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Join Dietitian, Rachael Cooper as she talks all things menopause and nutrition. Learn to nourish your body without restriction and bring the joy factor back into eating.

Menopause in the Kitchen Rachael Cooper

    • Health & Fitness
    • 5.0 • 2 Ratings

Join Dietitian, Rachael Cooper as she talks all things menopause and nutrition. Learn to nourish your body without restriction and bring the joy factor back into eating.

    10 foods I recommend for a healthy menopause and beyond

    10 foods I recommend for a healthy menopause and beyond

    Do you want to know the 10 foods I recommend for a healthy menopause and beyond? Then this episode is for you. I talk about the foods (or groups of foods actually) that I encourage women in their midlife years to eat regularly to nourish their body. I also discuss why these foods are important for healthy aging because let's face it, we are all on that journey to older age and if we want a good quality of life in the future now is the time to take action!

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    • 41 min
    Kitchen chat: Do we need to "fix" emotional eating?

    Kitchen chat: Do we need to "fix" emotional eating?

    In this Menopause Kitchen Chat I talk about my thoughts on emotional eating and how they have changed over the years.

    Is emotional eating something we need to "fix" or can it be used with a range of other tools to get us through difficult times or uncomfortable emotions.

    If you are experiencing challenges in your life or emotions that are making it difficult to have a quality of life, please reach out to someone or call the mental health/lifeline service in your country.

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    • 24 min
    Nutrition & the brain: Can it help reduce the risk of dementia?

    Nutrition & the brain: Can it help reduce the risk of dementia?

    Can what we eat help prevent cognitive decline and dementia as we age? We may not be thinking about our brain when we think about nutrition. But the statistics in most wealthy countries show that dementia is one of the leading causes of death and women are more likely to be diagnosed.

    This episode looks at the research into nutrition and brain health and whether what we eat can reduce our risk or delay the onset of cognitive decline.

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    • 39 min
    Kitchen chat: My non-diet approach to movement

    Kitchen chat: My non-diet approach to movement

    In this kitchen chat I talk about my journey with movement. I explain how I took the principles of the non-diet approach that I have used for food and applied it to how I move my body.

    If you want to ditch the diet culture idea of exercise and learn to move your body more consistently and in a way that feels good for your body and suits your lifestyle, I hope this episode supports you to change your thinking and look at exercise in a more gentle way.

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    • 34 min
    Vitamin B12 and Menopause: What does the research say?

    Vitamin B12 and Menopause: What does the research say?

    This episode is all about Vitamin B12 and menopause.:


    why we need B12
    Which foods are high in B12
    How to get enough B12 if you are vegetarian or vegan
    What the research says about B12 supplementation and health in menopause

    Read the blog post here

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    • 28 min
    Kitchen chat: Commenting on people's weight loss

    Kitchen chat: Commenting on people's weight loss

    Welcome to another "Kitchen Chat" where I talk about something that I've been thinking about and share my thoughts about a particular topic or event.

    In this episode, I talk about my thoughts on a conversation I overheard where 2 women were discussing another woman's weight loss. I discuss why diet culture has made these conversations normal and invite you to reflect on the negative impacts it may have.

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    • 19 min

Customer Reviews

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2 Ratings

2 Ratings

EmmaC1212 ,

Great episode

Thanks for your 10things episode. I’m not quite at the stage of perimenapause but am one who like to be prepared (and no surprises!!) so listening to this really helped :)

KatrinaTooms ,

Easy to understand a complex topic

Rachel has a way of talking through complex scientific things we know a little about in an easy to understand, relatable way!!

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