Top 7 Weekend Health Tips
Do you ever feel as if you’re crushing your health goals and feeling amazing during the week … only to take a few steps backward and end the weekend feeling like you need another whole weekend to “get back on track”? Trust me, I’m all about enjoying the weekend, and...
Is the Keto Diet Healthy?
Spoiler alert: I don’t like diets. In fact, the title of my first book is “Start Here: 7 Easy, Diet-Free Steps to Achieve Your Ultimate Health and Happiness.” Key word: DIET-FREE! I always believe that eating real, whole foods, in appropriate balance, and focusing...
Do You Really Need a Food Intolerance Test?
It’s been over 4 years since I did my own food intolerance test and started offering the testing to my clients, and the initial post is still one of the most popular on my site. I get asked about food intolerance testing all the time, so I thought I’d update you on...
How to Build a Workout Plan
Nearly every day, I get asked, “What is the best workout?” or “what workout do I have to do to lose weight?” I won’t stay on my soapbox for the whole post, but let me have just three sentences. If you force yourself to do a workout just because someone says it is...
Flashback Post: Building a Healthy Salad
This week I'm bringing you a revision of one of my very first blog posts. Nutrition has evolved over the last 5 years since the original post was written, and so have the tips in this post! I hope you enjoy! How many times have you said the words “Oh, I’ll be good,...
7 Benefits of Walking
I’ll be honest: as a lover of the endorphin rush that comes from running faster or further than you wanted to, doing more burpees than you thought possible, or feeling your heart pump through your chest in a group fitness class, sometimes the idea of “just” going for...
What’s the Hype with Gluten-Free Diets?
I would venture to guess that neither of my grandmothers had ever heard of gluten before they passed away, and I’m certain they never considered going gluten-free themselves. But these days, you’d be hard-pressed to walk down any aisle of the grocery store without...
10 Supplements I’m Taking Right Now
Walking through the supplement aisles in a health store, it’s easy to understand why people feel so overwhelmed by supplements in general, and why I always get asked, “which supplements are actually healthy?” The answer is like most things in health: “it depends.” ...
Flashback Post: How to be Healthy on Memorial Day Weekend
It's the last Tuesday before many of us get to enjoy a long holiday weekend for Memorial Day. This week I'm flashing back to a post I wrote early in my blog - five years ago to be precise! I hope you have a happy, healthy Memorial Day! Memorial Day Weekend: a time to...
7 Benefits of Meditation
I started meditating at the end of 2014, and made it a daily practice mid-2015. Before that, I had given all of the excuses in the book for not starting. Most frequently, “my mind is just not wired to sit still. I’m constantly going through my to-do list or thinking...
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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?