Does menopause change your metabolism? What metabolism really includes, how falling estrogen affects it, and why it can make weight loss harder.

A make-ahead blueberry cottage cheese breakfast bake with about 15g of protein per serving, made with oats and frozen blueberries.

A creamy, tangy lemon cottage cheese pudding with 21g of protein per serving, made with four ingredients in 10 minutes.

Simple cottage cheese chocolate chip cookies with about 5g of protein each, made with six ingredients in 20 minutes.

Food boredom is one of the biggest reasons healthy eating doesn’t stick. Why flavour matters, how looking and smelling good helps digestion, and 3 simple dips and sauces.

Body buzzing with electricity at night and unable to lie still? How menopause can rev up your nervous system, how it overlaps with restless legs, and what may help.

Hunger isn’t always a simple signal to eat. Why you might feel hungry an hour after a full meal in menopause, and what could be driving it.

Staring into the fridge at 5pm? Build a personal favourites list to cut decision fatigue and food boredom, and turn nutrition knowledge into daily action.

Uncontrollable weight gain. Night sweats. No sleep. I was told there was nothing I could do about perimenopause symptoms. Turns out, I was right to push back — and what I discovered changed everything.

Uncontrollable weight gain. Night sweats. No sleep. I was told there was nothing I could do about perimenopause symptoms. Turns out, I was right to push back — and what I discovered changed everything.