Stefani Ruper Today is the second to last day of Eating Disorder Awareness Week. The theme of this year’s Week is “Everybody Knows Somebody.” It’s sponsored by the National Eating Disorder Awareness Foundation, and the goal this year is to spread awareness of the prevalence of eating disorders. And boy they are prevalent: One in one hundred … Read more
I came across an article at NBC news last week that really excited me. I have always known that moving more rather than less is good for us, more or less. I also know that it is fairly ingrained wisdom in the paleosphere that moving frequently at a slow pace is one of the best … Read more
More questions about PCOS this afternoon! No surprises here. Below are some thoughts on endometriosis and PCOS, quinoa, feeling restricted, allergies, and moving forward with hypothalamic amenorrhea. If you find that a question you asked me is below and I have not stripped it enough of your personality to post it here, please let me … Read more
Phytoestrogens are a topic of hot debate in the medical literature. To eat, or not to eat? To cure cancer, or to beget it? As chemicals that act like–but are not identical to–estrogen in the human body, phytoestrogens complicate biological functions. Sometimes it appears as though they have a helpful role, but many other times, … Read more
Due to a lovely letter and set of questions I received from a reader last week, I have decided to respond to a set of reader questions about anything on a bi-weekly basis. These questions will also occasionally be devoted specifically to PCOS. Today is the first of the series, huzzah! I have also decided … Read more
Today’s Food &Love Hack is all about listening to yourself. It may seem obvious, but isn’t really, and might need a bit of clarifying and rallying. It has the added business of being incredibly important. The Hack: Staying within a relatively natural-foods paradigm, eat the foods and at the times that make you happy, no … Read more
Anger is destructive. It’s hurtful, and it’s isolating, and it’s nasty feeling. It breaks up relationships, poisons politics and salts the Earth. But it also happens to be one of our most powerful motivators. Think of all the people tying themselves to trees in the rainforest or risking their lives flying bags of rice to … Read more
Episode eight of Live. Love. Eat. has now been posted! In it I had the enormous honor of speaking with George Bryant, an enormously kick ass soul and dear friend of mine, who also happens to be super famous and to run the website Civilized Caveman Cooking Creations, as well as the new e-Cookbook, Caveman … Read more
Writing about birth control these past few months, I’ve covered a wide variety of options. The thing is, however, that nearly every one of them interferes in the process of a woman’s natural hormone signalling. Those that don’t, such as the copper IUD, still as yet pose serious health concerns. Smaller side effects such as … Read more
Today is the day! PCOS Unlocked: The Manual is available. I could not possibly be more excited. This is important information, and I’ve finally got it in an accessible, digestible, comprehensive package. Here we come, world! We’re healing PCOS holistically, for all women with as many different hormone profiles that we can possibly conceive of. … Read more