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Diving into the root of Maya Feller Nutrition, our patient-centered practice

Answering Your Frequently Asked Questions! I am thrilled to be receiving so many questions about Maya Feller Nutrition, our start, our philosophy, and the details of our practice. I have compiled some of my answers to your questions here. I love to read your comments and feedback. Leave them here or catch me in my […]

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Maya Minding Menopause IV: More Impact and Recommendations

Heart health and hypertension Here are a few more recommendations as this is the last article in our menopause series. One adjustment that can be made while keeping socioeconomics and cultural factors in mind is reducing sodium intake. Lowering sodium intake, ideally below 2,000 mg/day, has been linked to decreasing hypertension (“Evidence Analysis Library”, 2020). […]

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Maya Minding Menopause III-Impact and Recommendations

Health Impacts of Aging vs Menopause Brain fog. Bones creaking. The same foods you love now upset your stomach. These are all common phrases echoed in circles of “grown” women. Teasing out cause and effect regarding menopause symptoms is complicated by the fact that many of the troubling symptoms that occur during the menopausal transition […]

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Maya Minding Menopause II

Socio/Cultural Factors How a woman views or experiences menopause is a one-person, non-competitive sport; her processes in the short and long haul are uniquely hers. How a woman views menopause and the symptoms she reports have been linked, at least in part, to the views her culture holds of aging in general and the menopause […]

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Maya Minding Menopause

A 4-Part Series We are finally talking about it out loud and less as a hush among friends or silently within. For those who menstruate, there isn’t enough discussion about our first or last period. In fact, many people still believe that periods are unsanitary, and many of us spend a lot of time trying […]

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GMA: Menopause manual: How to cool hot flashes

Registered dietitian nutritionist Maya Feller stops by “GMA3” to discuss how a plant-based diet can help reduce menopause symptoms. Watch on the GMA website.   

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British Vogue: How To Support Your Body As You Go Through Menopause

BY TISH WEINSTOCK 28 March 2023 Menopause, and the perimenopausal period that leads up to it, brings about huge changes to the body, from hot flashes, mood swings and weight gain – particularly around the middle – to aches, pains, brain fog and insomnia, which is all to do with declining levels of oestrogen. Women […]