asks me how many people I’m feeding, and I get the chance to pipe in that I eat 8-12 servings of vegetables each day! But one thing you may...
Flashback Post: Vegetables for Life, Literally
This is a reblog of this post from 2014 about the health benefits of vegetables. Surprise- I still love vegetables, and I still believe they are one of the most fundamental parts of a healthy lifestyle. Today I'm bringing this post back from the archives with some...
Welcome to The Lyons’ Share!
Dr. Megan Lyons helps high-achieving women optimize their health through evidence-based functional nutrition, combining her background as a former management consultant with over a decade of experience helping thousands achieve lasting wellness
We all experience odd symptoms from time to time—feeling bloated after a meal, feeling cold in a warm room, or struggling to focus. Often, we dismiss these as “normal” parts of life. But what if they’re not? What if these small signs are your body’s way of hinting at a deeper imbalance?