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Health News
Explore Dr. Mindy Pelz’s Health News Blog for reliable, research-based insights on the latest in women’s health. From the science of fasting to new discoveries around menopause and hormonal health, this blog is designed to keep you informed, empowered, and equipped with tools to support your well-being.
Visit Dr. Mindy's You Tube Channel and the Live Like a Girl Podcast (formally known as The Resetter Podcast) for the latest Health News.
Why Fiber and Hormones Are More Connected Than You Think
Learn why fiber is one of the most powerful hormonal tools for women in perimenopause and menopause, and how your gut bacteria are directly controlling your estrogen levels.
7 min read
Why So Many Women Feel Disconnected From Their Bodies with Emma-Louise Boynton
Laila Ali joins Dr. Mindy Pelz to discuss fasting, perimenopause, long fasts, exercise, food noise, body image, refeeding, weight and weight loss and why she stopped trying to outwork her hormones.
3 min read
10 Foods That Naturally Boost GLP-1 & Quiet Food Noise
Dr. Mindy breaks down five common weight-loss myths and explains how resistance training, protein, sleep, glucose tracking, and muscle building can help women lose fat and improve metabolic health.
2 min read
How to Make Healthy Food Actually Taste Good with Chef Nyesha Arrington
Chef Nyesha Arrington joins Dr. Mindy Pelz to talk food, fasting, cooking oils, spices, strength training, healthy eating, kitchen essentials, and making nutritious food taste incredible.
2 min read
Why Everything Feels Harder After 40: Nervous System, Burnout & Letting Go
Dr. Mindy Pelz shares how to navigate menopause through nervous system regulation, lifestyle, identity, boundaries, and self-trust, with a featured conversation with LeAnn Rimes.
2 min read
Dr. David Perlmutter on Menopause, Metabolism & Protecting Your Brain
Laila Ali joins Dr. Mindy Pelz to discuss fasting, perimenopause, long fasts, exercise, food noise, body image, refeeding, weight and weight loss and why she stopped trying to outwork her hormones.
2 min read
How to Train Your Body to Burn Fat After 40
Dr. Mindy breaks down five common weight-loss myths and explains how resistance training, protein, sleep, glucose tracking, and muscle building can help women lose fat and improve metabolic health.
2 min read
Laila Ali: Why I Stopped Trying to Outwork My Hormones
Laila Ali joins Dr. Mindy Pelz to discuss fasting, perimenopause, long fasts, exercise, food noise, body image, refeeding, weight and weight loss and why she stopped trying to outwork her hormones.
3 min read
How My Opinion of Fasting Changed After Talking to Dr. Jason Fung
Dr. Mindy Pelz and Dr. Jason Fung discuss how fasting science has evolved, including longer fasts, modified fasting, food noise, the three types of hunger, GLP-1 medications, menopause, visceral fat, and muscle loss.
3 min read
The 5 Weight-Loss Lies Keeping Women Stuck
Dr. Mindy breaks down five common weight-loss myths and explains how resistance training, protein, sleep, glucose tracking, and muscle building can help women lose fat and improve metabolic health.
2 min read
Why Creativity Belongs in Your Health Routine with Dr. Daisy Fancourt
Dr. Daisy Fancourt joins Dr. Mindy to explain how music, reading, art, dance, and creative hobbies may support stress, mood, sleep, brain health, connection, and well-being.
2 min read
LeAnn Rimes on Perimenopause, Rage, Grief, and Starting Over
LeAnn Rimes joins Dr. Mindy for an honest conversation about perimenopause, anxiety, rage, grief, hormone therapy, aging, trauma, rest, and reinventing yourself in midlife.
2 min read
Hit a Weight Loss Plateau? 5 Nervous System Regulation Tricks to Restart Fat Burning
Dr. Mindy explains how your nervous system influences weight loss and shares simple strategies to reduce stress, improve metabolic flexibility, and help your body feel safe enough to burn fat.
2 min read
Why PCOS Was Just Renamed (And What It Means for Women’s Health Globally)
Dr. Mindy joins Dr. Thais Aliabadi and Mary Alice Haney of She MD to discuss PMOS, formerly PCOS, insulin resistance, fertility, women's metabolic health, and why millions of women remain undiagnosed.
2 min read
The Truth About Keeping Weight Off (No One Talks About This)
Dr. Mindy explains why keeping weight off requires a different strategy than losing it, and shares eight science-backed reasons people regain weight plus five practical habits for long-term success.
2 min read
Sugar Burner or Fat Burner? How to Tell and How to Switch
Here's the truth almost no one tells you: your body has two fuel tanks. One runs on sugar, the other runs on fat and most of us have been living out of the wrong one for years. If you're hungry every couple of hours, crashing in the afternoon, craving something sweet by 3pm, and holding onto weight around your middle no matter how "good" you eat, you're likely running as a sugar burner. And a sugar burner can do everything right and still feel stuck. Being a sugar burner isn'
4 min read
Perfectionism is Sabotaging Your Weight Loss (Why You Can't Keep It Off)
Dr. Mindy sits down with psychologist Dr. Nicole LePera to explore how childhood experiences shape self-trust, emotional eating, food noise, perfectionism, and lasting health habits.
2 min read
Fasting Isn't Always the Answer. Here's How to Know When It Is.
Learn the five signs fasting is helping or hurting your body. Dr. Mindy explains how stress, hormones, sleep, and recovery determine whether fasting supports your health.
2 min read
Alternate Day Fasting for Women: What the Research Really Shows
Dr. Mindy Pelz breaks down what alternate day fasting actually does in a woman's body, the real research on weight loss, aging, and hormones in perimenopause and menopause.
7 min read
The Scale is LYING to You (& Destroying Your Self-Worth)
Dr. Mindy sits down with psychologist Dr. Rachel Goldman to discuss body image, emotional eating, food noise, menopause, GLP-1 medications, and how to build a healthier relationship with your body.
2 min read
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