A lot of low carb and carnivore people say your body can make its own glucose, so why eat carbs. That line sounds smart until you watch what it does to a woman’s hormones. Your body can make glucose. That is not the same as thriving on it. What gluconeogenesis actually is Your body can pull glucose from protein and other tissues when it has to. That process is called gluconeogenesis. It is a backup system, not the default fuel plan for a reproductive woman. When you force your body to run...
12 days ago • 2 min read
Most women spend weeks researching strollers and car seats, then pick a prenatal off Amazon in seconds. Depending on how many kids you want, you will be opening that bottle every day for anywhere between 2 to 10+ years. That includes trying, pregnancy, postpartum, and breastfeeding. It should not be treated like a quick impulse buy. What I look for is not the prettiest label or the best marketing. I look at ingredient forms and the dosages. Here are 5 I check first. Folate You don’t want...
16 days ago • 1 min read
Hey,I’ve been quiet on this email. I had my 3rd baby in December so naturally I put a pause on some things, and this newsletter was one. But if you’ve been following me on X (https://x.com/iam_preethi), I’ve been active there and will continue to be. I will try my best to fit this newsletter back into my schedule. I do genuinely enjoy writing and hearing back from you when you resonate with something I wrote.With that said, one thing I keep seeing is overachieving moms trying to over-schedule...
21 days ago • 2 min read
If a couple is struggling to conceive, what do they typically do? They head to a fertility clinic. The clinic runs a few labs and says everything looks “normal.” The diagnosis becomes “unexplained infertility,” and the plan is IUI or IVF. Step one: try IUI. If that fails, bring out the big guns: IVF. Let’s do a quick reality check on the odds of succeeding with these procedures: IUI: ~10% on average IVF: 35% if you are young and healthy. Which means you need to do at least 3 rounds to...
about 1 year ago • 1 min read
Have you ever had a trainer tell you to "keep your knees aligned with your toes" or to "squeeze your shoulder blades together"? These are examples of "internal cues." Internal cues refer to things inside our body that cue a certain exercise. But if your trainer says things like "push the floor away as you squat" or "picture a glass of water on your back" as you do bird-dog, those are called external cues. External cues refer to things outside the body, such as the wall, floor, or imaginary...
over 2 years ago • 2 min read
I recently tuned in to a podcast featuring two moms discussing their experiences raising boys to become men. One mom had 6 boys and the other had 5 boys, so they definitely knew a thing or two about the topic. It's obvious that boys are biologically different from girls, so how we raise them should be different too. Unfortunately, many people today seem to confused and think both genders should be raised and act the same. Personally, the conversation proved to be quite useful for me. Watching...
over 2 years ago • 3 min read
There's just too much conflicting health information online Whether its Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, YouTube, blogs, and emails, there is a ton of health information floating around online. While some of it is useful and practical, a lot of it lacks context and nuance. After coming across enough of it, you start to realize that there is also a ton of conflicting advice, making it challenging to know what to do. I felt this way myself when I first started diving deep into my health journey back...
over 2 years ago • 2 min read