How to Lose Fat Without Losing Muscle
Weight loss Dr Mary Pines, PhD Weight loss Dr Mary Pines, PhD

How to Lose Fat Without Losing Muscle

Spoiler: Don’t do it by cutting calories.

A big problem with traditional calorie-cutting methods for weight loss is that they often result in losing a large proportion of “lean mass,” which includes muscle, bone, and internal organs…

The goal should always be to preserve muscle while shedding fat. Here’s how.

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The best “diet” (based on actual SCIENCE!)
Nutrition Dr Mary Pines, PhD Nutrition Dr Mary Pines, PhD

The best “diet” (based on actual SCIENCE!)

The fundamental assumption underlying the ‘diet wars’, and most nutrition research, is that there is one specific, perfect diet that works for every single person…

This is absolutely incorrect. 🚫

How you manipulate your diet should depend on your metabolism, goals, and what you can stick to.

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The FIRST signs of perimenopause!
Women's health Dr Mary Pines, PhD Women's health Dr Mary Pines, PhD

The FIRST signs of perimenopause!

Feeling moody, anxious or impatient? Having brain fog or trouble concentrating? Bad sleep, feeling achey, noticing shorter cycles or lighter flow? If you’re a woman 35+, you may be in perimenopause. Check out these top 10 tell-tale signs!

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Perimenopause - Part 1: Enough is ENOUGH
Women's health Dr Mary Pines, PhD Women's health Dr Mary Pines, PhD

Perimenopause - Part 1: Enough is ENOUGH

Whether you’re male or female, this is relevant to you and I hope you’ll read it and benefit. I’m writing this because, whether I know you or not, I care about you, and I don’t want you or any of your loved ones to suffer needlessly. It’s about damn time we put an end to the suffering.

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My story: a tale of burnout and reinvention
Other, Mental Health. Mood. Stress Dr Mary Pines, PhD Other, Mental Health. Mood. Stress Dr Mary Pines, PhD

My story: a tale of burnout and reinvention

A harrowing tale of mid-30s burnout and a massive life U-turn: the rude awakening that rocked my world and sent me from academic research scientist on track to professorship to living on the beaches of Kauai as painter with nothing but a suitcase and desperation to heal. Discoveries made in life 1.0 and 2.0 lit the fire inside me to try to turn it all around, help others and advocate for change in life 3.0.

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