We understand that obesity is a multifactorial disease. We use current treatments that include lifestyle changes in nutrition and physical activity, and behavioral therapy to assist people living with obesity. We also support those considering other effective solutions for those with obesity, including metabolic and bariatric surgery. Our next blog series takes a deep dive into what metabolic and bariatric surgery is, how we support both those considering surgery and who have already undergone surgery through a functional nutrition perspective.

After addressing PCOS through nutrition and lifestyle interventions, if further support is needed we may look to use supplementation to help your body manage symptoms. There is strong evidence that some supplements can help allay symptoms that are associated with PCOS, but not every supplement is recommended for every person with PCOS. As with everything surrounding PCOS, supplementation should be individualized. Lucky for you, we are here to help discuss top supplements for PCOS management and would love to support you in finding the best supplements for you.

How can lifestyle affect PCOS? Let’s explore this deep connection. If you haven’t gotten a chance to see how to better support hormonal balance through nutrition, we encourage you to check out our previous blog, “A beginners guide to nutrition for PCOS” first. Focusing efforts on the nutritional pieces to PCOS is important, but lifestyle changes can also play a huge role.

PCOS? What is it, what does it stand for, and what can you do about it? Around 6-10% of women between ages of 15-45 live with this hormonal disorder known as polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). Typically, making small lifestyle changes including nutrition and exercise is a large part of the care plan that can help improve the symptoms of PCOS. Today, we will start by explaining what PCOS symptoms are and how nutrition can make a large impact.

Changing dietary habits to promote fertility may seem harder than it has to be. In our last blog, Nutrition for fertility, we outlined the important nutrients to improve reproduction in both partners. Below is an example menu of how to eat to consume all of those important nutrients within one day. We hope you find this outline simple and insightful on how to change your nutrition to support fertility.

We understand that fertility and trying to conceive can be a sensitive process for many. Perhaps you are just starting the process, have been trying for a while now, or are planning for the future. Overall, nutrition may have a large impact on one’s ability to conceive. It is important to note that even the healthiest diet cannot cure more serious conditions that cause infertility, however, the influence of nutrition and lifestyle choices should not be underestimated.

Increasing exercise and physical activity may bring an array of thoughts and emotions to your mind. You may think of memories from high school gym class, or how you spent all last year doing cardio to prepare for your cousin's wedding and hated Every. Single. Second. Or maybe you can’t help but think about how you feel everyone is looking at you in yoga class. Whatever your emotions may be towards exercise, it can be hard to separate exercising from the desire to see body changes. Instead of focusing on body composition changes, we invite you to the idea of joyful movement. Everyone, regardless of body size, age, athletic ability, or gender, will feel increased motivation to move their body when it is enjoyable. Let’s walk through a week of examples on how joyful movement could work for you!

We are now two weeks into 2024 and you may already feel busier than you were last year! In our last blog, we discussed improving your mental motivation for sustaining new year’s resolutions and long-term goals. But, how do you actually put this into action? We chose using the example of how using small frequent meals to improve your motivation and are giving you some easy meal prepping ideas for breakfast, lunch, snacks, and dinner to help get you started! All of these meal or snack examples are quick, simple, and delicious. We hope you love them this new year as much as we do.

We all have created a New Year’s resolution that lasted for 1-2 months and did not stick. At Katie Chapmon Nutrition, we aren’t just interested in your short-term success over the first few months of the year, but aim to assist in sustaining long-term goals of improving gut health, weight loss, hormone balance, and other individualized goals. Wondering how we work with clients to help them achieve long-term success? Look no further!

I think we can all agree the holidays are a joyous, yet stressful time. Although we put all the pieces in place with nutrition and lifestyle, sometimes we need an extra stress reduction boost to further support weight loss goals. This is where supplementation and an extra emphasis on mental health step in. We aim to outline actionable items for stress reduction as it plays an integral role in health, inflammation, weight, and chronic disease.

Have you ever heard “you need to reduce your stress” or “you are too stressed out”, but never been given tangible tools for stress reduction? If this is your experience, look no further. We aim to outline actionable items for stress reduction as they play an integral role in health, inflammation, weight, and chronic disease.

You may have heard that increased stress in your life can contribute to the development of chronic diseases, but have you ever considered how stress may be affecting your weight? If your weight loss has slowed or halted, you may want to consider how chronic stress may be playing a role in your weight loss journey.

Like weight gain, inflammation has been identified as a common contributing factor to many chronic diseases. In our last blog, we discussed the connection between inflammation and increased weight plus foods to be added to promote an anti-inflammatory effect on the body. Today, we wanted to share an anti-inflammatory breakfast, lunch, and dinner recipe to help promote lowering inflammation and weight loss.

Like weight gain, inflammation has been identified as a common contributing factor to many chronic diseases. But how are the two interconnected?

Nutrition could be the missing link for yourself or the youth athlete in your life to take sports performance to the next level. Our body needs nutrients to provide sustained energy for training and performance, which is why proper nutrition sets athletes up for success for preparation, training, and recovery. Today’s outline of a nutrition day in the life of a youth athlete is an example, not to be taken as a one size fits all but can be a great outline for how different nutrients and nutrient timing should be supported throughout the day.

Doesn’t it just seem like in the blink of an eye, May turns into September? Amidst shopping for notebooks, backpacks, and clothes; nutrition can sometimes be the last thing on our minds. To feel confident you can attack the new school year with a fueled mind, body, and spirit, here are our favorite tips and tricks for back-to-school nutrition.

Did you know the last point of hormone breakdown is in your digestive tract? This is why hormone health and gut health play such a balancing act within the body. Oftentimes, we can get distracted by one or the other in terms of symptoms, frustrations, and treatment, so why not add nutrition to your diet for both?!

Female hormonal balance and weight - what do they have in common? When approaching weight loss, balancing sex hormones may be a missing link for weight loss.

Does the general term of “gut health” confuse you? With so much information on the internet, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed when looking to improve your digestive function. Let’s break down some of these hot topic terms into digestible bites.