Not Your Mother's Menopause with Dr. Fiona Lovely

Ep. 173 - Cravings, Hunger, H-angry and Our Changing Food Needs at Menopause with Lisa Kilgour


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Dr. Fiona Lovely is a longevity, health and wellness expert with specialties in menopause medicine, functional neurology and functional medicine.  She is speaking to the topics of women's health around perimenopause and menopause.

In this week’s episode, Dr. Fiona Lovely is joined by Lisa Kilgour—Registered Holistic Nutritionist, TEDx speaker, and author of Undieting: Freedom from the Bewildering World of Fad Diets—for a compassionate and eye-opening conversation about the gut-brain connection and why most diets are set up to fail, especially for women in midlife.

Lisa shares her personal health journey, from musician to holistic nutritionist, and unpacks the deep relationship between our gut, brain, and emotional well-being. Together, she and Dr. Lovely explore why bioindividuality matters, what cravings are actually telling us, and how to rebuild trust with our bodies after years of diet culture messaging.

You’ll also hear a powerful discussion about the societal pressure on women to be thin, how diet culture often disguises female obedience, and why real health means strength, not shrinking.

Topics We Cover in This Episode:

  • Why diets fail: your body isn’t broken, just bioindividual

  • What cravings really mean—and why they’re not a weakness

  • The truth about protein needs and why 150g/day isn’t for everyone

  • How carbs support hormones, sleep, and energy in midlife

  • The deeper harm of diet culture and why strength matters more than thinness

You can find more about Lisa Kilgour at lisakilgour.com. Follow her on Instagram and TikTok @lisakilgournutrition, and grab a copy of her book Undieting—available now.

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